sentences:  On March 18, Goodnow's party reached Kansas City, where Goodnow met with the Company's representative Samuel C. Pomeroy and decided to form the Company's new settlement at the junction of the Kansas River and the Big Blue River.Goodnow and six other men traveled into Kansas Territory as an advance guard to establish the location.When Goodnow's team arrived, two other small settlements had already been established at the chosen location, named Polistra and Canton.