{"product_id":"2940148411536","title":"The Prairie Traveler","description":"The Prairie Traveler\u003cbr\u003eA Hand-book for Overland Expeditions with Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eMarching. 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.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eRepairing 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.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003ePacking. 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.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eBivouacs. 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.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eGuides 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.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eHunting. 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.\u003cbr\u003eItineraries.\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122287821040,"sku":"2940148411536","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148411536_p0.jpg?v=1763702595","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148411536","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}