20. -- Gathering in Green River valley-Visitings and feastings of leaders-Rough wassailing among the trappers-Wild blades of the mountains-Indian belles-Potency of bright beads and red blankets-Arrival of supplies-Revelry and extravagance -Mad wolves-The lost Indian 21. -- Schemes of Captain Bonneville-The Great Salt Lake Expedition to explore it-Preparations for a journey to the Bighorn 22. -- The Crow country-A Crow paradise Habits of the Crows- Anecdotes of Rose, the renegade white man-His fights with the Blackfeet-His elevation-His death-Arapooish, the Crow chief-His eagle Adventure of Robert Campbell-Honor among Crows 23. -- Departure from-Green River valley-Popo-Agie-Its course- The rivers into which it runs-Scenery of the Bluffs the great Tar Spring- Volcanic tracts in the Crow country- Burning Mountain of Powder River- Sulphur springs-Hidden fires-Colter's Hell-Wind River-Campbell's party- Fitzpatrick and his trappers-Captain Stewart, an amateur traveller- Nathaniel Wyeth-Anecdotes of his expedition to the Far West-Disaster of Campbell's party-A union of bands-The Bad Pass-The rapids-Departure of Fitzpatrick- Embarkation of peltries-Wyeth and his bull boat-Adventures of Captain-Bonneville in the Bighorn Mountains-Adventures in the plain- Traces of Indians-Travelling precautions- Dangers of making a smoke-The rendezvous 24. -- Adventures of the party of ten-The-Balaamite mule-A dead point- The mysterious elks-A night attack-A retreat- Travelling under an alarm- A joyful meeting-Adventures of the other party-A decoy elk-Retreat to an island-A savage dance of triumph-Arrival at Wind River 25. -- Captain Bonneville sets out for Green River valley-Journey up the Popo Agie-Buffaloes-The staring white bears-The smok-The warm springs- Attempt to traverse the Wind River Mountains-The Great Slope Mountain dells and chasms- Crystal lakes-Ascent of a snowy peak-Sublime prospect- A panorama "Les dignes de pitie," or wild men of the mountains 26. -- A retrogade move Channel of a mountain torrent-Alpine scenery- Cascades-Beaver valleys-Beavers at work-Their architecture-Their modes of felling trees-Mode of trapping beaver-Contests of skill-A beaver "up to trap"-Arrival at the Green River caches 27. -- Route toward-Wind River-Dangerous neighborhood-Alarms and precautions-A sham encampment-Apparition of an Indian spy- Midnight move-A mountain defile-The Wind River valley- Tracking a party-Deserted camps-Symptoms of Crows-Meeting of comrades-A trapper entrapped-Crow pleasantry-Crow spies-A decampment-Return to Green River valley-Meeting with Fitzpatrick's party-Their adventures among the Crows- Orthodox Crows