McCulloch's command formed a cantonment at Cross Hollows, Arkansas, about ninety miles southwest of Springfield.

There was no prospect of further activity until the ensuing spring.

Every thing betokened rest.
From Springfield I returned to St.Louis by way of Rolla, designing to follow the example of the army, and seek a good locality for hibernating.

On my way to Rolla I found many houses deserted, or tenanted only by women and children.

Frequently the crops were standing, ungathered, in the field.