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[Illustration: POTOSI _alias Mine a Burlon_.]




  SCENES

  AND

  ADVENTURES

  IN THE

  Semi-Alpine Region

  OF THE

  OZARK MOUNTAINS OF MISSOURI

  AND ARKANSAS,

  WHICH WERE FIRST TRAVERSED BY DE SOTO, IN 1541.




  BY HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT.




  PHILADELPHIA:
  LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO.
  1853.




  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by

  HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT,

  in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court
  for the District of Columbia.




  Dedication.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~

  _To the Memory_

  OF

  DE WITT CLINTON,

  LATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, &C. &C. &C.,

  AN EARLY FRIEND, DURING THE YEARS DEVOTED TO THESE EXCURSIONS
  INTO THE GREAT AREA OF THE WEST;--

  A MAN WHO WAS EMINENT IN VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE;--

  WHO, BY HIS EXALTED FORECAST, WISE COUNSELS, AND STEADY POLICY,
  CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHEST BENEFITS AND RENOWN OF HIS
  NATIVE STATE;--

  THESE RECORDS OF INCIDENTS OF EXPLORATORY TRAVEL,
  ARE DEDICATED WITH THE SINCEREST SENTIMENTS OF RESPECT AND REGARD
  FOR HIS CHARACTER AND NAME,
  WHICH