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James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 2

James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 2

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Early Western Travels
1748-1846
Volume XV

Early Western Travels
1748-1846

A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best
and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive
of the Aborigines and Social and
Economic Conditions in the Middle
and Far West, during the Period
of Early American Settlement

Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by

Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D.

Editor of "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents," "Original
Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," "Hennepin's
New Discovery," etc.

Volume XV

Part II of James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition
1819-1820

Cleveland, Ohio
The Arthur H. Clark Company
1905

Copyright 1905, by
THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


The Lakeside Press
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
CHICAGO

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XV

CHAPTER I [XI of Vol. I, original ed.]—Further Account of the Omawhaws. Of their Marriages. Of Infancy, and the Relationship of Parents and Children. Their Old Age 11
CHAPTER II [XII of Vol. I]—Diseases. Medical and Surgical Knowledge. Drunkenness, and other Vices. Ideas of God, and of a Future State. Superstition, and Practice of the Magi. Expiatory Tortures 42
CHAPTER III [I of Vol. II]—Death. Mourning for the deceased. Physical Character. Senses. Manufactures and Arts. Domestic and Warlike Implements. War 66
CHAPTER IV [II of Vol. II]—War. Negociation for Peace. Revenge. Self-esteem. Hospitality. Mimicry 87
CHAPTER V [III of Vol. II]—Tribes and Bands. Fabulous Legends. Wit. Ninnegahe, or mixed Tobacco. Dances. Otoes. Migrations. Language 115
CHAPTER VI [IV of Vol. II]—Boyer's Creek. Visit to the Pawnees. Human Sacrifices. Anecdote of Petalesharoo. Appendix 136
CHAPTER VII [V of Vol. II]—Journey by Land from St. Louis to Council Bluff. Grand River. Plains at the sources of the Little Platte, the Nishnebottona, &c. Departure of the Expedition from Engineer Cantonment 165
CHAPTER VIII [VI of Vol. II]—The Platte. Desert Plains. Mirage. Arrival at the Rocky Mountains 230
CHAPTER IX [VII of Vol. II]—Sandstone Formation at the Base of the Rocky Mountains. The Platte within the Mountains. Granitic Mountains between the Platte and Arkansa. Castle Rock. Birds. Plants 286
APPENDIX A [Vol. I] 317
APPENDIX B [Vol. I] 329
APPENDIX C [Vol. I] 347

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XV

"Distant View of the Rocky Mountains" 269

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