Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume XX [Illustration: Indian alarm on the Cimarron River] 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 XX Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839 [Illustration] Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1905 COPYRIGHT 1905, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS OF VOLUME XX 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 Mexico. (Part II: Chapters xii-xvi of Volume I, and all of Volume II of original.) _Josiah Gregg._ Author's Table of Contents 13 Text of Part II: 21 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XX "Indian Alarm on the Cimarron River" _Frontispiece_ "Map of the Interior of Northern Mexico" _Facing_ 21 Medal of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Mexico (text cut) 40 "Camp Comanche" 123 Mule emerging from a mine; Still Hunting (text cuts in original) 181 "'Dog Town,' or Settlement of Prairie Dogs" 279 PART II OF GREGG'S COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES, OR THE JOURNAL OF A SANTA FÉ TRADER--1831-1839 Reprint of chapters xii-xvi of Volume I, and all of Volume II of the second edition: New York, 1845 CONTENTS CHAPTER XII Government of New Mexico -- The Administration of Justice -- Judicial Corruption -- Prejudices against Americans -- Partiality for the English -- Anecdote of Governor Armijo and a Trapper -- Outrage upon an American Physician -- Violence suffered by the American Consul and others -- Arbitrary Impositions upon Foreigners -- _Contribucion de Guerra_ -- The Alcaldes and their System -- The _Fueros_ -- Mode of punishing Delinquents and Criminals -- Mexican System of Slavery -- Thieves and Thieveries Outrage upon an American Merchant -- Gambling and Gambling-houses -- Game of _Monte_ -- Anecdote of a Lady of Fashion -- _Chuza_ -- Cockpits -- _Correr el gallo_ -- _El Coleo_ -- Fandangoes -- _Cigarritos_, 21 CHAPTER XIII