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Gunfighters · Ep. 39: The River That Flowed From Nowhere, Part II | The American West · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

Anxious now to descend the river before winter set in, we proceeded rapidly for the Pawnee villages, encountering nothing noteworthy except that for some weeks we had observed that the plains round about us were seen to be on fire.

These fires the Indians had set to direct the movements of the buffalo, freshen the grass for their horses, and to burn up the snakes and annoying insects.

This practice seems to confirm Mr. Dunbar's assertion that these immense and grassy plains exist because of fire, a view in which Mr. Freeman concurs.

I am not so certain.

The rising elevation of the country up the river, which is seen to correspond sensibly with the diminution of the grass and oaks and other common species, should not be dismissed.

But I'm anxious to discuss with Mr. Dunbar my theory that the spread of grasslands and the dwarfing of vegetation are related instead to a sensible and gradual decrease in atmospheric precipitation in

as one journeys into the interior of Louisiana.

Consequently, the country about the sources of the Red River can never beckon the farmer.

It's a region the architect of nature has instead fitted perfectly for wild beasts.

We were greeted warmly at the Pawnee Villages on the 23rd, finding our craft and stores left with them in good shape.

We remained there awaiting a rise in the river until the second instant of December.

During that time, with Samson's assistance, as he has become very skilled in these tasks, I was able to dry and repackage my specimens from the sources of the river.

A total of 41 vegetables, 13 used as cures by the Indians, 15 grass, shrub, and tree specimens, and a collection of 17 birds and 11 quadrupeds.

The last includes the skins and horns of the hopping deer, a skin and skull with fangs of the large leopard cat of this country, and a necklace of four imposing claws of the giant white bear's

said to be numerous farther into Louisiana.

Also, live specimens of a curious lizard beset with projecting horns and knobs, and an active, vividly colored iguana from the Palo Duro.

The greater part of these, I believe, to be new species and several new genera.

Also, 18 ink sketches of the country upriver done with the camera obscura, to which notes have been added indicating coloration in hopes that paintings may be worked up from them, although I dare not speculate on the receptivity of our nation to an art of such scenery as exists on our western borders.

Three boxes of minerals representing the geological strata we met with accompany the collection as well.

Those who may be inclined to doubt our reports as to the astonishing hues of much of western Louisiana may there satisfy themselves.

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