 A farewell ball was held on the banks of the Missouri, and according to Private Kieser, who was there, We cleared a piece of ground, eight rods square, for the purpose of a concert, or if you please to hear it, a military ball. There was no disorder, and all was still and quiet, and nothing was heard but the music, except now and then a soft breeze stilling over the tops of the lofty cottonwoods. Guy M. Kieser