Little Arkansas River.—The starting point of this stream is not far from the town of Geneseo, Rice county. It flows in a southeasterly direction through the counties of Rice, McPherson, Reno, Harvey and Sedgwick, and empties into the Arkansas river at the city of Wichita. The origin of the name is unknown, but the stream was called as at present as early as 1825-27, when the Santa Fe trail was surveyed and the names of the streams thereon were given. The Osage Indians called the stream the "Ne-Shutsa-Shinka," the "Young, or Little Red Water." The river is about 80 miles in length, has high banks in many places, making it rather difficult to cross, and the flow is subject to sudden rises. On Du Pratz's map of Louisiana (1757) the course of the Arkansas is correctly given, and at the junction of the Big and Little Arkansas "a gold mine" is marked. This section was a favorite hunting ground with the Indians, buffaloes and other game being very plentiful. In Oct., 1865, a treaty was made with the Indians on the east bank of this stream, in which William S. Harney, Kit Carson, John B. Sanhorn, William W. Bent, Jesse H. Leavenworth, Thomas Murphy and James Steel represented the United States, while Black Kettle, Seven Bulls, Little Raven and others looked after the interests of the Indians.