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Show Ex. Doc. No. 41. cro Red oYer to an i land, wh rc thc~e was plen.ty of fine timber. \V<• ~ ~ ~0 found here .· ·Yrral Indian w1gwams, whtch !1ad been made of brush ancl covered with grass that had .be('n cut m the ~ummcr. This gra s was just what we could !~ave wtshed for our mult·s, and there was enough of it to have s ufi1 ccd them for ~l w<•ck. ln. the c v <' 11 i 11 g w c saw a fin c " b a 1 d -h c a d e d e a g 1 e." It l1 t . \1 p on a n r 1 ~ hboring i~land, which .could ~ o t br appro~chccl wtthout w~~l1ng through an op~n ~pace. m the nvcr, or else I should have sacnficcd i t s I i r e t 0 () b t a In I t s ~ lc n . January 25.-Somc of our mu.les ~ot olfofthc is~:11ul <lurin~ the nigh t, b u t w c c a ugh t t h <' n1 ~gaIn vn t h ~ u t m u c h d dfi c u 1 t y . Soon aftrr starting we met ~n Ind1an travclltng <1long th? road on foot. I asked him if h c was a Cb y(!nnc; he answered w 1 th a nod, and W{'lll 0 ll. At two o'clock, after a hard drive of 16 miles throu gh snow, we "ncampl·d undt•r the shelter of ·omc cotton wood trees which grew ncar a dty cn ·elc. Our prt·scnt location had ~JC<'n lately occup~ecl by Indians. On cv ry side were to be sc<'n <:Hcular spaces, whteh had been covrretl by their lodges, and the pieces of bark that they had placecl under their beds. One Iudian came to our camp. As he said, the village was near, l sent ot1c of my tncn to it, who purchased some winter moc:asins. These :ne made of buffalo robe, with the hair side in; by inve1oping tl1c ft->d with slip· of blankt't, and putting on these moccasins, we were able to ke~p romfortably warm. .Jantta'ry 26.-We had a bad start this morning. In passing t\nough a deep snow-drift, one of our mules, not being able to cxtricat t· its ft.•et, was thrown across the tongue of the wagon. There was a han\ nust on the snow, which, br(Jaking through beneath the wht·t·ls of our wagons, impeded us very much. ,.fhe air wa!< ex(' (·t diit p.: ly cold, and the wagon wheels made a noise in the frosty • 1 ''' l1k · tiH• scrcau,ing of a large flock of blackbird·. Our mu ~··.; had <1 terrible time of it; wh~re the crust on the snow'bore tl~em 'I,J, their feet '\~ere sl1pping about and wren ching th eir limbs viOlt'utly, and when 1t broke through, they were plunging up to their l<IIl' ('S , antl. scrat~ in g their legs against the sharp crust. They ~ere soon smol~tng wtt.h sweat, and_ puffing and blowing· with the viOlcnct' of thctr exert1ons; every little while we were oblig(:'d to stop . But our d i flic u 1 ties dec rca sed sorn rw hat towards the J a ttcr part of the day, and we succeeded in making a march of fourteen roilr ·,, wh<;~ "e fot~nd a good camping place, with plt' nty of woo•l, an~l on the 1slands In the Arkansas, as there was good grass for our ant mal s. Janua-ry 27.-As the tlay was very cold, and the deep snow gave us a gr~·at du~l of troubl e,. we were not ab le to a ccomplish wore than ntne mtlrs of out· JOUrney. We cncampt·d ncar the spot ~here one C. 1~. Gibs' n had been buried. A piece of board, bcarmg the nam<' of the dt•eeascd, and dated January 1 1817 points out to the travcllt•r the resting place of this poor m~n whose death a<lds one nunc to the many which have occurred up'on the pra1ries Ex. Doc. No. 41. 529 within thr hst ight month" Tl b <' c n at w o r k on t h c rr r a v e . b u t I e If. a v c• n o u ~ w o 1 n .· ~ h a cl n 1r c :1 c1 y mnch fo r them. b ' the rozcn ground had prov d too " N c a r !' un d o w n n n A r a p a h o e c h i (' f . . . Lon<r B<•ard." JI(' .. , . ollfiV('d, nnmcd by the Wlll'tr." t b p ·ll t tnt' a vIs t t 'l I . I ,, n • um th<' compliment II' I ·, ' , nc Ill t II· <'VC'ning I went t tnt ion I had I I . SC<'Il for •'t l.ong Its. oc gtl' was tht' most l ll xuri oll " llnb'o 1111 (' • t l , , ,, , t-c ~ < wIn rl s co u 1 d fi 11 d t' n t ran c <' .;n I < rtf was .no PI a c c w h c n· t h c ~nufcflt• of tl!f' lodge ~d·pt it. p(•r'f't .. ct; ~. li''W r::·cc~ of bark in tllP lln g ont that I h<•long·t·d to tl , " I Y,. , m. Lonl' B<·ard " fin l t } . I t r.: n ( I <· r ~ '' l , . ' c - et e w ll <.:h had Oc<·n prts<'ntc• cl t) l . . '. p roc ucrd a gddl'd cpau- .how<•d nH· a snip of J>'\ •• · < lim .It B<·nt's l•, orl · he I · • JH'I, ~lgn t · d b)· l\[. W Jl ' n so m <T' n J t I. o II l' d " Lon g· B <' n I d ' .Ill t I J . I . m . H ' o t ' w h i c h p" I> c l . I (. II n h (I " t t . f' " r l l ~ cnH·f spoke a rrr ·at Jn ''IIY ~.:> .n . ,· <'I ms o commendation t o m;l l\ (' It.t m~t'lf nndnh stood. " fr(' '"'tjlo.llldl l.~ I , \\'0 ~< I s, w I. } . lH' t <' nabl<•d him 1hat our mules eoul cl on! ni > I lb the snow was so dec b c g g <' d. u . not t on t t£ , mpt .Yt o [ t H' head" of t h c t a 11 <' . t rr . , . p JH O<'t•cd , 1 brass, .tnd n o b u li a I o <' s i n t h <' d i r (' <. t I. o n . ' a. s . t l <' r <' w a s n o rr r a ~ s '1 n (1 J t l . .v C' w r r ,. rr o l n l I o . ' o H.: nt cc·ssancs of lift• !Jad f .. I I t? g, an< t ta t th<' ~carcit the country, where his e hildrc• nOI<r ~ 11!111 to ll'H\'r that p ortion f or some time l) 'l t "Ill tl t I an< liS ho rsc•s had br<•n st ... ,· vl· ' ' " I I a I (' \V '1 '> 11 • • " L y of }H'opfe and grn~s lor llis animnls \\'1 ~w tn St•;nrh of meat for • qua w s k i I I a fat puppY 'l q d ' .' : . . l. I t. w c w <'I' e h r r ' w c s 'l w the pot for Slipper 'n'o .'·1.' tng sr_nged the hair, thf•y put .it ng bis the 1o br ~crv •d on fesf~1 or·cgs. •'I <' cl ·o n ~t dt• red a" hon bouch<·" B I · ' aslOns >ut rnthc · tl ' <'Hl'C" WilS obliged to h tl ' ' I lf\11 Starvr, pOOr ( I his fat dogs undn hie:; c·y c 111" extravagant. l t was well h t ('Ill p t <' d l 0 G 0 lllln it S j m i h Cr' ('OXrt ~ 0 ~11 (' 0 f my p ar t r lll j g h t h a' Tl. . , . r.l\nrr r~ nres . I Is r v r ntn g w <' had so m c• t a r 't . 1 . : Wllldy, th<•rc W<.'l'l' Oin(' <'X('(• JJc~( .t I OO (II,l g ; although it' 1nto only ·Long e kept re bern .!rowan '>8 'l~l ' t slots rn ,Hft•. . .Y .... - It sun now biirst forth 'tl tl~S ist ed by a r l . . I . WI 1 some pr W ' \\ es Cl n Will < ' <'a used the snow to th ·t . Nas YC1·y c mad c a ma rr h of h v<·l ve m i I e a I ' w I a I !Wrr, and of ~ott on wood tr<· c. ' and not far from~ '~·cill:~~amp<·cl u lldly. ' Indians unm •diatcly flo ckc• I I '. be of hc" that they had had nothincr teo ~~t~n~ornsl ttn gn,at numbr nn· e , l t 1 n . c ll r <' c < a y n (l , ear a grove tentH•s. The rs; llu·y snicl the :no\V tllat J lind pasture r e ( l e c o u n t r y h a d cl r i v en t h e b u (f d o . 'n· t g-rounds. • o ' . J:'fany_. of them oll'crccl me prrscnts hot1ino- th· t I y I s I 0 11 s I. n. r c t urn, Iu. u t I c:ou l (I not I'<''C t.> ive tbh <•irct .l l O pi'0\'1 ' 10 0 t r], pr 1 :-; s o ~pare. h<'y then begrr •d me to · .\nt annoyed us with thrir p.rrtinaC'ityb so tll"t Ig 1 ont of ea h 1 I · ' · n ' ni rht , l~p, _<H not been oblig<·cl to let rny ' jfg ,' whrc~t Cll'tumstanct• th<•y would ltav<' pro ~V( had given th(•sc peopl<' any otTenrt•. would give preesrn ts, as r llacl ve th<·m wluske VO nl d h ''l ' n' cI rr. ,·eyn' .n u I es I'll n / oo.-c all fit cl by to I <.' t a I in t e .lanuary 2!).-As W(' W<'r<' prt'paring to I l galltl'(•d around us in gr(•nt numhnr 0 t r >rou rlt 1 · I . ' .. · ne ~ons ~I l.l~ w lOic famtly, whi rh consistrd o ·~art, tlJo f11rt')'<'nn" of tl · · ··s tl. · .tnd .ts ll1nny daughtrrs, nnd desir<•d 1r lalt~ghto e~tt. li e said that th<·y hncl been' s t ree days. As all our provisions wcr 34 • . Jr·. pnncipal men 1 .h rs wr/t' fon . . " j e to . ' ' or Jr VC' . grvc tllrm •·omr N 1 t 11 o 11 t a n y nl(• a t r ·' e k . , Inr the.· pae ·ed a w·Jy l . { 1 I(' II 1\e,J |
