INDIAN FARE. 25 
13th, 1812; died, March 2d,1854.” Poor fellow! all his hopes 
of home and fortune in the land of freedom, lay here on a 
barren hill-side in this wild Indian country,—such is life, a 
vision, a struggle, a grave. 
Before leaving Fort Smith, the Captain had_ taken the 
precaution to procure some corn, to feed our oxen until they 
became accustomed to such hard work, instead of depending 
entirely upon grass diet. This supply was now exhausted, 
and H 
Stopping at a noted place—Tushcounti’s—we were told we 
could purchase some three miles farther on—we found—and _ 
I have since constantly observed—that these people have no . 
idea of distance. When one gets information of this kind 
from them, it is best to multiply by two and add the original 
quantity, even then sometimes—as in our case—falling short 
s and myself started in advance to procure more. 
of the fact.. We rode twelve miles and then stopped for the 
night at an Indian hut. As we had eaten nothing since 
| morning, we asked if we could have eggs and chickens for” 
supper, having seen plenty of the feathered bipeds about, and 
were answered in the affirmative. With appetites sharpened 
by our exercise and long fast, we came to supper and found 
the eggs served up on the only piece of family plate, ’tis true, 
a glass dish, but fried in tallow, the chickens fried in the same, 
and a dish of sausages, made of the intestines of the hog, dried 
in the sun, a meal which a man might eat when in imminent 
danger of starvation, but which our day's fast toe e -_ = 
“toned our appetites to. Ayes <— C0 
