. The last American frontier . The West iv 1849 Texas still claimed the Rio Grande as her western boundary. The Southwestacquired in 1848 was yet unorganized. KANSAS AND THE INDIAN FRONTIER 121 culties have occurred during the spring of the lastand present year [1845] from the passing of emigrantsfor Oregon at various points into the Indian companies have frequently rendezvoused onthe Indian lands for months previous to the periodof their starting. The emigrants have two advan-tages in crossing into the Indian Country at an earlyperiod of the spring; one, the facility of grazing

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. The last American frontier . The West iv 1849 Texas still claimed the Rio Grande as her western boundary. The Southwestacquired in 1848 was yet unorganized. KANSAS AND THE INDIAN FRONTIER 121 culties have occurred during the spring of the lastand present year [1845] from the passing of emigrantsfor Oregon at various points into the Indian companies have frequently rendezvoused onthe Indian lands for months previous to the periodof their starting. The emigrants have two advan-tages in crossing into the Indian Country at an earlyperiod of the spring; one, the facility of grazing theirstock on the rushes with which the lands abound;and the other, that they cross the Missouri River attheir leisure. In one instance a large party had to beforced by the military to put back. This passingof the emigrants through the Indian Country withouttheir permission must, I fear, result in an unpleasantcoUision, if not bloodshed. The Indians say that thewhites have no right to be in their country withouttheir consent;

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