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heavily y-1rasscd benches, md tho soil appeared
10 b. rich anu deep.

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chickens. The satcr nf the Whito River WIS
milky, being dacolotcd by the whltc-slaFcy
Bail and formations al,oyr, md Unfit for lsc.
1lc horses woud not drink Il; but, by uirvtng:
IN getting m abantlance OF good water by secp-
agc- The princnal featnrca Of the fnra arc
ash, elm, cottonwood, btckberricB, gFAncs. and
pums. TlIe Weather ras eliowcry. all night,
wettlng US 70 itc sk1n null thoroughly sasusat-
Ing our bedding,
On the 3otl, Ho moved camp down stream
fonr miles, to The mouth OF Pa.s Greek. OIL tho
south eido VI The river. Az no had to cro:s the
progress wns slow; the auckland was bad, even
dan9erni,s, nnl We made our crossings with
On Tho sist NO explored Ponca apa russ
Greeks, nni found good grazing and farming
lan1s on the strcas',s, but TUG Hnter'yolumes
small One Of the party killed fourteen 1,.rks
ut one shot on ronca Geek. The dcse!ato Bad
l.antls cloted N tl'c view In tho dsta'cc.
June I. Sunday, was passed IN camp at the
OF learned disqulsitions Of Frof. 1Iobbs TN The
lnpoasibilty OF tho Mosaic record Of tl,r crra-
tlon being tsue, md a successful raid By Mr.
Scott on The Wild ducks.
On tho M we crossed the White River on the
nnrtl, aide, usccnded the divide bctween the
WEitc md tho Bad River, AMI made camp on
Chicken Creek. It's
SPLENDID onlz1Nd COUNTRY.
We killed several nntclopes. .....
On tho % we crossed tho White River at tue
mouth Of ropca Creek, nscenllctl lint crccl: OF,
the west side. aud descended il in tic cast sie, H
going Into camp at It's rnolit1l.
On tue 4tll we moved down q broad, rich
bottom. on tha south aldo side OF The White
,ytI.-havng ig larEe grGyss Of timber on i.
VIC canpcd. Wu never explored better stock
country, though, outside l1lu inM,ky current Of
the White River, tnrrc Is no flowing water.
On the 9th we explored Lad Land Creek.
tN trHtuP ff4 MI II
The year, but nutritious grasses grow rankly ia
lta valley.
On the 9Th We 1norcd down the White River
TO- the South Fork, carefully exploring both
~ this section; hut we found no mineral OF any
kind, n,Id no Indications Of nny. l'he botto1i,
lat!.ls arc broad mud we'll gfasscd, With plenty
of timber.
oughly, but found no taincral indications. Ii is
swift current. tho volume as great as that OF
thu White, alnl thu water is e|enr, aWect, anu
wholesome. It draius rich, beautiful basin.-
the vnllcy.lan.as, heavily mantlcd with nutrl-
tloua Gsaeses, twecpt1G a'ay 10 graceful undn-
latious,. Fine grorcs. border 1t nil along. 1t
Will undoubtedly develop luto
SPLENDID FARMING COUNTRY;
mid, rs stock region, It cannot bo surpassed.
Hero sc found the old vagon-road from Pine
Ridge Indian Agency to tle Brnle Agency, but
cle1.
On the sth we went down to and camped at
the mouth Of Onk Creek. 1t is rolling prairto
country, very promising. Gamu wns scarce,
White River. Here we found some Of Of tic tic
charrcl rennns Of an Indian who lad been
sepMlclerea "up trcc,'' according to tho Sioux
custom. Tie props bad been burned from Under
with The ersount effects Of Tho lancned dciunct,
which bad been rcligious'y deposited with tic
body. These effects. SO far ms we wcr0 abc to
collect thcln, consisted Of two axes, four camp
Kettles, t'so ateW-Ians, two irytng-pans, quart
81 Elass buttons, antl nii Infinite collection Of
p.aus' .ns ny ueGeansu "ns utuu,lpstuly q le-
,,~ ;sst as .nt,onts ~ uo' 4ot "oooclot''
w; N i,, NH amI ION ~ ern,o,co ~ N, .,..
,vcrd r"rtrT % ~ tin rtu.h ~ - ~ sast
n' T1src ~0A""t ~ Wv "'y"''' ~ A"oei ." eseea'
nncr ,snr.r .un rzyvv so,,.,rs
hhexpeclculy On both slMcs-roue up within
plain v1cw o1 our camp. !llcy catno within 100
yaF1s betofo seeing us. fhu theh retseated ut tho
Ias,,s agncss M s9eeo Of anelf e2nes. Iney had six
ton, We concluded thatat would be prudent to
ovcehnul lhen aml leG qicm Know hat- one IN
tentsons M we're paclne. Ulle OF lno nnefs mounted
ue hestest oi nhI notsp. eooh oscTtook tneLh
nna sncGeeaea n 'hduc'fE uGsn 70 como into
eanI9at w. as WORTHY q. o. noto .aas saey allstnisea
.Gona t"u 'ss.hnR "n6 Ssr1 ss,1, ", s1asca. u
eMt emxes !. nhp1es".on ss 70
1oaE s.,l, - ,,naa,d IL ,oIu Mo. Mna LIZ
s.H.. ..i....Io na,tJt,,a ~. ii 80 49,, - a..
ltME E.KaG aau.ilus 1ossit W. aaa ~ tne
wnson Gna sW 'i,E, IT, ,,aa ~ n h only
cane 10 Won ~ ,s " nonus ,s w. ,'au gesn tola
were scatterea oYer t!ae'r eonn'ry; ana uat We
aS Wofe now GONE n9!ne, ue'ee 10 fetufn aea'l.
ans, aau ~! 4 4tust ~ asou.u, sGc!"a tl " !un!f
satsIg lacA, a,i a ~ wy pafiie4 1f3m US Win
t,o 1h,,cs 1n;,,tri n IL" srnstw,rd snv;ho Ti6
broken EucItsil, White mans money 'thrre.n
which led US to believe he doubted tic truth Of
our statement about the object OF our visit Ilo
,yas shown tl, sucpif1Un Of arEeptiicrotls ra-
jana Hf1oat.n and aajd,
urr,,p x,n,pN
hA' 'o,sa ,rs'.
y, Oo thc tltn We oxp'oIeu 1wo.lhlt ahu LOGS
Earh CrceSa'-vaileys OF ,ae Same general chas-
acter ah t1at OIL YAK CFeck; "
Ua thn ist'i, havnn: eonelaoea s, that wc @ Wcro
now pciow lho mineral oclle OF lnc "hlfo
KVce,--N tuch tlerc are.-Wc turned home,
warn, camplhE VI 'hH Io"es "atere OF nh!t
Greek. l1eEe We loH0n Eoou wafer, N holcs,
~ abundance Of Rrnsa' o1t d scarcity OF wood.
We went INTO camp early, and hunted tue re-
na!,lder o!:the aaS, nut only captured ono gaunt
1uck'rabb!t. 1850.
On INC luth we traVclcu oscr q TeI!-Ernsscd
but umbcriess country, una easnped Oh branch
Of Bull Crcck. fo saw no gats.e, aIi, owing
TO the generous 1eaht wc gave our Indian visit
oEs, were out or 1rcah tucat.
On inc l4tn "o cnfnped on tic beau Of Dull