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Show 10 J ')UHNAL OF A VOYACl·: lay by until 4 o'clock I> . M. . t Il c w·t nll ~ca u· ~ al.l th. e timee . The chief informed me, by signs, that m iou~ d.t ys th y could march to Prairie Des Chcins; and promised. to furni~ h them with mockinsons, and put them on their ro:tt. ~ct sail anti made at l~ast four knots an hour. I was dts-osccl to sail all night, but the wind lulling, we encamped ~n the point of an island, on theW. shore. Distance 20 miles. . 'JOtb August; Friday-Fmbarked at 5 o'clock_; \vmd fair, but not very high. Sailed all day. Passed four peroq ues of Indians. Distance 43 mil ·s. ~ lst August; Saturday-Embarked early. J>asscJ. one pcroqu"' of Indians; also, two encampt~ents ; . one on a beautiful eminence, on the W. side of the nvcr. This plac -~ had the appearance of an old town. Sailed ahno~t all day. Distanc ' 31 l-2 miles. lst Sept. Sunday-Embarked carl y ; winJ fair ; arrived at th~ lead min~s at 12 o'clock. A. d) s ntcr \· with which I had been aillictcJ severa! days, was suddenly cb ,cl .. ed this morning ; which, I bdiev~ to have been the occasion of a very violent attack of fever JJout 11 o'clock. N ot\ rithstanding it wag very S\.!VCrc, I dressed mysdt~ with an intcutiou to execute the orders oF the general relative to thi~ plac". \Ve were saluted with a ftclc.l piece, and ' rec·j v ~J. with 1?-V~ry mark of attention, by Monsi<.;ur Dubu< 1uc, the proprietor. Thcr~ were no horses at the house, and it was six miles to where the mines were worked; it was therefore impossible to make a report by actual inspection. I therefore propos2d. ten queries, on the answers to which my report was iound'2d;* Dined with lV[r. D. who informeel ne that the Sioux and Sauteurs were as warmly eng~~ : ~ d. in opposition as ever ; that not long since, the forIller .k.illcc.l 15 Sauteurs, who on the lOth August in rc- • Sec appendix to part I. [No. t] page s. TO TflE SOUHCES OF T:n: 1\IISSTSSTPJIL l : turn killed J 0 Sioux, at the entrance of the St. Peters; ~ nd that a war party, composed of the Sacs, Rc'ynards, and Puanf s, of 200 warriors had embark d on an cxpcdifion ;-tgainst the Sautcurs, but that they had h''anl, that the chief having had an unf:1vorabL... dream, persuaded the party to return, and that I would meet them on n1y voyag~. At this place I was introduced to a chief, called rhC' Raven of the Rcynards. 1 Ie made a very flowery spe::ch on the occasion, which I answered in a fl'w words, accompanied by a small present. I had now given up all hopes of my two men, ancl was about to embark, when a peroquc :trriveu, in which they w rc, with a Mr. Blondcau, and two Ind~ans, wl JO~:l t:hat gentleman had engaged above the r;tpiJs of Stony river. The two soldi rs had been six clc:ys w~thout a1 ~ thing to cat, except muscles : when they met Mr. Ja:nc·. ..Aird, by whose humanity and attention their strcnp;t~1 and spirits were in a measure, r estc,rcd ; and thcv were cna- bled to reach the Reynard village, where the' y met with JVIr. B. The Indian chief furnished them with corn :1n<.l shoes? and shewed his friendship, by every po~sioll' at. tention. I immediately discharged the hire of the Indians, ;-~nd gave Mr. Blondcau J. passage to the Prairie 1 )cs Ch 'ins. Left the lead mines at 4 o'clock. l)istanc~ ~5" miles. 2d Sept. fttfo11day-. \frcr making two short rc~1c:1 "~3, we c.ommcnccd one, which is :30 miles in length~ til'~ wind servmg, we just mad' it; a!1d ('llCa npcd on the E. ~iu ·' o r _ • I pos1te to the mouth of Turk"y river. In th ..! cout·s,, of t h~, day, we L.uu.L'd to shoot at p1dg--..ons ; th ~ momc~1t a gun was fired, som~ Inuians, who were on th_ shor2 abm'c us, ~-a.n · ~own and put off in th 'ir pctoqu~s ·with g ·" :lt pr~..!Clpttatwn ; upon which Mr. Blondeau informed me, that all th2 \\'Omen and children were fr1gh tcn'"'d ~r tlv· vc. ry name of an American b J!, an,J th:n th .~ mr'n hdd w~ |