Two miles beyond Kennekuk is the first of the three Grasshopper Creeks, flowing after rain to the Kansas River. Road rough and stony, water, wood and grass. Four miles beyond the first Grasshopper is Whitehead, a young settlement on Big Grasshopper, water in pools, wood, and grass. Five and a half miles beyond is Walnut Creek, in Kickapoo Co. pass over corduroy bridge, roadside dotted with shanties. Thence to Locknan's, or Big Muddy Station.  25 miles, 9 pm - 1 am, August 7 - 8, 1860