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Show IUB JOUlt~AL OF A VOY A( ~F. For thic; purpose you must interest ':Thite lla_it·, ~ f. the Grat:d Osaire, with whom aml a suitaule deputatton you , ..• til vtstt the Pam re pt~lJiir, where you may find interpreters, und inform yomself or the tn O!:ot fea'iible plan, by which to bring the Can"'anchcs ton confcrcncc.-Should you succeed in this attempt (and no pains must be spared to cO"cct it), you will endeavor to make peace bet ween that distant powerful nation, and the nations which inhabit the country between us and them, particularly the O s~gc ;_ a_nd finally you will cmleavor to induce eight ot· ten of thc1r dtstmguishcd chid's, to make a visit to the scat of _government next Sc_ptcmber, and you may attach to this deputauon four OL' five Pams, and the same uumhct· of Kanscs chiefs. As yout· interview with the Camanchcs will probably lead you to the head branches of the Arkansaw and Hc(l rivers, you may find yourself approximated to the scttlen1cnts or New :Mexico, and there it will be necessary you shoulcl move with great circumspection, to keep clear of any huntiug at· rccounoitrill)j parties from that province, and to pr·cvent alarm or offence; because the alfairs of Spain ancl the United Stutes, ~ppcar to be on the point of amicable adjustment, and moreover i~ is the desire of the president, to cultivate the friend ship and har· monious intercourse of all the nations of the earth, and particularly our ncar neighbours the Spaniards. In the course of your tour, you arc to remark particularly upoR the geographical s~ructmc, the natUI·al history and popu btion of the country through which you may pass, taking particular care to col· lect and preserve spedmcns of every thing curious in the mineral or botanical worlds, which can be preserved and arc portable. Let your comses be regulated by your compass, anu your distances by your watch, to be noted in a field-book, and I would advise you when circqmstances permit, to protract and lay down in a separate book the march of the day at eve1·y evening's halt. The instruments, which ( have furnished you, will enable you to ascertain the variation of the magnetic needle and the latitude with exactitude; and at every remarkable point, I wish you to em· ploy your telescope in observing the eclipses of Jupiter's satelites, ha\'ing previously regulated and adjusted your watch by your q~nd· rant, taking· care to note with g reat nicety the pot·iods of immerswns and emcrsiou::; of the eclipsed satclites. These observations may enable us al'tct· yout· rcttirn, by application to the appropriate tables, which I cannot now furnish you, to ascertain the lonl!;itude. . It i::; an object of much interest with the executive, to asccr131n lhc direction, extent, and navig<\tion of the Arkansaw and Red river: TO THE SOURCES OF TilE ARKANS.'\ \V, &c. I O•J as fat·, therefore, as may be compatible with these · ·t · • JJI::; r·uct10ns :mel pracucublc to the 111cans you may comm·mcl I ,v· ·I . , . . . . ~ ' Is 1 } ou to can y yon1 VIens to those subJects, and should ctrcumst·ul'·cs · c. • • " conspu·e to .avo1· the entcrprzse, thut yon may detach a })arty vt"tl . r () • 1 .t lew sage to descend the Arkansaw ltndc t· the ordc1·s of J1'ctltc11. t \V"II · . an I ' 111 SOil Ol' se1·gcant Ballmgcr, properly in'3tl'ttctccl and cc · 1 1 ' . Jlllppec to ta ~e the courses and dtst<lllCes, to remark on the soil tim!Jet· & . & . . l I . ' , c. c. · IIH to note t te tnbntnl'y str·cams. '1 his p·u·ty will aftc. . 1 · I ' ' I l eac 1ln~· out· P O'>c on t lC Arkansaw, descend to fort Adams and there w~it furth , , or·det·s; nnd you yourself may descend the Reel 1.· . . . t..: t b 1 ve 1 ucco1n p•uucct y ." party of the most respectable Cumnnches to the post of ' 'a-chtt~ chcs! and ther·c receive further Ol'ders. • To disburse your necessary cxpcnccs and to aid you . tions 1 • ' 1' ncg-otw- ' you are lct·ewHh furni shed six hundt·cd dollaJ·s wot·tll of . I . for th · · · gooc s e approp1'1atLOn of which you arc to r·endet· a sll·ict ' vouched by docum~nt~ to be attested by one of your paJ·ty. account, \'V Islung yo~t a safe and successful expedition, I am, su·, \.Yith much respect and esteem v . ' 1 ou1· obedient serva11t , (Signed) Lieute?la7lt z. Jli. P;ke. J 1\ llfES vVrLKir.;so--. -- .\DDITrONAL 1 NSTRUCTIONS TO LIEUTJo:NA ~T l'IR:E. Stn, Cantonment, 111issouri, J uly I ':. til, 1806. THE health of the 0 . . b · and all hopes f tl sag-es emg- now generally restored 0 hands of the p le spe. edy rc.c o vc 1·Y 0 f t 11 • · ' C1r Pl'lsoners, f1·om the . otowatomies bcmo- t , d Slrous to com . .' o a ,m en ' they have become dc-r mence theu· JOurne £ th · ·1 'ore to proce e d to-morrow. y or etr VI !ages, you arc therc- In add' · Itton to the instructions · must request yo 1 gtvcn you on the 24th ultimo r . u to 1ave tl t 11- ' Hatr and the G le a ... s under covet· delivered to\ Vhitc rand Peste tl 1 • f f settled on the waters f t} , 1C c He o the Osage band, which i~ accompany them• yo l~ Arkansaw, together with the belts which h · ou will al · t e Panis and a Jar so recetv~ herewith a snwll belt lin· gc one for the Tetaus or Camanclles. |
