his trip to New Orleans for Offut, [16], [17];

impressed with slavery, [17];

in Offut's store, [18];

fights Armstrong, [18], [19];

later friendship with Armstrong, [19];

borrows a grammar, [19];

his honesty, [19], [20];

loses situation, [20];

involved in border quarrels, [24];

his temperance considered eccentric, [25];