Versailles Was A Gulf Into Which The

Early On The Next Morning We Reached Kansas, About Five Hundred Miles From The Mouth Of The Missouri.

Fort Leavenworth Is In Fact No Fort, Being Without Defensive Works, Except Two Block-houses.

Not A Breath Of Air Stirred Over The Free And Open Prairie; The Clouds Were Like Light Piles Of Cotton; And Where The Blue Sky Was Visible, It Wore A Hazy And Languid Aspect.

Versailles Was A Gulf Into Which The Labor Of France Poured Its Earnings; And It Was Never Full.

We Were Now Arrived At The Close Of Our Solitary Journeyings Along The St. Joseph's Trail.