CHAPTER XVIII. -- Camp Gossip.-Deserters.-Recruits.-Kentucky Hunters.-A Veteran Woodman.-Tidings of Mr. Henry.-Danger From the Blackfeet.- Alteration of Plans.-Scenery of the River.- Buffalo Roads.-Iron Ore.- Country of the Sioux.-A Land of Danger.-apprehensions of the Voyageurs.- Indian Scouts.- Threatened Hostilities.-A Council of War.-An Array of Battle.-A Parley.-The Pipe of Peace.-Speech-Making. CHAPTER XIX. -- The Great Bend of the Missouri-Crooks and M'Lellan Meet With Two of Their Indian Opponents-Wanton Outrage of a White Man the Cause of Indian Hostility-Dangers and Precautions.-An Indian War Party.- Dangerous Situation of Mr. Hunt.-A Friendly Encampment.-Feasting and Dancing.- Approach of Manuel Lisa and His Party-.A Grim Meeting Between Old Rivals.-Pierre Dorion in a Fury.-A Burst of chivalry. CHAPTER XX. -- Features of the Wilderness-Herds of Buffalo.-Antelopes- Their Varieties and Habits.-John Day.-His Hunting Strategy-Interview with Three Arickaras-Negotiations Between the Rival Parties-The Left- Handed and the Big Man, two Arickara Chiefs.-Arickara Village-Its Inhabitants- Ceremonials on Landing-A Council Lodge.-Grand Conference- Speech of Lisa.-Negotiation for Horses.-Shrewd Suggestion of Gray Eyes, an Arickara Chief-Encampment of the Trading Parties. CHAPTER XXI. -- An Indian Horse Fair.-Love of the Indians for Horses- Scenes in the Arickara Village.-Indian Hospitality.-Duties of Indian Women. Game Habits of the Men.-Their Indolence. -Love of Gossiping.- Rumors of Lurking Enemies.-Scouts.- An Alarm.-A Sallying Forth.-Indian Dogs.-Return of a Horse -Stealing Party.-An Indian Deputation.-Fresh Alarms.-Return of a Successful War Party.-Dress of the Arickaras.-Indian Toilet.-Triumphal Entry of the War Party.-Meetings of Relations and Friends.-Indian Sensibility.-Meeting of a Wounded Warrior and His Mother.-Festivities and Lamentations. CHAPTER XXII. -- Wilderness of the Far West.-Great American Desert- Parched Seasons.-Black Hills.-Rocky Mountains.-Wandering and Predatory Hordes.-Speculations on What May Be the Future Population.-Apprehended Dangers.-A Plot to Desert.-Rose the Interpreter.-His Sinister Character- Departure From the Arickara Village. CHAPTER XXIII. -- Summer Weather of the Prairies.-Purity of the Atmosphere- Canadians on the March.-Sickness in the Camp.-Big River.- Vulgar Nomenclature.-Suggestions About the Original Indian Names.-Camp of Cheyennes.-Trade for Horses.-Character of the Cheyennes.-Their Horsemanship.-Historical Anecdotes of the Tribe. CHAPTER XXIV. -- New Distribution of Horses-Secret Information of Treason in the Camp.-Rose the Interpreter-His Perfidious Character- His Plots.-Anecdotes of the Crow Indians.-Notorious Horse Stealers.-Some Account of Rose.-A Desperado of the Frontier.