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32ff OWR PABl'Y TUBKBD HOMEWARD. coald eat of CYerything ejccept the food of knowledgjej which was not ttiere to lead her astray. la 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition noted the isje, and in October, 1818, Captain Martin, with three companies of soldiers camped on the island waiting supplies whidi did not. arrive until the following July, and the ofl5.citir record says the hunters brought into camp during the nine months nearly 3,000 deer besides many bears, turkeys and all kinds of game; in fact, the party lived from off that which was procured by the. chase. In 1819 Major Long came along and fur- nished Captain Martin with necessary supplies to continue, his march. It was here in 1819 that a coun- cil was held between representatives of the United States Government to arrange with the Kansas In- dians the discontinuance of the depredations against the white settlers. Major O'Pallon giving them to un- derstand that if they did not quit such practices the Government would wipe them out. History says the chiefs acknowledged the justice of the complaint and promised that there should be no more raids. There were 161 Kansans and thirteen Osages present at the council. It has taken rather a long time for the expedition to go thirteen miles down the river, but the canoed and land party a,re continuing their journey, never- theless, and can^p for the night a little below the present location of Leavenworth. And this brings to mind the joys of camping out. Did you ever camp out? If you have not, you hav« qaissdd the treat of a life time. I^ere ia( some> Ubiag peculiar iui.4 jai facicin«tiag abput t^dat mode of