Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-02-07
orr .TOTHER" HALF.

Butler. and Col. Lewis, Commissioners 70 "es'
~;,h ,be Cumancbes, to the Praircs in when No
describes the trip as a pleasant one oo' eo"
plains bitterly Of tho briars, and then Of the n.'A
poos for eating his biscuit. WE'LL no. 'oa'a 81
% tho Prairies, and rouid got scratched win 'ne
briars, and il the Kickapoos did eat his o'sc"'' "o
.oulds1 help ii. lie "hadn't orter baked 90
many, we hope ,ho, the biscuit pleased 'hem' TOT
,bev we're made of Jim SCOTS best -four, aad may
consequently open good masket to That enter
urisipc gentleman for the sale Off few hundred
barrels. He in Postscript TO one OF hs 'e''ers'
writes US as follows:
Friend Pryw:-"sincs left Van Buren,. have met
with much Kindness and think il proper that ishoa'o
hero return my thanks to the Oicers and other gen
.lemeu of Forts Gi6son and Washts for the kindness
nd courtesy they have shown to me. have hereto
fore entertained causelessy too prejudice against
tho military, and more than once showed 1t, but
never was more cvilly or kindly treated by any class
of gentlemen, than by the officers OF the two posts
have mentioned and trust that in this station as de-
tenders Of our posts and the frontier they may see
As much pleasure as their kindness brought to me"
wASuBoURNE.
CoaNIssrosERs CAMr, IIEAo WATERS or TRiSrrr, !
I2O Niles Southeast Of Fort Washita, TeIa',
January 20th, le46. }
F,,rsp pkyoR:-S for have l advanced on my jour
new TO the Cumanche Peak, through wilderness OF
brurs and deormed praire Our march has been quite
slow averaging say fifteen miles per day our delays
have arisen from time consumed in cutting out road
H. CoI I ,rouLd take along. We
have done great deal--brought wagon and lady
through un une1ploed tract of country thus far-'he
lady as blooming as when sxten and the wagon only
broken twice. Such roads and such briArs they beg
gar dc scription, though were near you now could
show to you my hands and you would see occular
proof Of the " shocking brlars" say seroeAng bri'
ars Most Of our route has been through streaks Of
woodland country, and the praircs have SO far seen
are ug.er than humpbacked man.
Our camp is pitched two miles South Of the Trinity,
near a small stream, in coPPice Of Post-oak on a
slight activity. The situation is perfect paradise
to our last camping spot which was in mud Prai'
ris" during rain, and which affords nothing but mud
and brars. though the green grass is very abundant
and delighted my eyes and the horses aPPetites.
better grazing any where and could hardly
think it the middle Of winter, til reminded by the
frost creeping up my blankets in search of some stray
opening wherein to get at my person. We are near q
camp of Kickapoos, seven lodges. and about days
ride from a large band OF Wacocs. Some five six
Kickapoos are sitting within ten steps Of me- as ugly
set of men as their hunting grounds are. They are
very dirty and very greedy, learned to my cost
Yesterday weighed out two days rations Of nour
and these Kicka poos coming in and holding talk
with CIV rniIer he ind the nnnk Of his to fesd
them, and they never got done until they had devour
ed eight or nine biscuits aPiece-the meat did no,
mind-and the next day had to live on Bar fat sim
ply and cofee-on the the latter all Of are se.
we have already drank enough to float the" RolIa'
or even the " Arkansas No. s." The Chief of these
Kickapoos-and wish they hadn't kicked my biscuit,
out sight, calls himself Te-cu see and he carries
most savage looking war-stick He says he plays Po.
ker with il. 1t is long. rcd, crooked stick, with q
mans head carved upon it, grim looking deaths
head, and ornamented with Buffalo hair, beads and
paint lie gave a very animating account of skir
msh the Kickapoos, most Of whom are now upon the
Brazos, had with the wacoes. The wacocs shot a,
one Of tn cir warriors the balls Of of them cutting
his hunting shirt The Kickapoos pursued the Wacoes
but compromised the affair amcaby, as hope we sha
do with England in the Oregon question. They are
expected in tomorrow after. Their women
are hdeous looking beings, nothing fair about them
These KickaPoos report that Payu cah. tho prncipa
Cumanche Chief. is on the Clear FORK of the Brazo,
with all his warriors. We shall direct our course to
the Cherokee village which pilot says is located or
the Brazos the mouth of Clear Fork and distap
from US FIVE days ride.
But, mayhap, you would like 10 have me 90 back
and give you some description Of our journey. will
beg at the Cross Timbers. These Timbers are no.
thing but scattered tracts Of low, scrubby oaks h
now and then elm and knctted and knarled with br
ars and grape vines and crossed by thousands of
Very little game in them where we passed md that it,
tle exceedingly wild 1t is fast settling up, the east
ern part Of the section we passed through, by the
Mormons, great numbers of whom have come 10 this
new land of Promise to tile and with an axe in one
hand and Mormon Bible in the other, conquer the
country from briars. wilderness and solitude. They
sss welcome to the country far as am coscsrned
for would not have ten fhonsand acres of such region
They have one "town," Georgetown, which contains
four houses; the town shaped like an 4 two men and
thirty or forty women, children and dogs The coun.
try beyond The Gross Timbers is praire with threas
OF woodland winding sbsut, for some twenty miles,
the most unPictsrssquss upenchantOg prairie too that
l ever saw. In il we saw some very wild deer, some
wild horses, and one Prsirs-dog town. Trails were
over it in every direction the hunters have made and