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ant)about forty soldiers. The line of march certainlyexceeded three miles in length.The morning was clear and calm. Our roadwas a different one from that by which we hadreached the camp. We passed several herdsof wild oxen, which betrayed some alarm atthe noise of the dogs and women resoundingon every side.Our march was pursued till sunset, when wereached a small wood, the first that we had seenall day. The great chief desired Mr. Pattersonand myself to lodge in his own tent, and weaccordingly became part of his family. Wesaw that his entire and numerous householdwas composed of relations. The chief, aftersmoking his pipe, determined the line of marchfor the next day; and his dispositions in thisregard were immediately published through thecamp.At daybreak our tents were again struck, andwe proceeded on our march in the same orderas the day before. Today (to follow the phraseologyof the plains) we had once land in sight,consisting in two small islands, lying at a greatdistance from our road. On our march thechief informed us that he proposed reachinganother camp of his people that evening, andwould take it with him to the fort. Accordingly,at about four o'clock in the afternoon we discovereda wood and presently afterward sawsmoke rising from it. At sunset we encampednear the wood, where we found a hundred299