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title	:	A Tour On the Prairies Western Frontier Library
author	:	Irving, Washington.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806119586
print isbn13	:	9780806119588
ebook isbn13	:	9780585145105
language	:	English
subject	Oklahoma--Description and travel, Indians of North America--Oklahoma.
publication date	:	1956
lcc	:	F697.I743 1956eb
ddc	:	917.66
subject	:	Oklahoma--Description and travel, Indians of North America--Oklahoma.

Page i THE WESTERN FRONTIER LIBRARY

Page v A Tour on the Prairies Washington Irving Edited with an Introductory Essay by John Francis McDermott UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS NORMAN AND LONDON

Page vi Books Edited and Written by John Francis McDermott Published by the University of Oklahoma Press George Caleb Bingham: River Portraitist, 1959 Seth Eastman: Pictorial Historian of the Indian, 1961 Editor of Tixier's Travels on the Osage Prairies (translated by Albert J. Salvan), 1940 Editor of The Western Journals of Washington Irving, 1944 Editor of Up the Missouri with Audubon: The Journal of Edward Harris, 1951 Editor of Indian Sketches, by John Treat Irving, 1955 Editor of A Tour on the Prairies, by Washington Irving, 1956 Editor of Prairie and Mountain Sketches, by Matthew C. Field (collected by Clyde and Mae Reed Porter) (ed. with Kate L. Gregg), 1957 Cataloging in Publication Data Irving, Washington, 17831859. A tour on the prairies. Edited with an introductory essay by John Francis McDermott. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1956] (The Western frontier library [7]) 1. OklahomaDescr. & trav. 2. Indians of North America Oklahoma. 1. Title. F697.I743 1956 917.66 5611232 Library of Congress [10] ISBN: 0806119586 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 5611232 New edition copyright 1956 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Page vii FOR "TIA" Elizabeth Irwin Elder

Page ix Contents Foreword, by Richard Batman xiii Editor's Preface xix Introductory Essay, by John Francis McDermott xxi Author's Introduction 3 I The Pawnee Hunting Grounds,Travelling Companions.A Commissioner.A Virtuoso.A Seeker of Adventures.A Gil Blas of the Frontier.A Young Man's Anticipations of Pleasure. 10 II Anticipations Disappointed.New Plans.Preparations to join an Exploring Party.Departure from Fort Gibson.Fording of the Verdigris.An Indian Cavalier. 16 III An Indian Agency.Riflemen.Osages, Creeks, Trappers, Dogs, Horses, Half-breeds.Beatte, the Huntsman. 21 IV The Departure. 27 V Frontier Scenes.A Lycurgus of the Border.Lynch's Law.The Danger of Finding a Horse.The Young Osage. 30 VI Trail of the Osage Hunters.Departure of the Count and His Party.A Deserted War Camp.A Vagrant Dog.The Encampment. 35 VII News of the Rangers.The Count and his Indian Squire.Halt in the Woods.Woodland Scene.Osage Village.Osage Visitors at Our Evening Camp. 39

Page x VIII The Honey Camp. 47 IX A Bee Hunt. 50 X Amusements in the Camp.Consultations.Hunters' Fare and Feasting.Evening Scenes.Camp Melody.The Fate of an Amateur Owl. 55 XI Breaking up of the Encampment.Picturesque March.Game.Camp Scenes.Triumph of a Young Hunter.Ill Success of Old Hunters.Foul Murder of a Polecat. 63 XII The Crossing of the Arkansas. 70 XIII The Camp of the Glen. Camp Gossip.Pawnees and Their Habits.A Hunter's Adventure.Horses Found, and Men Lost. 74 XIV Deer Shooting.Life on the Prairies.Beautiful Encampment.Hunter's Luck.Anecdotes of the Delawares and their Superstitions. 82 XV The Search for the Elk.Pawnee Stories. 89 XVI A Sick Camp.The March.The Disabled Horse.Old Ryan and the Stragglers.Symptoms of Change of Weather, and Change of Humors. 95

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