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Show I iG JO\J l{NAL OF A YOYAUE camps of indians the latest yet seen, after pointing out the round for the encampment, the doctor and myself went ~n to make discoveries (as was our usual custom,) and in about four n1iles n1arch we struck (what we supposed to be Red river) which here wns about 25 yards wide, ran with great rapidity and was fu~l of rocks. .\N e returned to the party with the news, wh1ch gave. general plcasur~. DctermincJ to remain a clay or two In order to examme the 'Source. Distance 18 1111' lc s. ~ now.m g. 19th December, Friday.-Marchcd down the creek ncar the opening of the; prairie, and cncampe~, sent ~ut parties hunting, &c. but had no success. Still sno:vmg and stormy, making preparations to take an observation. 20tb Decc!t'!Jer, Saturday.-1Iaving found a fine place for pasture on the river sc;pt our horses down to it with a guard, also three parties out a hunting, all of whom re· turned without "'uccess. 'Took an observation. As there was no prospect of killing any gamP, it was necessary .that the party should leave that place, I thcr fore dcte~·mm:d that the doctor and Baroncy shou1l descend the nver m the morning ; that myself and two 111~11 would ascend and the rest of the party descend after the doctor until they obtained provision and could wait for n1e. 21st December, Sunday.-The doctor and Baroncy marched ; the party rcJTlai11ed for n1e to take a meridional observation ; after which we separated. Myself and the two men who accompanied 111e (l\1ountjoy and Miller) as· cended 12 miles and encamped on the north ~ide, ~he river conlinuing close to the north mountain and runnmg throu o-h a narrow rocky channel and in some places not more ~han 20 feet wide and at least 10 feet deep. Its banks bordered by yellow pine, cedars, &c. . 22d December, Monday.-Marched up thirteen miles, to a large point of the mountain from whence we had a TO THE SOUHCES OF T III~ An KANSA \V, & c. 1 rr view at. lea.s t :35 miles, to where the river entered th c mountams, It being at that place not more than ten O!' fif_ tc~n feet wide, an~ properly speaking, only a brook; from thzs place after takmg the course, and estimating the distance we returned to our camp of last evening. Killed one turkey and a hare. , 23d Decemb:r, Tucsday.-Marched early, and at two o c~ock~ P. ~· d1sc?vcred .the trace of ~he party on the op-posite s1de of the nvC'r ; forded it 'llthoug·h -t 1 ld . . ' ~ ex remc y co. and marched until some tunc in the night, when we arnvcd at. the second nights encampment of the party. ~ur cloathmg was frozen stiff, and we ourselves were conSiderably benumbed. 2~tb December, ~Vednesday.-Thc party's proviswn cxtcndi~g only to the 23d, and their orders being not to halt until they killed s.o me, game, an d then w dl.t for us . conscqu 'ntl th · I h · · c Y ey ll11g lt ave been consid~rably advanced .A bout 11 o'clo c1 ( , n1ct do ctor R obm. son on a prairi , who· ~~formed me that he and Baroney had been absent' fronl t c. party two days without killing any thing (also whhout eatmg,) but that over night, they had killed four bufJ~llo and that he · ' . was m search of the nlcn ; and sufFer ed the two lads With 1 me to go to t le camp where the mc'lt was ads we had also been nearly two days without eating.' T.:h~ octor and m If d ysc pursue the trace and found thenencamped on th . b 1 e nver ottom. Sent out horses for the meat, shortly aft S k . . kill d £ cr par s arnvcd and mfonncd us he had we he dour cows .. Thus from being in a starving condition a 8 beeves 1n w selves II our camp. e now again found our., P e da assembled together on Christmas Eve and ap-arc generally to be I ' . ment w' 1 content, a though all the r 'fresh-with c 1Iad to celebrate that day with, was bulEdo n1Cat out sa t or ah h 1 . ' cursion ' h Y ot cr t 1mg whatever. .l\1y little ex-up t c r1ver was I· n ord er to estabh·s h the z |