TRANSCRIBER NOTES The text includes Original Edition page numbers in { }. Footnotes in the text are in [ ]. 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 XVIII 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 XVIII Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824-1830; Willard's Inland Trade with New Mexico, 1825, and Downfall of the Fredonian Republic; and Malte-Brun's Account of Mexico. [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 XVIII PREFACE. _The Editor_ 9 PERSONAL NARRATIVE during an Expedition from St. Louis, through The Vast Regions between that place and the Pacific Ocean, and thence back through the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, during journeyings of six years; in which he and his Father, who accompanied him, suffered unheard of Hardships and Dangers, had Various Conflicts with the Indians, and were made Captives, in which Captivity his Father died; together with a Description of the Country, and the Various Nations through which they passed. _James O. Pattie_, of Kentucky, edited by _Timothy Flint_. Copyright notice 24 The first Editor's Preface. _Timothy Flint_ 25 Author's Introduction 29 Text 37 The first Editor's Note. _Timothy Flint_ 325 Inland Trade with New Mexico. _Doctor Willard_, edited by _Timothy Flint_ 327 Downfall of the Fredonian Republic. _Doctor Willard_, edited by _Timothy Flint_ 365 Mexico. Some Account of its Inhabitants, Towns, Productions, and Natural Curiosities. _Conrad Malte-Brun_ 370 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XVIII Facsimile of title-page, Pattie's Narrative 23 "Rescue of an Indian Child" 57