36 ' EXPLORATION OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN 
I send herewith a sketch of a survey from Chantier river to Antelope 
ence may enable the War Department to reduce the reserve to 
much smaller dimensions. This year, the country is presented to us 
The islands that do not generally overflow (there are none wholly 
exempt from floods) are good for cultivation. The one included in 
‘to be ample for furnishing the necessary quantity of wood, grass,and.s ~ 
arable land. The ravines in the bluffs 
cattle in winter, as they furnish shelter and food, and the earliest 
grass in spring. I have not completed my examination of the Little 
ri, and it is for that reason, I have left it out on the sketch. 
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former alternative, and visited all that was necessary to satisfy my- 
: e same party that goes with me to Fort Kearny, and 
they knew the country well. About four miles above Chantier river 
is Galpin’scamp, with the party that vacated Fort Pierre on the arrival 
- This is a good site, has a considerable quantity of grass 
