Marcy, Randolph B.: The Prairie Traveler
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Marcy, Randolph B.
The Prairie Traveler
Table of Contents
Title Page
Preface
Chapter 1
Routes to California and Oregon
Organization of Companies
Wagons and Teams
Stores and Provisions
Clothing
Camp Equipage
Arms
Chapter 2
Marching
Water
Journadas
Advance and Rear Guards
Selection of Camps
Sanitary Considerations
Stampedes
Picket Guards
Chapter 3
Repairs of Accidents
Fording Rivers
Driving Loose Horses
Method of Marching
Storms
Chapter 4
Packing and Driving
Saddles
Sores and Diseases
Rattlesnake Bites
Chapter 5
Bivuacs and Tents
Sibley Tent
Camp Furniture
Litters
Rapid Traversing
Fuel and Fire
Jerking Meat
Lariats
Cachés
Disposition of Fire-Arms
Trailing
Chapter 6
Delawares and Shawnees
Black Beaver
The Wild Tribes of the West
Indian Fighting
Meeting Indians
War Expeditions
Tracking Indians
Telegraphing by Smokes
Chapter 7
Hunting
The Buffalo
The Deer
The Antelope
The Bear
The Big-Horn
Itineraries
Appendix
A. Portable boat
B. Winter Traveling
C. Indian Signals
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