, 1879-06-26

killed a black-tail luck weighing nearly 2O
pounds. md 'nnttnerAblo duckk anil prairc-
rliekcnt. The water Of tue White River wa
tN!lkY, bring dtacolorcu NY il!e Whttc~f'asey
I}ad-I.anl formations nbnvt. and unit INT '1ae.
The horses wou1d not drink II; hit, by usvkinE
hoca y The sanl near the current. We succeeded
III getting nm ahuntiance of goM water hf ecep.
aee. The prtncnal features Of The aora arc
nsf, elm. cottonwood, bt'ckbtr'tcs, grapes, ansl
plums Tie wnnihcr wns sfnwcr{ all 1i1ght.
wett!ng Us % s!c akin an'l thoroughly satutas-
itlE sHlr bedding. .-.,.....
On the J)tl, NO moTcd camp lo"n stTcatn
fotir miles, 10 The mouth OF Pata Crrck, ol tio
s'ith side ol the rivcrs ~ Wc f'au 70 csoss tilc
river eight times In making the 'istance, o,tr
nroGress was slow thc q'flekfaha was bad' eYen e
dnngero,is, nnd we madn our crossings with
IN tle 3iht We explofeu tonca anu fa7s
Greeks, anl found good g'ozInE htltl laTn.ns iNas
lantis OIL the htreanh, but Tue watef'yulntneh
nt one anot On pouca Greek. li,r deahafe Oaa
l.shsla closed n TIC view IN INC d'etanee.
June ]. SUNDAY. was passed ID camp at inc
moutN VI fass Creek.-thc uGEot'9ns cohs'stshs
o. leatrsu asglIlst'ons o. rsol. hopps On tte
!mPoasioititf Of Inc hlosasc fceoln Oh .be tEca-
t!on being true, n1"t successful raid W Mf'
scost On fhe Wild ducks: .,,,.n,
~ 'S ~ W. eso5ss1 @ ,c 1;.td rs at. on ~, s,se
Whttc nrI ,hc iiad i'ivcr. and 11atio "sn,n IN IN
Chicken Creck. r. il
~. ,.s". ,..n,,, " -, ,v,, corvr,r
Wo killed several nutelopcs.
On tho ID VIC crossed tho White River ut tho
mouth Of ronca Greek, aecen'led ihat creel: on
going Into en,np ut iss mouth.
IN The 4tli We moved down broad: rlcll
bottom on tho snutt si'lo side Of The White
t!Ter-hnYi',g large groves Of Timber on IFS
VIC cpnped. WI never explored better stock
country. though, otltstde TN. tnrkr current Of
the While Kscr, thprn is no flowing water.
On tho 9Th we explored Dad Land Creek.
There Is no water In It Mt al the greater part OF
the year, but nutritious Erasac4 grow rankly In
it, valley .. So.
VI M .!'c G o.m me Gloseo uoTm LUG Wills !nsSL
70 !ue Sn.h ruln, caIel4!.' sap!ot'ns notn
saaGs ~ m 1aa ~ srte i, naa siver
~ tn's see!u'H nns re- !ou9u no "!nela' Q. hnJ
klln, ai.n no inoeaso"s ~ nny. III. , oossoi!a
r taH1s ,i a.e o'oaa ""o WILL seAssco WIN p'sn'S
VI tMnpc9:
1,,, @ G ,, ~ r W. UT auN 'nor
oosnty' nuI iou1a H. ~ tn'ae1at ''asea'iops.
LIZ. Ie uni ts sa, Mate. a IL etent, fMfee., ana
w.. ss,ai,. e', .f ,I.' s,'',-7
.he saIleyla'Hls, noaSny mantleu WIN nns.l-
tans i.onn Ei, or ~ - ais .,a,
,a1ionS ,o, no st3srs uos aat MI a'ohs' IL
VIII uloouoLe'''s oefoiop 'oto
BrLEanln FARMING COUNTRY;
nnl, as Btock region, 1t cnuuot be SURPASSED.
| I1cre we found tho old wognn.road from Pine
| Ridge Indian Agcncy 10 the Nruie Agency, bus
I
| ced.
On the Bth ve went down to md campcil at
the mouth Of Ouk Creek. It Is rolling -prafrIo
country, very promising. Game was scarce,
though We winged somo canvas.backs on tho
Wlito River. Here We found some OF the
churrcQ rcmatns Of uu s1udinu who lad been
sepulchcrea ''up trcc,n according to tho sioux
custom. TIE props ilad been burned from Under
ti!e psecsoltat,nG lnen 70 .nG gEoM,ai togelnef
WIN tGe PERSONA c1iects o. ING Geiancl.
when haa AZ occn Tel.tlous.J uoposltea WIN tlie
poay. Incae eilests, 70 ;as u.s. W. weIa aoe 10
soilcct lte1n, colls.sieu =. my aaes, ionf ca.np
hettcs, tWo Stew 'pa;te' wv .n.pals, 9"art
ns E.Mks ~ " nItous ani u .''nnnu Su.sItioIt "
oeaas' !nc usGsaeeu @ sas w.. u.'pao'euay ,a & &C.
l1a!e, US tne puehS it:ese "o oso 'or r"ooo-cuop"
ping instruments
" tile utn aaNt igtn Wp e1piqfTGa 70 inc , east
Maru' camping IL |he l4lVuta VI 1"o"Aa!t tFcchs
lierc ..--- .-.--
- nuck 1SD1AH AND THREE sQuAFa-
unexpectedly OH both stt!cs-rodc up within
| plain view OF our camp, ThcJ camo within 100
yards before seenE us. and then rcsftatc4 at tho
highest speed Of ttetrf ponies. They had six
/ poilics md a tEayoix. After 4 brief consultu-
| t[o,,, We concluded ttnt3it would 10 prudent 10
| overhaul them and let llcm know that our In
tcutions were pacific. one Of tue miners mounted
The levtcst OF oMz 1ors,B soo,. overlook ulesn>
md succeeded In inducing them TO comc Into
cpusp. alt Is worthy OF botc That they sur,nlscd
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