Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume XXVIII 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 XXVIII Part I of Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., May 21-October 16, 1839 [Illustration] Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1906 COPYRIGHT 1906, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVIII PREFACE TO VOLUMES XXVIII AND XXIX. _The Editor_ 9 TRAVELS IN THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES, THE ANAHUAC AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND IN THE OREGON COUNTRY. [Part I, being Volume I and chapters i-iv of Volume II of the London edition, 1843.] _Thomas Jefferson Farnham._ Preface by the First Editor 25 Author's Preface 27 Author's Introduction 29 Author's Table of Contents 41 Text of Part I 45 ILLUSTRATION TO VOLUME XXVIII FACSIMILE OF TITLE-PAGE TO FARNHAM'S TRAVELS, VOL. I 23 PREFACE TO VOLUMES XXVIII-XXIX