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turned through the mountains IS he came. des. |
cribing the Hot Springs, however: -

| o41U 1EE. II, anu On the 18th 0f Inv m
to the first house On the Arkansas Rive, i've,
Madame Gordon'H, Is miles aboYe the WIKI
| River Cut-Off. The scenery at the ATkansas
mouth, = he says, sis almost destitute Of averv
thing which is agreeable to human nature moth
ing yet appears but one vast, tracklesa wi1dornes
of trees dead solemnity,.% % whsre the a huma, mai
Tolce is never heard to echo, where not ava,
ruins OF the humblest kind recall it's history +,
mind, or prove past dominion of man. .:Bacl
from Gordon's VAS settlement of less than half
| a-dozen French families. raising COTTON anf
corn couple Of wheel-boats, loaded with
| whiskey and -four, were going 300 miles uT
stream to Cadron, and POSSIBLY ESQ miles to the
| fort; they refused the naturalist passage IL
walked to Arkansas Post, and found there thirty
or forty houses, and the three mercantile honses
which did nearly ali the business Of HE Territo-
ry: Brahan L. Drope. Mr. I,eWia and Monsen,
Notrebe. The soil was equal to that of Ken.
lucky, and the climate mild as in the Sou th o1
Europe. The people wore blanket capeaus can at 3 g.
moccasins and overalls, as in Canada: head
kerchiefs instead Of hats ind bonnets: preferrad
quackery to the only phyeician in tfa niace
and, "after an existence Of q century. ecarce1y
deserved geographical notice." A rnad how,
early. There were two cotton-rins. M w;ndow1 low
panes; some yfld cattle: intsrminah1a Indian
mounds; and incessant gamhlinr and danc;na
Two hundred doclle indians remained
A1r. Nuttall ascended the riyer IA miles IN
Mooneve settlement of fonr fon,;i1aa +Lanna ~
Currar's settlement. which was thriftv Ao, ma 81
Kirkendales hut be- saw the princina} onanaW ~
Chief, who showed him n wrtfnr II tbe reean+
cession Of Quapaw lands 60 mn sonare 1o1as m;1es
for 8, 900 in hand, and 5000 annuity in goods %
between the Post and Iittle Rock, indians 3 ana
1rh;tsa fnraoed for 1ri;sa.1 .soea duans ana
ly. IN March. INITIAL continned nn ~, - na1
dennes, passing several hutfed families and and
builders, which streW the Arfansas sne A. onu Pne
Bluffs lived Major Iensmore Vane;n in nnd ,nd
Michael Ia Ronn-ona Frencr fA46A' 4Sn 'othnr Inu
Spanish. At the second Pine Rlnff he he fnnnd s1e3
eae Bartholme, and two or three families, TIN TN
bs1e raa weFS S e tfom ne
the second Pine RlufYs and q Iha i+t1a Pno3s
The neach of Persia was alraadu natnre1;a5 ~xar
erallv in the Forests Of Arkansas. tha sij mi.
berry was spontaneons. there waa nastnraaa -.
At the sixth Pine R1nf st,o3 .s+ho
Little Rock" where waa .sthe satt1ament
OF Alr. Hogan's. or Iitt]a Rock :, m b;iia roora
than 150 feet abovo tha r;varr thiniv corarad
with trees. 4 few families lived Oh Both sidea
and 20 miles to the eouth was ~ settlernent u' on
the sources Of the Saline Creek of he Waahita H
numbering nine or ten familjes. The 1attar sat,,
tIement fBenton ?l was rece;vino accasa;ons
from Kenfucky and Tenneasee Is etood 1,nnn
the road from 81. Touis hg Tttia Raj, - uRot Kn1
sprines to the Post of Wasfa oGd ond 70 20 m
Prairie settlement, near Red River,
The next settlement shove ';tt1o p,o1, .-aa
Piat's and next Cadron, 150 miles abova tha
Post by land. where the tovn-1ot1 rsnoa waa s,ae
not 3 grist-miu anywhere On tie Arkansas nnd %ni
but one sawmill. The means of edncatian' ar. ara
nearly prescribed, and the risinn generation ara
growing up in mental darkness, Gfe the French
6untsES x62 preceded re- @ tasn" SIN there
ton claims we're aireadv At premium. @ Beyo1d
Point Remu Creek there vas anita sott1s;}ant ona
OF civilized Indians. With wbitea cIosa m to t1a;
frontier. at NThe Pecannerie. Ona of their
CheroI-aa vi11agas horo az 1a4ra - ceti ~ .nen
GalaMstill e5tant T IN 4'0A.p Pona m u!ey co9yn,e u
Only part. Of The CheroEees had ~
removed from their eastern emn;ro. many
who had moved to the Arkanaas had rood bonsaa
and tat tables in all they numbered 500 in The
Territory. Nuttall ascended Dardaneile Rock.
and heheld that mapnificent ntmountain-nanorannn
which continugs TO de]irht every atraneer in ~
Kansas. Aboye the Pecannerie vas Wehhar,a a
metif or mixed trader. ohief. and s1arehoidsr.
and the celebrated John Rodeers resided near
h1y The Charoleaa aox.os1eas'
ayaricious. and fond If nronertv NotH;na eIs, eaa
was to ba seen ~ saftiamanfa axcant ~ ~ ~
serted cabine of the whites At l.Tha krn1harr,.n
INV Franl1in Gonntv 11';oh ~ +1e 1n5isnah"as, nauus,
nronr;a+aa 4haI H. eao 1aas nau ~
mi d tha nat,,roi;at = "ses "etg temo!eu.
a. ~ .aH natuia.s1 m a!tls9a u ForI smith,
1,o-,5s]+ In7 Tbara % ~ I'LL 1tnoIu, Ing con-
ak;nc col]ectona ~ n1anfs ,,;narafa nd % ~
aA1nH .1 couec1-ous ot paants, minerals, and fos-
aaos 5l,s. Inc ne garrison eonslsted OF THO block
ooMses "q ana Mnes OF CABINS 1or ~ men. i
~ ~: Gut.a1i acSonpan1eo me soldiery to the
neu 1s niser 1I countly, 70 e3pel White 1ntruders
ap9n ma,, 5ae Usage !anos and at f1elds Cave now
y nte Tonk & 1ouny n.y. 1ney loond traces OF former
'utaW Wno nVed there; and, beyond, came to
- .at,,en enngrans' an accompanied pa BY hs blind
1.4snets ~ ysals .ol agel and to GER
a1u ue%spetaqoes % nno ha9 .shot some
nnN uoeenI es 1neruhges: One otnef nouse sarners,
nte,e .ae lounu W neu hivsr' ana neiow IL T. Small
osaenens o. renegaoes, Mho ah1ted their car
nteno oe'e Amef1can 3us11ee anu Spanish San
a4ton1o. a.
v:.tts1, r. saDsequent Journey I1om Fors Smith,
sustan "eht 70 the usage Nation, 0,ooo strong,
o ~ slsa9eo me salt-|oIks, where one proprietor
aSy a. late!y M9roerea hls partner, and sought
Guf e;ufe ~ SauIon oestlement, TO murder more
,aaa 49, la'el NaLtan proceeaed l. down the t1Eer to
,snt eeannelae lsiaty fames), the SECOND place OF
pol.aoce IN me lerIltofy, whlch vas a tull OF
erset eneSanes ana noIsetnieFes. some little l9df-
81 en. a5cessgus M nau also oeen reee1yed at Cad
~ ana az Llttle hock colonel Hogan nad
sat eaa toWn Al arkansas fost citizen haa
ist oeen sentenced 70 mutlaaon ~ lof .t out1aglng
Is s1ep.oaugnter. AZ tne tnootn VI .nG 3a Araan
y we're me en1vlvors wv. u, Fafial1 sa % nnna u
1ng1oas iamatiis r. ~ ;nt aad t ap
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