APPENDIX A. — TABLE OF DISTANCES. 



271 



Outward Journey — Continued. 



Date. 



1849. 



June 8 

 " 9 



11 



" 12 



" 13 



u 14 



15 



«' 16 

 " 18 



Prominent Points and Remarks. 



Camp Creek — Fine timber and grass. 

 Creek runs south. 



Vermilion — This creek heads about 

 1 mile to the north-east ; the ford is 

 miry. It enters the Big Blue 20 miles 

 above its mouth. 



Big Blue River — Bank steep, bottom 

 hard, and water 2^ feet deep. River 

 120 feet wide, with a brisk current. 



Ketcham's Creek — This is sometimes 

 called Ten-mile Branch. Enters Big 

 Blue below. Good grass, and some 

 wood. Road excellent, on rolling 

 prairie after ascending from the 

 Blue River. The Independence Road 

 joins it 8 miles from the Blue. 



Turkey Creek — Plenty of wood, and 

 good grazing. 



West Turkey Creek — A branch of Big 

 Blue River. 



Wyeth's Creek — Tributary of Big 

 Blue. Good grazing, and fuel in 

 abundance. 



Emigrants', or Walnut Creek — En- 

 campment to south of the road, in 

 order to obtain water, wood, &c. 

 This is a tributary of the Little Blue 

 River. 



Sandy Creek — Camp. In about 1 mile 

 from the last creek is a small branch ; 

 then rise considerably to a ridge ; 

 then descend to Sandy Creek, where 

 we find feed for the cattle. 



Big Sandy Creek — Bed is 200 feet 

 wide, and heavy for teams. 



Affluent — Stream small, and flows 

 into Little Blue. The road lies on 

 the ridge between the Sandy and 

 Little Blue, and touches ravines in 

 which water may be had in several 

 places. Cross some small creeks, 

 branches of Little Blue. 



Little Blue River — Left bank, up 

 which the road lies. The road passes 

 over some spurs from the plains, into 

 the valley-bed, to avoid gullies. The 

 valley is two miles wide, well wooded, 

 and grass excellent. 



Camp 



Little Blue Valley — The road crosses 

 some sharp gullies, and the wheels re- 

 quire to be locked frequently. Camp. 



Little Blue — Point of leaving the 

 stream. 



Inter- 

 mediate 

 Distance. 



7.692 

 12.680 



13.863 

 12.031 



5.205 



10.588 



6.355 



9.915 



4.901 



12.918 

 8.230 



8.003 



17.500 

 24.540 



12.165 



Day's 

 March. 



16.562 



26.543 



17.236 



26.858 



4.901 



21.148 



25.503 

 24.540 



Total from 



Fort 



Leavenworth. 



117.414 

 130.094 



143.957 

 155.988 



161.193 

 171.781 

 178.136 



188.051 



192.952 



205.870 

 214.100 



222.103 



239.603 

 264.143 



276.308 



