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Show c I ~ ,, .) ... JOUlL , \L OF .\ YO\ 1\GC tr course bore too much west, and they desired to bear omto re forth h untm. g ground o f t 1 , 0 "tP-·e In the morn1C 5c n • d I . l b t'l incr s<'nt out to o l) t..u .n the bufEdo meat, , an aH. ly u. n I ·d _Lt-l~ 'r brealda• st. p r. o cc~ c d t 1 at eleven 0 clock, anc cr oss-, i.. no· tlH n.v cr two Ol. thr e times ' we pa~sed two camdp s whn ere the S, pam· s· h tl •o ops~ ha' d halted. T-r 're the. y appean: tIo· have remained some t i ay, ' th e~ ir roa' ds, bemg so muc l bl' . 1 f. h b 1r lo that we lost thC'm cn- u with the traces o t e u a ..c nI ue This was a mortl.f .y m. g strok e, .c lS we hac d reason to ctualec uYl·a te that th y haLl good gm· d es, an d we· r, on thed. b est r 'o ute for' wood and water. We, took 'a south-west tr.e e- . ai1 l before ni rrht, were fortunate enough to stt_ike twn, h h , pnse th 'ir roads on the left, and at dusk, Inuc to our sur ' ' struck the cast fork o1. the Kans or L. ·a T ouc he de. la Cote B . , Killed one bufhtlo. Distance 1 8 miles. ucameus. . · we did l 3tb October, Monday.-The day bemg ramy, not march unti.l two o ' c lo c k~ ' w ll en 1.t having an appearance of clearing oil . we rai. sed our camp, a [It er w hich we marIc h-f eel scv~n mile; and encamped on th~ he~d. of a' ~ran;.;,:J th<:: ri vcr we left. l Iau to go two miles ioi watt~l. KI one cabric. · 11 14•/h October, Tucsday.-It having drizzled ram~ nicrht and the atmosphere bcm. g erlt.l re 1y ob s· cured ' we dHI nobt m' arch unt1. l a quarter past nm. e o ' c lock ' and comd· 1ncnccd crossing the t lI.V ·Id ·m g n· d ge b e tween the Kansan Arkansaw rivers. Arrived on a branch of the latter ~tl one o'clock; continued down I•t m· scare1 1 o f wa.t er ' un. thl aft 'r dusk when we found a pond on the prane, wh~c ~ ' ~~ induced us to halt. Sparks did not cmne up, d d scarcely able to walk W.i th rheumati.c pau· ls. Woun e several buffalo, but could get none of them. Distance 24 miles. . ad out 15tb October, vVedncsday.-In the tnormng ro .. in search of the south trace, and crossed the low prame, TO TilE SOUB.CES OF TIIE ,\RKA:\TSA \ V, &c. 1 ~ 3 which was nearly all covered with ponds, but could not discover it. Finding Sparks did not arrive, sent two m n in search of him, who arrived with him about clrvcn o'clock. At twelve o'clock we commenced our .line of march, and at five o'clock, l)r. Robinson and myself left the party at a large creek (having pointed out a distant wood to lieutenant Wilkinson lor our encampment) in order to search some distance up it fc)r the Spanish trace. Killed two bufEllo and left part of our clolhing with them, to scare away the wolves. Went in pursuit of the party. On our arrival at the cr eek appoinL{'d for the encampment, did not find thcn1. Proceed' I down it fi r s_mnc miles, and not finding them, encamped, struck fir', and then supped on one of our bufblo tong ues. lGtb October, TI.Jttrsday.-Early on horseback; proceeded up the creek some distance in search of our p:;rty, but at tweh-c o'clock crossed to our two buJfalo s; found ;~great many wolves at them, n , twith~tanding the pi"t:ca ulton taken to keep thetn off. Cooked some tnarrow bones and again mounted our horses, and proceeded tlown the creek to th cir j u nc tio n. Finding nothing of t h , party, I began to be seriously alarmed for their safety, Killed two more bulfalo, made our encampment and feasted sump. tuously on the n - b R . . I . 1a1 row- one . ;un1n t 1e 111ght. , . 17th October, Friday.-Rose early, determining to s:alch the creek to its source. V cry hard rain, accompanJ. ed by a cold north-west all day, Encamped ncar ni•da Without b · .. 1 l · . . ...., . cmg c.l ) c to dl~CO\'er any SJgns of th(' partY· Our sensations now b ' ' , . . . . , ccam excnJciatmg, not only for their per-sonal. safety' but the fear of the ii1i lure of the nationa I ob- Jects lllt('Ilde I t b 1" I 001 . own situl· tt. o c accomp 1~ wd by the expedition·' and ' ton was not the mo~t agn cable not Invinrr nl0!·c than f . l - . . ' , b ·tn th c nc·t . ouri .1 ounc. s of amntUlllllo n c<tch, and 4.() >miles ' 1 est ( Ircctwn fr01n the first ci \'ik~ed iubabit~mt; l.l |
