BOOK II: Narrative of a Year's Residence

among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains (comprised in Letters XIII-XVI, August 15-November 1, 1842) 321

Explanation of the Indian Symbolical Catechism 405

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XXVII

"A View of the Rocky Mountains." From De Smet's _Letters and Sketches_ _Frontispiece_

Allegorical sketch 126

Facsimile of title-page, De Smet's _Letters and Sketches_ 127

"Worship in the Desert" 139

"Kanza Village" 195

"Interior of a Kanza Lodge" 203

"Chimney" 217

"Devil's Gate" 239

"Soda Springs" 245

"Fording the River Platte" 271

"Sheyenne Warriors" 275

"Indian Mode of Travelling" 325

"Apparition" 345

"Indian Symbolical Catechism"--folding plate 403