The Oregon Trail By Francis Parkman, Jr.















































































































































 -   A pistol, loaded and 
capped, lay on the mantelpiece; and through the glass of the 
bookcase, peeping above the works - Page 28
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A Pistol, Loaded And Capped, Lay On The Mantelpiece; And Through The Glass Of The Bookcase, Peeping Above The Works Of John Milton Glittered The Handle Of A Very Mischievous-Looking Knife.

Our host went out, and returned with iced water, glasses, and a bottle of excellent claret; a refreshment most

Welcome in the extreme heat of the day; and soon after appeared a merry, laughing woman, who must have been, a year of two before, a very rich and luxuriant specimen of Creole beauty. She came to say that lunch was ready in the next room. Our hostess evidently lived on the sunny side of life, and troubled herself with none of its cares. She sat down and entertained us while we were at table with anecdotes of fishing parties, frolics, and the officers at the fort. Taking leave at length of the hospitable trader and his friend, we rode back to the garrison.

Shaw passed on to the camp, while I remained to call upon Colonel Kearny. I found him still at table. There sat our friend the captain, in the same remarkable habiliments in which we saw him at Westport; the black pipe, however, being for the present laid aside. He dangled his little cap in his hand and talked of steeple-chases, touching occasionally upon his anticipated exploits in buffalo- hunting. There, too, was R., somewhat more elegantly attired. For the last time we tasted the luxuries of civilization, and drank adieus to it in wine good enough to make us almost regret the leave- taking.

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