242 NOTES TAKEN, 
CONCLUSION. 
October lst.—We were now about to separate, the excite- 
ment of the trip was over; the object of the expedition was 
. attained, and we were all heartily tired and anxious once more 
for the comforts of home and the society of friends. 
We had been fortunate in not losing a man by sickness or 
casualty, and in this respect had great cause for congratu- 
lation after the great privations suffered, and the extent of 
country passed over. 
Leaving the train in charge of the subalterns to march to 
Fort Arbuckle, the Captain, Doctor, and myself, passed ra- 
pidly over the road to Fort Smith, where we arrived on the 
fifteenth, when the Captain and myself procured a convey- 
ance by land through Arkangas and Missouri, and arriving 
at Jefferson City on the twenty-fourth, the first of November 
found us both at our respective homes, after a six months — 
absence, and thus ended my tour on the Prairies. 
