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times, when in mourning, or on other solemn occasions, give
away the whole of their possessions, and reduce themselves
to nakedness and want. The warrior in question led his
two best horses into the middle of the village, and gave
them away to his friends; upon which songs and acclama-
tions in praise of his generosity mingled with the cries of
the women.

On the next morning we entered again among the moun-
tains. There was nothing in their appearance either grand
or picturesque, though they were desolate to the last de-
gree, being mere piles of black and broken rocks, without
trees or vegetation of any kind. As we passed among
them along a wide valley, I noticed Raymond riding by
the side of a young squaw, to whom he was addressing
various compliments. All the old squaws in the neigh-
borhood watched his proceedings in great admiration, and
the girl herself would turn aside her head and laugh.
Just then his mule thought proper to display her vi-
cious pranks, and began to rear and plunge furiously.
Raymond was an excellent rider, and at first he stuck
fast in his seat; but the moment after, I saw the mule's
hind-legs flourishing in the air and my unlucky follower
pitching head foremost over her ears. There was a burst
of screams and laughter from all the women, in which his
mistress herself took part, and Raymond was assailed by
such a shower of witticisms that he was glad to ride for-
ward out of hearing.

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Not long after, as I rode near him, I heard him shouting
to me. He was pointing towards a detached rocky hill
that stood in the middle of the valley before us, and from
behind it a long file of elk came out at full speed and en-
tered an opening in the mountain. They had scarcely dis-
appeared, when whoops and exclamations came from fifty

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Contributors: Francis Parkman - author, Frederic Remington - illustrator. Publisher: Little Brown. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1892. Page Number: 290.
    
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