•VIEWS OF LOUISIANA. 
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&RAXl» RIVER, 
Enters the Missouri oil the 1ST. E. side, about 250 miles upj & 
fine river, navigable six hundred miles; general course not dis¬ 
tant from the* Missouri. Formerly , when the traders bound for 
the Mahas, (800 miles up the Missouri) were infested by the 
Kansas Indians, they ascended this river, and then crossed to the 
Missouri. 
It AX'S AS, 
Rises in the vast plains between the Arkansas and the Platte. 
It is one of the finest rivers of the Missouri, though inferior to 
several of them in extent. The principal branches are the Smoky 
Hill Fork, Grand Saline, Solomon's Fork, and the Republican 
Fork. It enters the ‘ Missouri 300 miles up. I have conversed 
with hunters who had ascended it, without meeting any conside¬ 
rable obstacles, more than three hundred leagues. It receives 
a great number of large streams, and is by no means well known. 
The adjacent country is generally prairie, and the cliffs on the 
river, are frequently solid rocks of gypsum. 
THE FLATTE, 
is the longest and largest of the rivers which discharge 
themselves into the Missouri, being little short of two thousand 
miles, and yet can hardly be reckoned a navigable stream. The 
channel is extremely wide and abounds with ever varying quick¬ 
sands. Several fine navigable rivers, however, discharge them¬ 
selves into it; the ElkHorn, and the Wolf river, and the Padon» 
cas Fork. 
THE YELLOW STONE (OR ROCHE JATJNE,) 
Has ionsidefable resemblance to the Missouri in extent and 
difficulty of navigation, and is the most considerable of those 
livers Which discharge themselves into it. The Missouri, un¬ 
dergoes a perceptible change after the junction. In seasons of 
high water it is more properly a torrent; the descriptions of its 
Vapidity are almost incredible. It enters the Missouri 1880 miles 
up. The principal branches are, Big Horn, Tongue river, and 
Clark's river. fc 
