CHAPTER V.. Depart for St. Louis--Albion--the Late Messrs. Birkbeck and

Depart for St. Louis--Albion--the late Messrs. Birkbeck and Flowers--Hardgrove's prairie--the roads--the Grand prairie--prairie wolf--mode of training dogs--Elliott's inn--inhabitants of Illinois--ablutions--coal--soil and produce--the American Bottom--St Louis--monopolies--Fur companies--incivility of a certain Major--trapping expedition--trade with Santa Fé--lead mines--Carondalot--Jefferson barracks--discipline--visit to a slave-holder--the Ioway hostages--Indian investigation--character of the Indians.