It took us some hours.
Always the prairie, boundless and colorful.

Miles of rich tall grass, sprinkled everywhere with purple, brick red, yellow, white, and blue blossoms! Billows of air drove the surface of it into waves.

It was a sea of living green.
We passed forests of huge oak and elm trees, which grew along the little streams.

There were many fields of corn, too, tall and luxuriant; and wheat ready for harvest.

We came upon Engle at last.