Commerce of the prairies /
Gregg made eight trading trips to Santa Fe from 1831 to 1840. He described in detail the life and history of the Southwest and northern Mexico.
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Language: | English |
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Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[1954]
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Series: | American exploration and travel series ;
v. 17. |
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Online Access: | Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Volume I. Preface
- I. Origin and Development of the Santa Fe® Trade
- II. Head Quarters of the Santa Fe Trade - The Departure
- III. The 'Catch up' - Under Way
- IV. A Desert Plain -The First Real Alarm
- V. A Beautiful Ravine-Arrival at Santa Fé
- VI. Sketches of the History of Santa Fé
- VII. Geographical Position of New Mexico
- VIII. The Mines of New Mexico
- IX. Domestic Animals and Their Conditions
- X. Conditions of the Arts and Sciences in New Mexico
- XI. Style of Dress in New Mexico - Customs
- XII. Government of New Mexico
- XIII. Military Hierarchy - Religious Superstitions and Ceremonies
- XIV. The Pueblos
- XV. The Wild Tribes of New Mexico
- XVI. Incidents of a Return Trip from Santa Fé
- Volume II. I. A Return to Prairie Life
- II. Travelling out of our latitude - a party of Comanches
- III. Ponds and buffalo wallows - valley of the Canadian and romantic freaks of nature - Arrival (Again) at Santa Fé
- IV. Preparations fro a start to Chihuahua - arrival
- V. Trip from Chihuahua to Aguascalientes, in 1835
- VI. Visit to the mining town of Jesús-María 0 return to Chihuahua
- VII. Departure for Santa Fé trade
- VIII. Preparations for returning home - arrival at Van Buren
- IX. Conclusion of the Santa Fé trade
- X. Geography of the prairies
- XI. Animals of the prairies
- XII. Aborigines of America
- XIII. The frontier Indians
- XIV. Indians of the prairies - system of Chiefs - modes of warfare
- XV. Indians of the prairies - intermediate tribes
- Glossary