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"North Fork", quality: good; quantity and permanence: sufficient Except in dry season, when it is not to be relied upon. "Sweetwater", quality, quantity and permanence: none at the point indicated, but about fifteen miles below, there is sufficient for all needs during the year, the quality of which is good. 2. The character of the timber on Each is about alike, consisting principally of cottonwood and hackberry. The quantity is not large on Either. The greatest amount is on the Sweetwater. 3. McClellan Creell has but little grass and that of poor quality. North Fork has good grass in patches. Sweetwater has good grass in sufficient quantity, both in bottoms and vicinity. 4. There is building stone in the vicinity of Each of these streams On McClellan Creell, near the mouth of Short Creek, a brittle sandstone. On North Fork, fifteen miles above the mouth of McClellan Creek, there is plenty of limestone suitable for building purposes, about four miles North from Creek. The same remark applies to the Sweetwater with the Exception that stone is only to be found from twenty to twenty five miles above its mouth, on the south bank, within one mile of the stream. There is too much sand along the courses of McClellan Creek and North Fork, to make adobes, but in the bottom of the Sweetwater proper Earth can be found to make any quantity required. 5. Rolling prairie, interspersed with sandhills covered with shinvak Except as regards the country south of the Sweetwater from a point about five miles above its mouth, which is a clay soil covered with good grass. 6. I have observed no Evidence of coal on Either. 7. There is no timber fit for building purposes closer than the Washita River below and East of the 100th Meridian, and the forks of Davidson Creek. Fuel may be obtained from along the courses of Either of these streams, in sufficient quantity to last some years. 8. The only hay that could be obtained in the vicinity of these streams, would be upon the Sweetwater. McClellan Creek and North Fork not having sufficient suitable grass to supply a military Camp or post. 9. Yes! Those on McClellan Creek are narrow and covered with alrali; making the grass spare and unfit for pasture. On the North Fork the bottoms are from on to three miles wide, and the quality of the grass is good for pasture, but unsuitable for hay, not being sufficient in quantity. The bottoms of the Sweetwater average about the same as those of the North Fork in Extent, but have a greater abundance of grass, suitable both for grazing and for hay.