WE FIND AN OUTFIT 



constituted a train, in charge of a wagon-master 

 and assistant, who were mounted on mules. The 

 travel was slow, dusty, and disagreeable beyond 

 description. At camping time the trains corralled 



B uJl Tra i n corra 1 1 e<f for 



across the road, a half circle on either side, leaving 

 the open road running through the centre of the 

 corral. 



Our route was down the Arkansas River on the 

 north bank, but the train itself did not go to the 

 water. That used for cooking and drinking was 

 carried along in casks, which were replenished at 

 every opportunity. The detail of this travel, while 

 interesting, cannot be given here, but on the jour- 



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