CHAPTER XVII {I of Vol. II, original ed.}

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 -- The Muster and the Introduction -- An '_Olla Podrida_' -- Adventure of a 'Down-Easter' -- Arrival of U. S. Dragoons -- Camp Holmes, and the Road -- A Visit from a Party of Comanches -- Tabba-quena, a noted Chief -- His extraordinary Geographical Talent -- Indians set out for the 'Capitan Grande,' and we through an unexplored Region -- Rejoined by Tabba-quena and his '_suite_' -- Spring Valley -- The Buffalo Fever -- The Chase -- A Green-horn Scamper -- Prairie Fuel, 99