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