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8 rare occurrance the inflicting of immediate punishment which is the invariable rule of our society on the plains the offender being caught is instantly tried by a jury picked up on the road the witnesses both for and against are heard and if not proved he is discharged forthwith, if guilty he will be punished according to the enormity of the offense, if for horse or mule stealing or murder, he is hung to the nearest tree, if a less grevious crime he is tied to a tree or wagon wheel and receives from ten to one hundred lashes on the bare back the amount to be fixed by the jury. The certinty of immediate and severe punishment is a wholesome check to the evil disposed so much so that of late we have not many fears of being annoyed from that source. On the third day we commenced our journey very early as we had to make thirty miles to the next camping ground, our old enemies the bluffs still surrounded us, and made it tiresome work,