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ed a saline, over thirty years ago, which 
aie seem to be the ‘ Salt ‘Plain’ first men- 
tioned by Capt. Boone. The former, it is true, 
found the salt much more abundant than as 
described by the latter; but this may be ow- 
ing to Capt. Boone’s not having penetrated as 
far as the point alluded to by Mr. Sibley,— 
whose description is in the following lan- 
guage : 
“The Grand Saline is situated about 280 
miles southwest of Fort Osage, between two 
forks of a small branch of the Arkansas, one 
of which washes its southern extremity, and 
the other, the principal one, runs nearly paral- 
lel, within a mile of its opposite side. Itis a 
hard level plain of reddish colored sand, and 
of an irregular or mixed figure. Its greatest 
length is from northwest to southeast, and its 
circumference about thirty miles. From the 
appearance of the driftwood that is scattered 
over, it would seem the whole plain is at 
times inundated by the overflowing of the 
streams that pass near it. This plain i is en- 
tirely covered in dry hot weather, a two to 
six inches deep, with a crust of beautiful clean 
white salt, of a quality rather superior to the 
imported blown salt. It bears a striking re- 
semblance to a field of brilliant snow after a 
rain, with a light crust on its top.” 
This is, in extent and appearance, nearly as 
described by several hunters and Indian trad- 
ers with whom I have conversed. Col. Lo- 
gan, a worthy former agent of the Creek Indi- 
* Brackenbridge’s Voyage up the Missouri River, p. 205. 
