ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by

WASHINGTON IRVING,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.

JOHN F. TROW, Printer and Stereotyper, 49 Ann-street, N. Y.

CONTENTS.

A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES.

CHAPTER I.

Page.

The Pawnee Hunting Grounds.-Travelling Companions.-A Commis-

sioner.-A Virtuoso.-A Seeker of Adventures.-A Gil Blas of the

Frontier.-A Young Man's Anticipations of Pleasure,

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CHAPTER II.

Anticipations Disappointed.-New Plans.-Preparations to join an Ex..

ploring Party.-Departure from Fort Gibson.-Fording of the Verdi-

gris.-An Indian Cavalier,

CHAPTER III.

An Indian Agency.-Riflemen.-Osages, Creeks, Trappers, Dogs, Horses,

Half-Breeds.-Beatte, the Huntsman,

The Departure,

CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER V.

Frontier Scenes.-A Lycurgus of the Border.-Lynch's Law.-The

Danger of Finding a Horse.-The Young Osage,

CHAPTER VI.

Trail of the Osage Hunters.-Departure of the Count and his Party.-A

Deserted War Camp.-A Vagrant Dog.-The Encampment, .

CHAPTER VII.

News of the Rangers.-The Count and his Indian Squire.-Halt in the

Woods. Woodland Scene.-Osage Village.-Osage Visitors at our

Evening Camp,

CHAPTER VIII.

The Honey Camp,

CHAPTER IX.

A Bee Hunt,

CHAPTER X.

Amusements in the Camp.-Consultations.-Hunters' Fare and Feast-

ing. Evening Scenes.-Camp Melody.-The Fate of an Amateur

Owl,

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CHAPTER XI.

Breaking up of the Encampment.-Picturesque March.-Game.-Camp

Scenes. Triumph of a Young Hunter.-Ill Success of Old Hunters.

-Foul Murder of a Polecat, .

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THE CAMP OF THE GLEN.-Camp Gossip.-Pawnees and their Habits.

-A Hunter's Adventure.-Horses Found, and Men Lost,

CHAPTER XIV.

Deer-Shooting.-Life on the Prairies.-Beautiful Encampment.-Hunt-

er's Luck.-Anecdotes of the Delawares and their Superstitions,

CHAPTER XV.

The Search for the Elk.-Pawnee Stories,.

CHAPTER XVI.

A Sick Camp.-The March.-The Disabled Horse.-Old Ryan and the

Stragglers.-Symptoms of Change of Weather, and Change of Hu-

mors,

CHAPTER XVII.

Thunder-Storm on the Prairies.-The Storm Encampment.-Night

Scene.-Indian Stories.-A Frightened Horse,

CHAPTER XVIII.

A Grand Prairie.-Cliff Castle.-Buffalo Tracks.-Deer Hunted by

Wolves.-Cross Timber,

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CHAPTER XIX.

Hunters' Anticipations.-The Rugged Ford.-A Wild Horse,

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CHAPTER XX.

THE CAMP OF THE WILD HORSE.-Hunters' Stories.-Habits of the Wild

Horse.-The Half-Breed and his Prize.-A Horse Chase.-A Wild

Spirit Tamed,

CHAPTER XXI.

The Fording of the Red Fork.-The Dreary Forests of the "Cross

Beaver Dam.-Buffalo and Horse Tracks.-A Pawnee Trail.-Wild

Horses.-The Young Hunter and the Bear.-Change of Route,

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CHAPTER XXIV.

Scarcity of Bread.-Rencontre with Buffaloes.-Wild Turkeys.-Fall of

a Buffalo Bull,

CHAPTER XXV.

Ringing the Wild Horse,

CHAPTER XXVI.

Fording of the North Fork.-Dreary Scenery of the Cross Timber.—

Scamper of Horses in the Night.-Osage War Party.-Effects of a

Peace Harangue.-Buffalo.-Wild Horse,

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