Over the Santa Fé Trail 1857 BY W. B. NAPTON. 1905. FRANKLIN HUDSON PUBLISHING CO., KANSAS CITY, MO. CONTENTS Page I. Captain “Jim Crow” Chiles 3 II. In Camp, South of Westport 10 III. Buffalo 14 IV. Companions of Voyage 18 V. Pestiferous Indians 21 VI. At the Kiowa Camp 28 VII. To the Cimarron 33 VIII. My First Antelope 38 IX. A Kicking Gun and a Bucking Mule 46 X. A Gray Wolf 50 XI. Arrival at Las Vegas 54 XII. In Peril of Indians 62 XIII. Captain Chiles’ Chase 69 LEWIS & CLARK’S ROUTE RETRAVELED Chapter I 73 Chapter II 84 Chapter III 93 ILLUSTRATIONS Page “Jim Crow” Chiles Laughed 7 The Mule Suddenly Bucked 24 Punched Him With the Point 26 Difficult to Get the Heavily Loaded Wagons Across 34 Their Drivers Were Unable to Restrain Them 40 “Skeesicks” Walked Up 44 He Plodded Along With the Lame Cattle 46 He Jumped and Kicked 48 The Officers Dragged Him Out 60 “Men, They Are Indians!” 66 Over the Santa Fé Trail, 1857. I. CAPTAIN “JIM CROW” CHILES.