CHAPTER VIII [II of Vol. III]--Osage Orange. Birds. Falls of the Canadian. Green Argillaceous Sandstone. Northern and Southern Tributaries of the Canadian. Cotton-wood. Arrival at the Arkansa. Cane Brakes. Cherokees. Belle Point 170 CHAPTER IX [III of Vol. III]--The Party Proceed upon their Route. Thunder-storm. Some Account of the Kiawa, Kaskaia, Arrapaho, and Shienne Indians. New Species of Toad 192 CHAPTER X [IV of Vol. III]--Arrapaho War-party. Tabanus. Rattlesnakes. Burrowing Owl. Departure of Bijeau and Ledoux for the Pawnee Villages. Scarcity of Timber. Great Herds of Bison. Wolves 214 CHAPTER XI [V of Vol. III]--Termination of the Great Bend of the Arkansa. Ietan War-party. Little Arkansa. Red River Fork. Little Neosho and Little Verdigrise Creeks 230 CHAPTER XII [VI of Vol. III]--Indian Hunting Encampment. Brackish Water. The Party Pressed by Hunger. Forked-tailed Flycatcher. An Elevated, almost Mountainous, Range of Country. Desertion of Three Men. Red Water 247 CHAPTER XIII [VII of Vol. III]--The Party Meet with Osage Indians. Some Account of this Nation. Manner of Taking Wild Horses 265 CHAPTER XIV [VIII of Vol. III]--Verdigrise River. Mr. Glenn's Trading-house. New Species of Lizard. Neosho or Grand River. Salt Works. Large Spider. Illinois Creek. Ticks. Arrival at Belle Point 281 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XVI Skin Lodges of Kaskaias (text cut in original) 107 "Kiawa Encampment" 196 "Kaskaia; Shienne Chief; Awappaho [Arrapaho]" 200 PART III OF JAMES'S ACCOUNT OF S. H. LONG'S EXPEDITION, 1819-1820 Reprinted from Volumes II and III of London edition, 1823 EXPEDITION FROM PITTSBURGH TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS [PART III] {212} CHAPTER I {VIII}[1] Excursion to the Summit of the Peak--Mineral Springs--Coquimbo Owl--Encampment on the Arkansa. At an early hour on the morning of the 13th, Lieutenant Swift, accompanied by the guide, was despatched from camp, to measure a base near the peak, and to make there a part of the observations requisite for calculating its elevation. Dr. James, being furnished with four men, two to be left at the foot of the mountain to take care of the horses, and two to accompany him in the proposed ascent to the summit of the peak, set off at the same time.