THE

CRAYON MISCELLANY.

BY

WASHINGTON IRVING.

A UTII OR'S REVISED EDITION.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM, 441 BROADWAY.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by

WASTINGTON IRVING in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District

of New-York.

JOHN F. Trow,
Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper,

46, 48 A 50 Greene Street, Between Grand & Broome, New York.

The Pawnee Hunting Grounds.-Travelling Companions.— A Commis

sioner. -A Virtuoso.-A Seeker of Adventures.-A G:l Blas of the Frontier.-A Young Man's Anticipations of Pleasure,

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CHAPTER II

Anticipations Disappointed.—New Plans.—Preparations to join an Ex

ploring Party.--Departure from Fort Gibson.-Fording of the Verdigris.—An Indian Cavalier,

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CHAPTER III.

An Indian Agency.--Riflemen.—Osages, Creeks, Trappers, Dogs,

Horses, Half-Breeds. --Beatte, the Huntsman,

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CHAPTER V.

Frontier Scenes.-A Lycurgus of the Border.-Lynch's Law.-The

Danger of Finding a Horse.- The Young Osage,

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CHAPTER VI.

Trail of the Osage Hunters.-Departure of the Count and his Party.--A

Deserted War Camp.-A Vagrant Dog.-The Encampment,

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CHAPTER VII.

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News of the Rangers.—The Count and his Indian Squire.—Halt in the

Woods.-Woodland Scene.-Osage Village.- Osage Visitors at our

Evening Camp,

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Amusements in the Camp.-Consultations.—Hunters' Fare and Feast.

ing.--Evening Scenes.-Camp Melody.—The Fate of an Amateur

Owl,

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CHAPTER XI.

Breaking up of the Encampment.—Picturesque March.-Game.-Camp

Scenes.-Triumph of a Young Hunter.—III Success of Old Hunters.

-Foul Murder of a Polecat,

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