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TABLE OF DISTANCES. 
III .—Table of Distances travelled, Sfc. —Continued. 
IV.— Table of Distances travelled on the line followed from Westport, Missouri, via Fort Riley, 
Kansas Territory, to Walnut Creek. 
Date. 
No. of 
camp. 
Day’s travel. 
Distance from 
Westport. 
Localities. 
1853. 
jun0 22._-- -- -- - 
1 
Miles. 
4.92 
Miles. 
4.92 
23 . 
2 
8.70 
13.62 
Indian creek. 
24. 
3 
8.42 
22. 04 
Cedar creek. 
2n . 
4 
9. 40 
31.44 
Bull creek. 
26. 
5 
15.32 
46.76 
Wahkarrussi river. 
27. 
6 
20. 92 
67. 68 
Big spring. 
Branch of Mission creek. 
28 . 
7 
23. 40 
91. 08 
29 .. 
8 
18.75 
109. 83 
Branch of Il-a-heek-cou-a-sa creek. 
30. 
9 
18. 46 
128.29 
Small creek, three miles from K. river. 
July 1. 
10 
15.75 
144. 04 
Rivulet, nine miles from K. river. 
2. 
11 
12. 09 
156.13 
Mahungasa creek, 
Bluffs opposite Fort Riley. 
Spring between the Smoky Hill and Republican forks. 
Creek in Smoky Hill Fork valley. 
Nepeholla river. 
Saline fork. 
3 . 
12 
2. 50 
158.63 
4. 
13 
13.13 
171.76 
5 
14 
24. 46 
196.22 
6. 
15 
10. 58 
206. 80 ' 
7. 
16 
8. 92 
215.72 
8. 
17 
23. 09 
238.81 
Branch of Saline. 
9. 
18 
22.76 
261.57 
Oak Spring creek. 
Arroyo creek. 
Walnut creek, at Santa Fe crossing. 
11. 
19 
29. 00 
290. 57 
12. 
20 
15. 62 
306.19 
