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ee it is of van growth, and a Si tn kinds ; and throu 
scending a somewhat preci itous and rocky hill ‘side among the pines, whi 
rarely appear elsewhere than on the ridge, we encamped at its foot, where — 
there oP several springs, which you will find laid down upon the 7 E 
one of the extreme sources of the Smoky Hill fork of the Kansas. From this _ 
place the view extended over the Arkansas valley, and the Spaninrene | 
in the south beyond. As the greater part of ‘the. men continued . 
encamped here for the day, and ascertained conclusively, om experin 
on myself, that their illness was caused by the meat of the b 0 | 
On the summit of the ridge, near the camp, were sascatt rock-built forts, a 
which in front were very d ifficult of approach, and im the rear were pro-_ e 
tected by a precipice entirely beyond the reach of a rifle ball Cte ‘ 
ing was tolerably pes with a temperature at sunset of 63° » Elevation of 
the camp 7,300 fee 
Turning the at day to the southwest, we reached, in the course of 
the morning, the w agon road to the settlementson the Arkansas iy ds 
~ encamped 1 in the afternoon on the Fontaine-qui-bouit (or ng 
river, where it was 50 feet wide, with a swift current. I after 
that the spring and river owe their names to the’ bubbling ort the efferves—_ 
cing gas in the former, and not to the temperature of the water, which is is: 
cold. During the morning, a tall species of gidéa, with a slender whit 
flower, was characteristic ; and, in the latter part of the day, another 
8 of espareetie, (wild clover,) having the flower white, was ne ‘ 
had a fine sunset of golden brown; and, in the evening, a very bright — ; 
pole with the near mountains, made a beautiful scene. Therm ee | 
sunset, was 69°, and our elevation Ehotd the sea 5,800 feet. % 
July 13 3.—The morning was clear, with a northwesterly breeze, and tl 
_ thermometer at sunrise at 46°. There wereno clouds along the moun-_ ; 
“tains, | the ps ese sun, gowns very clearly their rugged character. ns ‘ 
rese mbling ‘mirabilis jalapa, Yee handsome couvolnalaay af 
. # sed 1 ‘4 
ment 
suit of buffalo las, a ninmber of which I saw 
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