I left off my narrative on Sugar river, [the Sweetwater] otherwise called Eau Sucree; I must interrupt it to listen to the good tidings that are brought from the mountains.
I remain, Rev. and Dear Father, Your Dutiful Son in Christ,
TRIBUTARIES.
(Distances are above mouth of Missouri.)
Gasconade river, enters Missouri from south (right bank), 110 miles. Osage river, a large and important stream, enters from the south (right), 142 miles.
Grand river (Missouri), from the north (left bank), 261 miles. Kansas river is a large stream entering from the west (right) at the site of Kansas City, where the Missouri makes its great bend to the east, 390 miles. Formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers. Has been navigated by steam to this point. Largest tributary, the Big Blue, from the north.
Little Platte, from the east (left), 411 miles. Nadowa river, from the east (left), 499 miles. Big Nemah, from the west (right), 529 miles. Nishnabotna river, from the east (left), 588 miles.
Platte river, largest tributary of the Missouri, except the Yellowstone, enters from west (right), 635 miles. Formed by junction of North and South Forks in western Nebraska. Principal tributaries of North Fork are Laramie river from south (right) and Sweetwater from the north (left) bank. The principal tributaries of the Platte below the junction of the North and South Forks are the Loup Fork and the Elkhorn rivers.
Big Sioux, from the east (left), 810 miles. Vermillion, from the east (left), 854 miles. James, from the east (left), 888 miles. Niobrara, from the west (right), 941 miles. White, from the west (right), x,055 miles.
Bad river (formerly called Teton or Little Missouri), from the west (right), 1,172 miles.
Cheyenne, from the west (right), 1,222 miles. A large stream formed by two forks which completely encircle the Black Hills of Dakota.
Little Cheyenne, from the east (left), 1,268 miles. Moreau, from the west (right), 1,293 miles. Grand, from the west (right), 1,316 miles. Cannon Ball, from the west (right), 1,399 miles.