With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine.

The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route.

I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.

There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove.

The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood.

The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.