CHAPTER II.. Life in the Wilderness.

Life in the Wilderness.

A Surgical Operation.--A Winter with Kin Cade.--Study of the Languages and Geography.--Return towards Missouri.--Engagement with a new Company and Strange Adventures.--The Rattlesnake.--Anecdote of Kit Carson.--The Sahara.--New Engagements.--Trip to El Paso.--Trapping and Hunting.--Prairie Scenery.--The Trapper's Outfit.--Night Encampment.--Testimony of an Amateur Hunter.