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Show 13(i JOUHNAL OF A VOYAGE to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was. Ana .. t her lndian, who owned one of our horses, wished to return with him, which was positively refused him; but fearing he might steal him, I contented him with a present. We marched, and made the second branch, crossing one prairie t·Nclve miles, in which we suffcrecl much with drought. l)istance 22 miles. 9tb September, TueJday.-Marched at seven o'clock, and struck a large creek at eleven miles distance. On holding a council, it was determined to ascend this creek to the highest point of water, and then strike across to a large river of the Arkansaw. We ascended four miles and a half, and encamped. Killed one cabrie, two deer, two turkies. Distance 12 miles. 1 Otb September, 1.-f!edncsday.-Marchcd carl y. Struck :md passed the divide between the Grand river and the Verdegris river. Stopped to breakfast on a small stream of the latter; after which we marched and ncamped on the fourth small stream. Killed one elk, one deer. Dis-tance 2 1 mil es. 1 1 tb September, Tbur.rday.-Passcd four branches and over high hilly prairies. Encamped at night on a 1argc branch of Grand river. Killed one cabrie, one deer. 1)istance 17 miles. 1 2tb September, Friday. - Comtnenced our march at seven o'clock. Passed very ruff flint hills. My feet blis· t C'red and very sore. I stood on a hi11, and in one view below n1e saw buffalo, elk deer cabrie and panthers. ' ' ' Encamped on the main branch of Grand river, which had very steep banks an<.l was deep. Dr. Robinson, Bradley, and Baroney arrived after dusk, having killed three buf· f~llo, which, with one I killed, and two by the Indians, 1nade six ; the Indians alledging it was the Kans' hundng· TO THE SOUHCES OF TilE ARKANSA \V, &c. i 37 ground, therefore they would d possibly could. Distance 18 _cl stroy all the game they lUI es. 13th September, Satur/'o L t . • Ll• 'Y·- a e 1n m 1 · · mg every appearance of rain. II 1 d _arc 1mg, It hav-of Grand river. Marched . a tc to dme on a branch and halted at five intend' agai~ at half past two o'clock, ' mg to dispatch J) R · one of our Pawnees to tl . .11 r. obmson and b fl . I 1c VI age to~n1or . K. u a o, one elk and th . l . 1 ow. 1lled six ' l ec c eer. Distanc 9 '1 l4t/; SejJtcmber c d ,. ~ c e n11 es. ' uun ay.-1 he do t l young Pawnee) n1arched f. . h . c or anc Frank (<1 h lf Ol t c villag·e t I 1. I at a pa~t ~1A. o' 1 1 a cay- Jg 1t . we c oc <. Ilaltccl at ' 1 ' march we were con( . II . one o c ock. On the b mua y pa~~lnp; tl h ufialo, elk, and cabrie . . ·' I ' u uut) lcLrgt..: 1H:nls of t ' anu have no doLl t b er could support 200 n1en I l) ut one hnn-ing at the gam.c not I . b preve~ted the n1en shoot~ munition but ~s I mere_ y ecause ol the scarcity of ·ml- . ,' ' conceived, the law f . . . ' It also. Encamped at s o n1orahty iorbid . sun-set on the . b . nvcr hitherto called G. l . n~~un ranch of Whitl) lane nver j'" 11 l one cabrie. Distance 91· ·r . ~ c one bull~tlo and oJ lTil es 1.5tb September M l . passed a very larrrc'K,· one ay.-Marchcd at seven o'clocJ-.. ha d bc cn occupiedb 1 . an.s cnctmpmcnt c. . ' evacuated which · 0 · . ast summer p. d _, ' VI mg ndge, betw ' . I ocee eu on to the di-the Kans. Thi-."' .~~~~ the waters of the vVhitc river ·tzltf 1 0 nu o e w·ts l . c w lich was strongly . b ' covcrec wlth a layer of stone west side of saicl .IJmprcgnated \vith iron ore, and on th; one o'c·l ock . n gc we foun cl spa ~pr·m gs. Ilalt ' I 0 , ve1 y n1uch . . . , . ' CL at sage, who f h . :tg,unst the Inclination of th . ' rom t e rumur r f h t party of the Kans to b ,. ~g o , .t c bufEllo, concci vcd a tancc 18 miles. e DC ell. KIll eel two bufl~do. J)j~4 lGtb Scptemb 1' four l11ilcs 'ln ·l clr~lf uesday.-1\1arched Iat. '11Icli'n , I. b 'u a 1a cr ,, duu tJ L ranch t· 1 t:l.llCC', came to · , , . 1 · f . 0 water 'lt wh · 1 .t ' l Y 1and~on1L· a ter t\v o o , clock' ' \\ h ,I C l we st >ppecl c..l lld r ·ma.m cd untiJ ' en "(' marched and cro. ..· .s.. eu-l t\. .f ) |
