[18] Kansas City.
[19] Fort Leavenworth, two miles north of the city of Leavenworth, Kan., situate on Rattlesnake Hills, was first occupied as a cantonment in 1827, and became a regular fort of the U. S. government about 1832.
[20] Cannon.—Original note.
[21] Mrs. Frizzell made an error at this point, numbering the day as the "18th", instead of 15th, which led to a misnumbering throughout. It has been corrected here.
[22] Potawatomi and Winnebago.
[23] An original note names him "Major Stemmons, of Rockport, Mo." This is evidently an error for Slemmons, a family-name that is yet found in Atchison County.
[24] An allusion to the Knight of Snowdoun in Scott's The Lady of the Lake.
[25] Calhoun Co., Ill.
[26] One of her sons.