70 . NOTES TAKEN. 
After leaving it, we entered the timber, which lined the 
road all the way to Red River, and passing many Indian 
farms, all looking alike—to describe one is to describe all— 
we encamped upon the skirt of Red River bottom early in 
the afternoon, to allow the stragglers to come in, and to 
prepare for crossing the stream in the morning. Soon the 
guard-house—a sunny spot on the hill-side, where they could 
boil at leisure—was filled with delinquents; and evening 
parade presented a funny farce, of bloody noses, torn .clothes, 
and lame excuses, ending by bringing some ropes into 
requisition, and tying several of the transgressors to trees, 
to spend the night among gnats, musquitoes and other 
serenaders, ‘which abounded in any quantity, a romantic 
commencement to a long, hot, and perilous march. — 
July 1st.—One would have’ supposed that the experience 
of the two last days would have been a sufficient lesson to 
our gallant sons of Mars, but the sequel of this 7 xa prove 
the contrary. 
We left. camp at sunrise, and marching two miles through * 
the low, sandy bottom, thickly wooded with cottonwood trees, 
with their limbs beautifully festooned with the trumpet 
creeper, in full bloom, we arrived on the shores of Red River, 
which we were obliged to cross by ferry boat, causing con- 
siderable delay from our numbers, and the weight of our 
wagons. 
We found (“en bivouac,” upon the high bank), a party of 
Seminole Indians, men, women, and children, who had come 
