What I Saw on the Old Santa Fe Trail

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico, pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell. What did James Little see in mid-century on the Santa Fe Trail? Among other things: "Caravans of Prairie Schooners, Forty Wagons, Five-hundred Oxen, Millions of Buffaloes, Thousands of Wild Horses, Antelopes. Big Grey Wolves and Cayotes, Prairie Dog Towns and Jack Rabbits. Rattle Snakes, Lizards and Centepedes, Savage Indians and Mexicans, Strange Sights Crossing the Desert..." This lively and simple account of Little's time in a world now gone is a treasure of 19th century pioneer biographies.