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Show 86 NATIONAL WAGON ROAD GUIDE. LEAVE '3 THE RIVER. . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . .... -...... I I. 6 Good camping here. BUFFALO CREEl{. . . . . . . . . ..... o • o • • • • • • .. .. • • • 7 M. You follow up this creek to the CROSSING OR FORD .......•••. o • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3M. Road approaches the RIVER AGAIN...... . o. o. o o. o ••••• 0 •• o •••••••••• 7 Good camping. RIVER AGAIN ................•..........•.••.. ~ . . . 6 Here you will find timber on an island. WILLOW LAI\:E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . o ••••••••• o •••• 0 •••••• 8 Good water and grass ; no wood. • PT AH LAI{E ....................... o o •••• o o • • • • • • • • 8 Long and crooked. DRY CREEK ................ o •••• .- ••••••••••••••••• 2 The road .runs near the riYer again in about FOURTEEN MILES .............•.••............... 14 It now passes among sand bluffs ; then near the foot of the bluffs, and on to . , SKUNK CRE~K ...........•......•..•..•........... 12M. This is a fine stream ; good grass, but no wood. SKUNK CREEK FORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 5~ You now pass a marshy lake, and on to ANOTHER IJAiill .................................. 2l' No timber here. COLD SPRING ............................... ·. • . . . . 4 This is at the head of a swamp. You now pass a num· her of sand bluffs to ,., CARRJON CREEK.. . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 5 No wood ; grass abundant. PLAT'"fE RIVER AGAIN. · ..... : ....•.... 1 ••••••••••• 4 Good camping; wood and grass. LAST TIMBER.. . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 4 You now pass over a country barren of all growing 'tim· her. Your fuel must consist mainly of buffalo chips. NATIONAL WAGON ROAD GUIDE. A little drift wood is sometimes picked up along the river. WIDE CREEK ..................................•.•• High steep banks, shallow and little water BLACI( MUD CREEK .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Grass and water good. 87 PLATTE RIVER .................•......• · .. · · · . · • · 2 Road now leaves the river. . 3~ SMALL CREEK. . . . . . .. · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · • · · · · High banks ; but little water : grass good. NORTH BLUFF FORK ........•............ · .. ·. · 3~ Low banks, quicksand bottom, rapid current ; but not bad to cross ; little grass. In less than two miles, reach the sand bluffs · here the road is very crooked for four . ' miles, then descends to low lands, where the grass is good ; about four miles further to sand bluffs again, and one mile and a half further, reach LITTLE BLUFF CREEK............... . .......... 12 Poor cam ping. Six miles to sand bluffs, sand deep and heavy. After passing a small creek among the bluffs, the road is good to the low lands again. BLUFF SPRING .................•......... I •••••••• Good camping. PETIT CREEK ...•..........•...•....... · · . · · · · · · · 1 Good camping. PICANINNI CREEK .............•.. · · , · · · • · · · · • • · · · 1~ Cold spring water here ; excellent camping. GOOSE CREEK ................•.•.........•..•.... 1 Here the road leads over a low sand bluff, to SPRING CREEK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . • . . . 1 The springs are at the foot of the bluff. SMALL CREEK ................ • · • • · · · · · · · • · • • · · · · · Good camping; in half a mile pass another small creek, to RATTLESNAKE CREEK ................. ···•··· · · 6 • |
