. of distances has been prepared; which, with the map, (though on 
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high, rol prairie, traversed by many streams,.the largest of 
w ich 4 s Kansas, or ‘* Kaw;” and all but this river may be 
forded t during freshets. f ied 
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soil, and their banks almost vertical, developing, where thestreams ~ 
On a branch of the Wah-Karrussi, where the Oregon trail strikes 
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coal, to Westport. For the most part, the soil is a sandy loam, — 
covered with rich vegetable deposite; the whole based upon 
rees are to be seen only along the margins of the streams, and 
_ the general appearance of the country is that of vast, rolling 
gee fields, enclosed with colossal hedges. The growth along these 
Streams, as they approach the eastern part of the section under 
consideration, consists of ash, burr oak, black walnut, chesnut oak, 
known halting-place for caravans, for the repairs of wagons, and | 
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_clepias, white flowering indigo, flowering rush, spotted tulip, bed- 
Straw, wild burgamot, spider wort, pink spider wort, pom ” 
blanche, (psoralea esculenta,) scarlet malva, pilot weed, hazel, 
button bush, wild strawberry, cat-tail, and arrow rust ee ay 
S$ you draw near the meridian of Pawnee Fork, 99° west o 
Greenwich, the country changes, almost imperceptibly, 3 
merges into the arid, barren wastes described under th ection 
The transition is marked by the occurrence of. cacti and other spin 
plants, the first of which we saw in Jong itmde QB? so age Ay 
Near the same meridian the buffalo grass* was seen ins 
quantities, and, about noon, our party was-cheered for ‘7 
time by the sight of a small ‘ band” of buffalo, two | 
“We killed, at the expense of a couple of fine horses, wh 
I tieit od Mam the chase. Horses occasionally fed on 
2g On grass alone, and should neve 
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