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extend about three quarters of a mile. Passing 

 these bluffs, the river is extremely crooked. They 

 rise from sixty to one hundred and fifty feet above 

 the surface of the water. The fourth are thirty- 

 three miles below the third, and just above them 

 Wolf river enters from the eastward. The mouth 

 of this river is not large, and contiguous to it is 

 the site of fort Pike. These bluffs continue 

 about two miles, On the lower extremity is fort 

 Pickering, in an eligible and commanding situa-, 

 tion, overlooking the whole of this elevated 

 ground. When this fort was built, fort Pike was 

 evacuated. It is a Captain's command, who has 

 a detachment stationed at Post Ozark on the 

 Arkansus river. This fort is in the Mississippi 

 Territory, where the United States keep a Factor. 

 Here is a small settlement of whites and Indians ; 

 but the most of these people are the half breed,; 

 which is a mixture of both of them. 



On the western side, about sixty-five miles 

 further down, comes in the river Saint Francis. : 

 Its mouth is about two hundred yards wide; the 

 current is gentle ; and is navigable for a consid- 

 erable distance. The head waters of this river! 

 are said to be not far distant from Saint Gen- 

 evieve, in a south westerly direction. At the' 

 entrance of the river, stood Kappas Old Fort,: 

 built by the French, principally for a magazine 

 of stores and provisions, during their wars with 1 

 the Chickasaw Indians. 



