Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
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Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
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Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.
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It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
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