TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES The text and chapter headings include Original Edition page numbers and chapter numbers in { }. For example {212} Chapter I {VIII}. Footnotes are in [ ], for example [12]. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume XVI 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 XVI Part III of James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820 [Illustration: (Publisher's logo)] 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 XVI CHAPTER I [VIII of Vol. II, original ed.]--Excursion to the Summit of the Peak. Mineral Springs. Coquimbo Owl. Encampment on the Arkansa 11 CHAPTER II [IX of Vol. II]--A Detachment from the Exploring Party Ascend the Arkansa to the Mountains. Bell's Springs. Descent of the Arkansa. Grizzly Bear 32 CHAPTER III [X of Vol. II]--Natural Mounds. Kaskaia Indian and Squaw. Preparations for a Division of the Party. Sandstones of the High Plains South of the Arkansa. Fletz Trap Formation 52 CHAPTER IV [XI of Vol. II]--Sufferings of the Party from Stormy Weather and Want of Provisions. Indications of an Approach towards Settlements. Inscribed Rock. Cervus Macrotis. Volcanic Origin of Amygdaloid 84 CHAPTER V [XII of Vol. II]--Kaskaia Hunting Party. Indian Encampment. Unfriendly Behavior of the Kaskaias. Some Account of their Persons and Manners. Salt Plains. Cumancias 102 CHAPTER VI [XIII of Vol. II]--Sand Plains. Mississippi Hawk. Small-leaved Elm. Wild Horses. Hail-storm. Climate. Bisons. Grapes. Red Sand Formation. Gypsum 126 CHAPTER VII [I of Vol. III]--Inconveniences Resulting from Want of Water. Wood Ticks. Plants. Loss of One of the Party. Honey Bees. Forests. Gray Sandstone. Indications of Coal. Limestone 148