rAWNEB ROCKS. '^^ 



Three or four Mexican ladies and several children (hemg the family of 

 one of the Spanish traders, from Chihuahua) were also included with the 

 new accession ; but the most noted personage amona the whole was Old 

 Spy Buck, the famous Shawnee war-chief, who had distinguished iiimself 

 as the leader of a smaU band of his countrymen m connection wub Ki ker 

 and the Americans employed by the eovemments of Santa l<e and Chihu- 

 ahua to fieht tiie Apache and Navijo Indians. „^„^^^a 



The old chieftain was on his return home, venerable m age and covered 

 with scars, which gave indubitable evidence of the place he had occupied m 

 the hour of danger. The history of his exploits would fall a voume far 

 more intelting^n its details than those of the proudest heroes of hction. 



Pawnee Fork afforded an inexliaustible supply of cat-fish vvhich were 

 can *ht in ereat numbers by our party. I know of no other stream near, 

 upof the ATntlcside of ti.e mountains, where fish are found m any quan- 



tity or size worth naming. r>;v\,\a " in fha 



^rhis creek heads at the eastern extremity ot the Divide, m the 

 viciniS of the Smoky Hill branch of the Kansas, and by pursuing a south- 

 ern course for about one hundred and fifty miles, Imds its discharge m the 

 Arkansas It is heavily timbered, and is known among the Indians as Otter 

 creek on account of the great number of those animals foimd upon lU 

 ¥he valley which skirts it is several miles broad and very fertile, present- 

 ing a large extent of excellent land, well adapted to cultivation. ^ 



While here I became acquainted with the salutary properties of gun- 

 W mie ^ff®'/ j;™ Jl j^„ horse, having been bitten by a rattle- 

 IZ^rZ c^rT^moS^ simple procis: The wound being 

 £tlvcreasd immediately above and below, a small portion of powder 

 BUgnuy crL<ibbu i j succession, which completely 



was burnt upon It for four or ^^e ™^ ^^^^^j ^^l,,^, ^1,, h^ve 



t^^^y^J^r:!^, Sn has never been k^own to fail when 

 promptly applied. 



*^Tifig stream is heavily timbered, and derives its name from the abun- 



Jce of bS Walnut folnd ah>ng i^^ banks t^ vaOey is^v^^^^^^^^^ 



that of Pawnee Fork as regards size and fertility, while the country oe- 



covered with the names of passers by, en route to and from Uie mountaina 



'^HeL'taTa^confused medley of cognomens.-Enghsh. French, Spanish, 

 nere was a comubtu ' v ^^ ^ register of fancied immor- 



