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"With such a book in his hand, he will be able, in difficult circumstances, to avail himself of the matured experience of veteran travelers, and thereby avoid many otherwise unforeseen disasters; avoid many serious losses, and enjoy a comparative exemption from doubts and anxieties. He will feel himself a master spirit in the wilderness he traverses, and not the victim of every new combination of circumstances which nature affords or fate allots, as if to try his skill and prowess." Emigrants or others desiring to make the overland journey to the Pacific should bear in mind that there are several different routes which may be traveled with wagons, each having its advocates in persons directly or indirectly interested in attracting the tide of emigration and travel over them. Information concerning these routes coming from strangers living or owning property near them, from agents of steam-boats or railways, or from other persons connected with transportation companies, should be received with great caution, and never without corroborating evidence from disinterested sources. On such a journey as this, there is much to interest and amuse one who is fond of picturesque scenery, and of wild life in its most primitive aspect, yet no one should attempt it without anticipating many rough knocks and much hard labor; every man must expect to do his share of duty faithfully and without a murmur. On long and arduous expeditions men are apt to become irritable and ill-natured, and oftentimes fancy they have more labor imposed upon them than their comrades, and that the person who directs the march is partial toward his favorites, etc. That man who exercises the greatest forbearance under such circumstances, who is cheerful, slow to take up quarrels, and endeavors to reconcile difficulties among his companions, is deserving of all praise, and will, without doubt, contribute largely to the success and comfort of an expedition. CHAPTER I. The 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. Amount of Supplies. Clothing. Camp Equipage. Arms. CHAPTER II. Marching. 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. Picket Guards. Stampedes. How to prevent them. Corraling Wagons. CHAPTER III. Repairing 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. CHAPTER IV. Packing. Saddles. Mexican Method. Madrina, or Bell-mare. Attachment of the Mule illustrated. Best Method of Packing. Hoppling Animals. Selecting Horses and Mules. European Saddles. California Saddle. Saddle Wounds. Alkali. Flies. Colic. Rattlesnake Bites. Cures for the Bite. CHAPTER V. Bivouacs. 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. CHAPTER VI. Guides 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. CHAPTER VII. Hunting. 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. Itineraries Appendix
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just over one hundred years ago harper & bros published : the parairie traveler" as a manual and guide for tenderfoot undertaking overland treks through the untamed west.. this book was intended to impart specialized knowledge and counsel in the art of survival
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Randolph Barnes Marcy was born on April 9, 1812 at Greenwich, Massachussets. He was the eldest son of Laban and Fanny (Howe) Marcy. He was descended from John Marcy, an Irish emigrant who was in Roxbury, Massachussets, as early as 1685 and died in Woodstock, Connecticut, in 1724.
Marcy graduated at the Military Academy in 1832, as brevet second lieutenant in the 5th Infantry; reached the substantive rank of second lieutenant in 1835, first lieutenant in 1837, and captain in 1846.
His service for some thirteen years was entirely on the Michigan and Wisconsin frontier, except for two short periods on recruiting duty in the East. In 1845 he went to Texas, and served there during the military occupation and in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He then went on recruiting duty again, but returned to Texas in 1847. For the next twelve years he remained in the Southwest, much of the time in the field. In 1849 he escorted emigrants from Fort Smith to Santa Fé, reconnoitering and opening a new trail. In 1851 he commanded the escort of General Belknap, who traveled extensively in that region selecting sites for military posts. In 1852 he led an exploring expedition to the headwaters of the Red and Canadian rivers, and in 1854 he surveyed Indian reservations in northern and western Texas. His reports of the explorations of 1849, 1852, and 1854, were published as Senate Executive Document No. 64 (31 Cong. , 1 Sess. ), No. 54 (32 Cong. , 2 Sess, ), and No. 60 (34 Cong. , 1 Sess. ). For a short time in 1857 he was engaged in the campaign against the Seminole Indians in Florida, but returned to the West in time to accompany Col. Albert Sidney Johnston's expedition against the Mormons in Utah. This expedition had to winter at Fort Bridger, under conditions of great hardship, its trains having been seriously crippled by Mormon raiders. Marcy, with a hundred men, made a winter march of nearly a thousand miles through trackless country and over the Rocky Mountains, to the military posts in New Mexico, to obtain animals and supplies; he reached Fort Bridger again in June 1858. Until this time his service had been entirely with his regiment. He was now detailed as acting inspector-general of the Department of Utah. After a few months on this duty he was ordered to New York to prepare a semi-official guidebook, called The Prairie Traveler, which was published in 1859 by authority of the War Department. It was an excellent compendium of practical hints for travelers, and included a remarkable collection of detailed road notes covering thirty-four important overland trails. In August 1859 he was appointed major and paymaster, and served in the northwest until May 1861, when he became chief of staff of his son-in-law, Gen. George B. McClellan. In this capacity he served through the Peninsular and Antietam campaigns, holding the rank of colonel and inspector-general from Aug. 9, 1861, and the temporary rank of brigadier-general from September 23, 1861, to March 4, 1863. At the close of the war he received brevet commissions as brigadier- and major-general. From 1863 to 1878 he served as inspector in various departments and on December 12, 1878, was appointed inspector-general of the army, with the rank of brigadier-general. He served in this capacity until his retirement from active service, January 2, 1881. From his retirement to his death he resided at West Orange, N. J.
Marcy noted for his frontier guidebook, the Prairie Traveler (1859), based on his own extensive experience of pioneering in the west. This publication became a key handbook for the thousands of Americans wanting to cross the continent. Civil War Union Brigadier General. He served as his son-in-law's chief-of-staff during General McClellan's tenure as commander of the Army of the Potomac, and during inspection duties in various military districts. He was appointed Inspector General of the US Army in 1872. Fort Marcy Park in McLean, Virginia, was named for General Marcy. A species of garter snake, Thamnophis marcianus, is named in his honor.
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Marcy was tall, broad-shouldered, and soldierly in bearing. He was essentially an out-of-doors man, and continued to make big-game hunting trips even after his retirement. At the same time he had some facility in writing and published two volumes of recollections of frontier service: Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border (1866), and Border Reminiscences (1872), besides the guidebook mentioned above.
He was married in 1833 to Mary A. Mann, daughter of Gen. Jonas Mann of Syracuse, N. Y. She died in 1878. They had three children a son who died in infancy; Mary Ellen, who married Gen. George B. McClellan; and Frances, who married Edward Clarke.
