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? bars in every direction + ? from the general appearance it may be forded at its present stage allmost any where- some of our hunters who were in advance of us had crossed and were pursuing Buffalo on the opposite bank- we were compelled to proceed a mile or two up the river to find sufficient drift wood to cook our breakfast - this being done we proceeded on our course near the bank of the river some distance + en- camped - rattlesnakes are very abundant - The banks of the river are allmost a perfect plain on this side + not more than four feet higher on the opposite side the sand