Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail

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University of Oklahoma Press, 1995 - 322 páginas

In 1839 a journalist for the New Orleans Picayune, Matthew C. Field, joined a company of merchants and tourists headed west on the Santa Fe Trail. Leaving Independence, Missouri, early in July "with a few wagons and a carefree spirit," Field recorded his vivid impressions of travel westward on the Santa Fe Trail and, on the return trip, eastward along the Cimarron Route. Written in verse in his journal and in eighty-five articles later published in the Picayune, Field’s observations offer the modern reader a unique glimpse of life in the settlements of Mexico and on the Santa Fe Trail.

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MATT FIELDS JOURNAL
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MATT FIELDS NEW ORLEANS Picayune ARTICLES
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The Butchering December 12 16 1839
89
The Wild Horse December 13 16 1839
96
The Deserted Village January 9 11 1841
104
The Indian Fort March 17 23 1840
107
Lazy Hasey April 10 12 1841
116
The Indian to the Rainbow August 23 24 1840
187
A Mexican Inn February 18 22 1841
193
A Duel without Seconds January 16 18 1841
199
Señora Toulous April 18 20 1840
205
Santa FéIts Ladies and Shops
213
The Smugglers August 15 17 1840
221
The Dying Murderer March 5 9 1840
229
Evening November 26 30 1840
235

Storm on the Prairie April 26 1841 w
122
The Cache April 2 6 1840
129
Crows and Arrappachos September
133
Big Timber October 11 12 1840
140
Sham Indians December 3 7 1840
146
The Salt Pond December 7 9 1839
153
The Ratone October 3 12 1840
160
The AscentThe Night Camp
166
The Grizzly Bear December 27 30 1839
172
Ojo Colorado or Red
179
The Rancheros December 30 1840
244
A Sunday in San Miguel April 26 27 1840
251
Trappers Trapped by Crows August 5 9 1841
259
Camanches April 11 13 1840
265
An Alarming Rencontre May 5 11 1840
273
A Cool Greeting May 16 18 1840
278
Dog Towns November 22 23 1840
284
The Lost Track April 8 13 1840
291
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Clyde Porter, noted student of Western Americana, assembled the material for Ruxton of the Rockies. Mae Reed Porter, noted student of Western Americana, assembled the material for Ruxton of the Rockies.

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