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tber west, urging that tle Chochtaws should 20 on without them. They wished, their chief repre- sented, to go down the Blue Water to it's function with ted river, cross thai river and examine the country the south sid the II Alexican territory The Agent informed the old chief, that he was with out authority 10 leave Col. Gaines or to explore any other lands than those belonging to the Chock- taws or the United States, and represented to him that even should the Chsckasaws like tic Mexican land, the United States had no authority to ceae t nor wonld anegotiation for its purchase be likely to terminate for several years. He perceived no doubt, the object of the ChickasaWs, whe wished by sheTing unwiiiingness to look at the Choektaw land, to strengthen the chances ofinducing the go vernment to make powerful effort to obtain for them by purchase from tine Chocktaws portion of their country, as a separate independency. They Will not, they say, analganate wIth the Chocktaws as one nation, though they are anxious to receive them; they contend that government has obligated itself to give them lands of their own, and thus their national pride, or the ambition of their chiefs, will be powerful obstacles in the way of the Executive, whose policy Is no doubt to unite them with the Chocktaws.

 The Choektaws and Chickasaws held talk " hile We were on Blue water, respecting purchase of portion of the Chocktaw country but the result was unsatisfactory, the Chocktaws manifesting an unwIllingness to accede to their wishes. The in- formation obtained by the delegation in relation to the countrys leaves doubt of it's being sufficient y extensive to support five such nations as the

 

 Matters being temporarily adjusted by the firm ness and decision of Col. Reynolds and the conci- i1atng advice of Col. Gaines the former of whom Informed the ClickasaWs that he could not follow them in exploring the Mexican lands, we departed from the east branch of Blue aer passing throuob rch prairie and high post oak upland some 10 or ? mics, about southwest, when our guide, at this tune one of the Chickasaws, taking advantage of the absence of Cols. Reynolds and Gaines suddenly turned south, and kept this course five miles This was no doubt done by the orders of the old chief. Colbert, who II was believed from polite motives. lost no opportunity of throwing every difficulty in the way of our advancing farther west

 In the course Of the evening e had a heavy fall of rain, sleet and snow which continued during the night From having changed our course from $. w. to south two ot our party lay out all night with but one blanket, and nothing to eat on dry ridge.

 he creek on which encamped, is a branch Of the west fork of Blue Water having fine bottoms with some cane and good timber. On the follow Ing day the weather was very cold, and every thing covered with heavy sleet, endering the country as beautiful as itwas desoiate. Our horses were almost starving in the midst of plenty the little cane they were induced 10 eat producing suel, se- were attacks of cholic, that they would lay down and roll about to their pain

 At midday the two lost Chickasaws having ioin- ed ns, we moved camp about three miles over to the west fork of Blue Water, the cane there beng much thicker, and the chance of the horses finding some of It not covered with sleet, more hatterne The aHoW anu slect HOW covered the earth about O inches Tn depth, and obliged to cut our way through the cane for nearly taf mile, the sleet having matted 1t into perfectly dense mass. The falls we were desrois of seeing had hccn eft some or ID miles to the right, by the fault of our guide.

 The Chlckasaws did not break up their encamp- ment when we did, but followed the day after " parted for .he N ashia The country between fiue Water and Nashita, is generally prairie of a fertile character, elevated and rolling. It abounds with limestone rock. Nothing in the whole range ot natural scenery, can be beautiful than the country between all three of the rivers Boggy, Blue Water, and Washita embracing as it does every object and every variety of character which can please the eye, from the undulatng prairie to the more majestic highland diversified by beautiful groves of timber which skirt the numerous flowing through 1t. Even in winter when stript oi its verdure, 1t is remarkably picturesque; but when covered with a rich profuson of vegetation, and a. bounding with wild horses, bufaloe, antelope and deert must ass'rrediy be of the most delight fu regions of this continent.

 To be concluded in our negt.

 