The Prairie Traveler The 1859 Handbook for

Along with a good rifle and a sturdy horse, this guidebook was essential for westward-bound pioneers. Originally published by the War Department, Capt. Marcy's manual offers life-or-death advice on choosing the best routes to California, food supplies, treating snakebites, fording rivers, and encountering Native Americans. 21 original illustrations.

The different Routes to California and Oregon

Their respective Advantages

Organization of Companies

Elections of Captains

Wagons and Teams

Relative Merits of Mules and Oxen

Stores and Provisions

How packed

Desiccated and canned Vegetables

Pemmican

Antiscorbutics

Cold Flour

Substitutes in case of Necessity

Amount of Supplies

Clothing

Camp Equipage

Arms

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Marching

Treatment of Animals

Water

Different methods of finding and purifying it

Journadas

Methods of crossing them

Advance and Rear Guards

Selection of Camp

Sanitary Considerations

Dr. Jackson's Report

Picket Guards

Stampedes

How to prevent them

Corraling Wagons

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Repairing broken Wagons

Fording Rivers

Quicksand

Wagon Boats

Bull Boats

Crossing Packs

Swimming Animals

Marching with loose Horses

Herding Mules

Best Methods of Marching

Herding and guarding Animals

Descending Mountains

Storms

Northers

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Packing

Saddles

Mexican Method

Madrina, or Bell-mare

Attachment of the Mule illustrated

Best Method of Packing

Hoppling Animals

Selecting Horses and Mules

Grama and bunch Grass

European Saddles

California Saddle

Saddle Wounds

Alkali

Flies

Colic

Rattlesnake Bites

Cures for the Bite

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Bivouacs

Tente d'Abri

Gutta-percha Knapsack Tent

Comanche Lodge

Sibley Tent

Camp Furniture

Litters

Rapid Traveling

Fuel

Making Fires

Fires on the Prairies

Jerking Meat

Making Lariats

Making Caches

Disposition of Fire-arms

Colt's Revolvers

Gun Accidents

Trailing

Indian Sagacity

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Guides and Hunters

Delawares and Shawnees

Khebirs

Black Beaver

Anecdotes

Domestic Troubles

Lodges

Similarity of Prairie Tribes to the Arabs

Method of making War

Tracking and pursuing Indians

Method of attacking them

Telegraphing by Smokes

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Hunting

Its Benefits to the Soldier

Buffalo

Deer

Antelope

Bear

Big-horn, or Mountain Sheep

Their Habits, and Hints upon the best Methods of hunting them

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Appendix

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The Prairie Traveler The 1859 Handbook for Westbound Pioneers

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