ery fine robe, for
a bridle & mantingals [_sic_], which were not very new. We struck our
tent, moved on up to the fort; there are 2 or 3 good frame building
here, saw some children playing in the porch of one of them, suppose
there are some families here but the barracks & magazines are mostly
built of turf; the place is not inclosed, & presents no striking
appearance, but we liked to look at a house as it had been some time
since we had seen one, and would be some time before we should see
another. They kept a register here, of the number of waggons which
passed, there had then passed 2657, & as many waggons pass without
touching here, I do not think they can keep a correct account, & I do
not think they try to get the number of those that pass on the north
side of the river, for it would be difficult to do. Opposite the town, &
extending up & down the river for 16 or 18 ms, is an island,[45] it is
covered with a fine growth of cottonwood timber, I was struck with its
appearance with the mirage which I had seen on the plain, & believe it
the same reflected by the atmosphere.

FOOTNOTES:

[27] St. Joseph, Mo.

[28] St. Joseph, Mo.

[29] Abbreviation used throughout for "miles."

[30] A variant of "slough."

[31] Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Missouri, rises in Brown Co. and
runs through Doniphan Co., Kan.

[32] Sauk and Fox, from this northeastern section of Kansas.

[33] This seems to refer to the Presbyterian mission among the Iowas and
the Sauk and Fox, established in 1837, near the present town of
Highland, Doniphan Co., Kan.

[34] So in the original and evidently an error for "rolling" or
undulating.

[35] The Little Nemaha R., in the southeastern corner of Nebraska, and
empties into the Missouri seven miles below Brownsville.

[36] Nemaha or Big Nemaha R., in the southeastern part of Nebraska,
emptying into the Missouri two miles below Rulo.

[37] This is a mistake, did not pass it till 2 days
afterwards.--_Original note._

[38] The Big Blue R., an affluent of the Kansas R., rising in Nebraska
and running nearly southward into Kansas.

[39] This it a mistake--did not join us till 3 days after
this.--_Original note._ This doctor's name is nowhere given in her
journal.

[40] The Little Blue R. rises in the southern part of Nebraska, runs
through Jefferson Co., thence into the State of Kansas, and empties into
the Big Blue R. in Marshall Co., of that state.

[41] Little Blue R.

[42] These w