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CHAPTER VIII. 
LITTLE WITCHITA TO COTTON WOOD SPRING, 
Pee 1 Daifal 
Mesquite tees—Captain for Bell 0 
Wilda t + 
camp.—Arrive at Cotton Wood Spring, 
JULY 10th.—Our camp was on the head = of the ms 
South fork of the Little Witchita. 
At this point the stream did not run at this season, but we 
found plenty of water in holes in the bed. ; 
Some years since, Captain Marcy (in passing along this 
route with a command,) encamped at this point, and notices— 
* in his report—a singular phenomena, which, to superstitious 
minds, would have been taken for a great and good omen. 
Arriving here, he found the bed of the stream entirely dry, 
but dispatching men up its course to search for water, they 
soon came running back, shouting, “look out boys, here 
comes plenty- of water;” and sure enough the river soon ran 
bank full. The Captain supposes that the water had been 
dammed up by brush wood, &c., and suddenly burst through 
in sufficient quantity to create the apparent miracle. On 
such grounds many so called supernatural events may be 
explained. : 
