"A heap! The soldiers in Santa Fé are half froze for leather; and mocassins fetch two dollars, easy."
"Wagh! How's trade on Arkansa, and what's doin to the Fort?"
"Shians at Big Timber, and Bent's people trading smart. On North Fork, Jim Waters got a hundred pack right off, and Sioux making more."
"Whar's Bill Williams?"
"Gone under they say: the Diggers took his hair."
"How's powder goin?"
"Two dollars a pint."
"Bacca?"
"A plew a plug."
"Got any about you?"