Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume XV 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 XV Part II of James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition 1819-1820 [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 XV CHAPTER I [XI of Vol. I, original ed.]—Further Account of the Omawhaws. Of their Marriages. Of Infancy, and the Relationship of Parents and Children. Their Old Age 11 CHAPTER II [XII of Vol. I]—Diseases. Medical and Surgical Knowledge. Drunkenness, and other Vices. Ideas of God, and of a Future State. Superstition, and Practice of the Magi. Expiatory Tortures 42 CHAPTER III [I of Vol. II]—Death. Mourning for the deceased. Physical Character. Senses. Manufactures and Arts. Domestic and Warlike Implements. War 66 CHAPTER IV [II of Vol. II]—War. Negociation for Peace. Revenge. Self-esteem. Hospitality. Mimicry 87 CHAPTER V [III of Vol. II]—Tribes and Bands. Fabulous Legends. Wit. Ninnegahe, or mixed Tobacco. Dances. Otoes. Migrations. Language 115 CHAPTER VI [IV of Vol. II]—Boyer's Creek. Visit to the Pawnees. Human Sacrifices. Anecdote of Petalesharoo. Appendix 136 CHAPTER VII [V of Vol. II]—Journey by Land from St. Louis to Council Bluff. Grand River. Plains at the sources of the Little Platte, the Nishnebottona, &c. Departure of the Expedition from Engineer Cantonment 165 CHAPTER VIII [VI of Vol. II]—The Platte. Desert Plains. Mirage. Arrival at the Rocky Mountains 230 CHAPTER IX [VII of Vol. II]—Sandstone Formation at the Base of the Rocky Mountains. The Platte within the Mountains. Granitic Mountains between the Platte and Arkansa. Castle Rock. Birds. Plants 286 APPENDIX A [Vol. I] 317 APPENDIX B [Vol. I] 329 APPENDIX C [Vol. I] 347 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XV "Distant View of the Rocky Mountains" 269