CHAPTER II.
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..