Indian sketches, taken during an expedition to the Pawnee and other tribes of American Indians (Vol. 1 of 2)

by John Treat Irving

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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INDIAN SKETCHES,
TAKEN
DURING AN EXPEDITION
TO
THE PAWNEE AND OTHER TRIBES
OF
AMERICAN INDIANS.

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BY

JOHN T. IRVING, Junior.

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IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

MDCCCXXXV.

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TO

HENRY L. ELLSWORTH, ESQ.

Dear Sir,

Having accompanied you throughout the whole of your bold and perilous expedition to the Pawnee Towns, permit me to congratulate you upon its success, and upon the benefits secured both to your own countrymen, and to the wild tribes beyond the border, by your enterprise and self-devotion.

With me it was the juvenile excursion of a minor, where every thing was fraught with novelty and pleasurable excitement; but with you it was an official undertaking, full of anxiety and forethought, and I cannot but fear that to the cares of your office was occasionally added solicitude for the safety of your young and heedless fellow-traveller.

As it was partly at your own suggestion that the following pages were written, I beg you will accept this dedication of them as a slight testimonial of my respect and esteem, and an acknowledgment of the kindness manifested by you throughout our wild campaign. If they present but imperfect sketches of the vivid scenes we have witnessed together, you will recollect that they are the first attempts of an inexperienced pencil.

THE AUTHOR.

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CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.

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INTRODUCTION.
	Page
Introductory Account of the Object of the Expedition, and the Persons who composed it	[1]
CHAPTER I. The Indian Country	[9]
CHAPTER II. The Rangers.—Indian Habits.—Crossing the Kanzas River	[19]
CHAPTER III. Shawanese and the Delawares	[29]
CHAPTER IV. The Prairie.—Arrival at Fort Leavenworth	[35]
CHAPTER V. The Sac Indian	[41]
CHAPTER VI. The Kanzas	[47]
CHAPTER VII. The Kanzas Chief	[64]
CHAPTER VIII. The Forest.—The Kickapoos	[68]
CHAPTER IX. Departure for the Pawnees.—Prairie Life	[83]
CHAPTER X. The Party of Sac Indians	[93]
CHAPTER XI. The Journey.—Saline River	[103]
CHAPTER XII. The Legend of the Saline River	[110]
CHAPTER XIII. The Otoe Messengers	[117]
CHAPTER XIV. An Otoe Warrior.—The Iotan Chief	[123]
CHAPTER XV. The Iotan and his Brother, or Indian Revenge	[129]
CHAPTER XVI. The Reception.—The Town	[136]
CHAPTER XVII. Indian Habits.—The Escape	[151]
CHAPTER XVIII. The Rival Chiefs.—Indian Feasts	[160]
CHAPTER XIX. Domestic Grievances	[170]
CHAPTER XX. A Man of the World	[179]
CHAPTER XXI. The Chase	[184]
CHAPTER XXII. The Metamorphosis	[194]
CHAPTER XXIII. Indian Dogs	[201]
CHAPTER XXIV. Indian Life	[208]
CHAPTER XXV. The Indian Guard	[213]
CHAPTER XXVI. The Otoe Council	[219]
CHAPTER XXVII. Distribution of Presents	[226]
CHAPTER XXVIII. Departure of Otoes for the Hunting Grounds	[238]
CHAPTER XXIX. Departure from the Otoe Village	[243]
CHAPTER XXX. The Alarm	[247]
CHAPTER XXXI. Preparations for Reception.—Reception by Grand Pawnees	[258]