. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . Washington Irving. AMERICAN EXPLORATIONS 17 the Eastern Indians who were then removing tothe eastern part of the Indian Territory. Themost important thing in connection with thisexpedition is that George CatHn, the celebratedpainter of Indians and Indian scenes, was withthe party and made a number of valuable paint-ings which preserve to us a correct idea of how theIndian on his native soil really appeared. As has been stated before, three attempts hadbeen made to trace the source of the Red Sparks (1806) had been turned sour
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . Washington Irving. AMERICAN EXPLORATIONS 17 the Eastern Indians who were then removing tothe eastern part of the Indian Territory. Themost important thing in connection with thisexpedition is that George CatHn, the celebratedpainter of Indians and Indian scenes, was withthe party and made a number of valuable paint-ings which preserve to us a correct idea of how theIndian on his native soil really appeared. As has been stated before, three attempts hadbeen made to trace the source of the Red Sparks (1806) had been turned source of theback by the Spanish, Lieutenant Pike ^^d River(1806) was taken prisoner by the Spanish, andMajor Long had mistaken the Canadian for theRed River. Captain Randolph Marcy (1852)was ordered to trace the Red River to its started with his men from Fort Belknap onthe Brazos River in Texas and proceeded to theRed River near the mouth of Cache Creek. Fromthere he went up the Red River, following theNorth Fork to its source. He then searched forand found the
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