Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839, part 2

Causes of Removal West -- Annuities, etc. -- Dissatisfaction of the Indians -- Their Melioration by the Change -- Superiority of their present Location -- Lands granted to them...

The Mustang or Wild Horse -- Capturing him by 'Creasing,' and with the Lazo -- Horse-flesh -- The Buffalo -- Its Appearance -- Excellence of its Meat -- General Utility to the I...

Extent of Prairies -- Mountains -- _Mesas_ or Table-lands -- _El_ _Llano Estacado_ -- _Cañones_ -- Their Annoyance to the early Caravans -- Immense Gullies -- Coal Mines and oth...

Preparations for returning Home -- Breaking out of the Small-pox -- The Start -- Our Caravan -- Manuel the Comanche -- A New Route -- The Prairie on Fire -- Danger to be apprehe...

Decline of Prices -- Statistical Table -- Chihuahua Trade -- Its Extent -- Different Ports through which Goods are introduced to that Market -- Expedition between Chihuahua and...

Military Hierarchy of Mexico -- Religious Superstitions -- Legend of _Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe_ -- A profane version of the Story -- A curious Plan for manufacturing Water --...

System of Chiefs -- Mode of Warfare -- War-Council -- The Scalp-dance -- The Calumet or Pipe of Peace -- Treaties -- Public News-criers -- Arms of the Indians -- Bow and Arrows,...

Trip from Chihuahua to Aguascalientes, in 1835 -- Southern Trade and _Ferias_ -- Hacienda de la Zarca, and its innumerable Stock -- Rio Nazas, and Lakes without outlet -- Perenn...

The wild Tribes of New Mexico -- Speculative Theories -- Clavigero and the _Azteques_ -- Pueblo Bonito and other Ruins -- Probable Relationship between the _Azteques_ and tribes...

Preparations for a Start to Chihuahua -- Ineptness of Married Men for the Santa Fé Trade -- The Chihuahua Trade -- Annoying Custom-house Regulations -- Mails in New Mexico -- In...

A Return to Prairie Life -- Abandonment of the regular Route -- The Start -- A Suicide -- Arrest of a Mulatto for Debt -- Cherokee 'Bankrupt Law' -- Chuly, the Creek Indian -- T...

Intermediate Tribes -- Their Wigwams and their Hunting Excursions -- Dress and Cut of their Hair -- The Pawnees -- The Osages -- Their Roguery -- Matrimonial Customs -- Accompli...

Government of New Mexico -- The Administration of Justice -- Judicial Corruption -- Prejudices against Americans -- Partiality for the English -- Anecdote of Governor Armijo and...

Travelling out of our Latitude -- The Buffalo-gnat -- A Kiawa and Squaw -- Indian _crim. con._ Affair -- Extraordinary Mark of Confidence in the White Man -- A Conflagration --...

The Pueblos -- Their Character for Sobriety, Honesty, and Industry -- Traditional Descent from Montezuma -- Their Languages -- Former and present Population -- The Pueblo of Pec...

Ponds and Buffalo Wallows -- Valley of the Canadian, and romantic Freaks of Nature -- Melancholy Adventure of a Party of Traders in 1832 -- Fears of being lost -- Arrival of a P...

Indian Cosmogony -- Traditions of Origin -- Identity of Religious Notions -- Adoration of the Sun -- Shawnee Faith -- Anecdote of Tecumseh -- Legendary Traditions -- Missionarie...

Visit to the Mining Town of Jesus-Maria -- Critical Roads -- Losing Speculations -- Mine of Santa Juliana -- Curious mining Operations -- Different Modes of working the Ore -- T...

Incidents of a Return Trip from Santa Fé -- Calibre of our Party -- Return Caravans -- Remittances -- Death of Mr. Langham -- Burial in the Desert -- A sudden Attack -- Confusio...

Departure for Santa Fé -- Straitened for Food -- Summary Effort to procure Beef -- Seizure of one of our Party -- Altercation with a _Rico_ -- His pusillanimous Procedure -- Gre...

[215] The population of the intermediate tribes, according to the Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for 1844 is as follows: Pawnees, 12,500 souls (though some experi...

[39] The Jicarrilla (Xicarrilla) are of _Athapascan_ stock, but from the similarity of their language are classed as Apache, although they are not known to have had any tribal c...

trader, operating chiefly in the Rocky Mountains. In 1833 he entered into arrangements with Nathaniel Wyeth (see our volume xxi), but the next year was compelled to retire becau...

[90] Robert C. Schenck was born at Franklin, Ohio, in 1809, graduated from Miami University, and practised law at Dayton. After one term in the state legislature (1841-42), he w...

The Pueblos -- Their Character for Sobriety, Honesty, and Industry -- Traditional descent from Montezuma -- Their Languages -- Former and present Population -- The Pueblo of Pec...

[108] A particular species of _agave_, called _A. lechuguilla_, abounding in the El Paso region. See J. N. Rose, "Useful Plants of Mexico," in U. S. Herbarium _Contributions_, v...

COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES; or, The Journal of a Santa Fé Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexi...

Preparations for returning Home -- Breaking out of the Small-pox -- The Start -- Our Caravan -- Manuel the Comanche -- A new Route -- The Prairie on Fire -- Danger to be apprehe...

Trip from Chihuahua to Aguascalientes, in 1835 -- Southern Trade and _Ferias_ -- Hacienda de la Zarca, and its innumerable Stock -- Rio Nazas, and Lakes without outlet -- Perenn...

Military Hierarchy of Mexico -- Religious Superstitions -- Legend of _Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe_ -- A profane Version of the Story -- A curious Plan for manufacturing Water --...

Incidents of a Return Trip from Santa Fé -- Calibre of our Party -- Return Caravans -- Remittances -- Death of Mr. Langham -- Burial in the Desert -- A sudden Attack -- Confusio...

Travelling out of our Latitude -- The Buffalo-gnat -- A Kiawa and Squaw -- Indian _crim. con._ Affair -- Extraordinary Mark of confidence in the White Man -- A Conflagration --...

Ponds and Buffalo Wallows -- Valley of the Canadian, and romantic Freaks of Nature -- Formation of Ravines -- Melancholy Adventure of a Party of Traders in 1832 -- Fears of our...

Decline of Prices -- Statistical Table -- Chihuahua Trade -- Its Extent -- Different Ports through which Goods are introduced to that Market -- Expedition between Chihuahua and...

The Mustang or Wild Horse -- Capturing him by 'Creasing,' and with the Lazo -- Horse-flesh -- The Buffalo -- Its Appearance -- Excellence of its Meat -- General Utility to the I...

Intermediate Tribes -- Their Wigwams and their Hunting Excursions -- Dress and Cut of their Hair -- The Pawnees -- The Osages -- Their Roguery -- Matrimonial Customs -- Accompli...

A Return to Prairie Life -- Abandonment of the regular Route -- The Start -- A Suicide -- Arrest of a Mulatto for Debt -- Cherokee 'Bankrupt Law' -- Chuly, the Creek Indian -- T...

[37] It is uncertain to which ruin Gregg here refers. That of Cebolitta, not far from Acoma, answers his description as built of sandstone. There is a small ruin at Ojos Bonitos...

Preparations for a Start to Chihuahua -- Ineptness of Married Men for the Santa Fé Trade -- Annoying Custom-house Regulations -- Mails in New Mexico -- Insecurity of Corresponde...

Departure for Santa Fé -- Straitened for Food -- Summary Effort to procure Beef -- Seizure of one of our Party -- Altercation with a _Rico_ -- His pusillanimous Procedure -- Gre...

Causes of Removal West -- Annuities, etc. -- Dissatisfaction of the Indians -- Their Melioration by the Change -- Superiority of their present Location -- Lands granted to them...

Visit to the Mining Town of Jesus-Maria -- Critical Roads -- Character of the Town -- Losing Speculations -- Mine of Santa Juliana -- Curious mining Operations -- Different Mode...

Extent of the Prairies -- Mountains -- _Mesas_ or Table-lands -- _El Llano Estacado_ -- _Cañones_ -- Their Annoyance to the early Caravans -- Immense Gullies -- Coal Mines and o...

[129] Trias, while yet a youth, was dispatched by his adopted father to take the tour of Europe and the United States. He was furnished for 'pocket money' (as I have been told)...

Government of New Mexico -- The Administration of Justice -- Judicial Corruption -- Prejudices against Americans -- Partiality for the English -- Anecdote of Governor Armijo and...

Indian Cosmogony -- Traditions of Origin -- Identity of Religious Notions -- Adoration of the Sun -- Shawnee Faith -- Anecdote of Tecumseh -- Legendary Traditions -- Missionarie...

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...

System of Chiefs -- Mode of Warfare -- War-Council -- The Scalp-dance -- The Calumet or Pipe of Peace -- Treaties -- Public News-criers -- Arms of the Indians -- Bow and Arrows,...

[121] Some of these table-plain highways, though of but a dry sandy and clayey soil, are as firm as a brick pavement. In some places, for miles, I have remarked that the nail-he...