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Show I ) :, JOLH.~AL OF A \ . OY.i\Gl·. war anJ tit" general, and maki11g arran gcmcn~~ lor our Lkparturc. Visited by the \Vind and S<u:s. Orc1llc. 2Dtb Augu.rt, J~i-iday.-Forcnoon .wntmg letters: In the al'ter11oon Dr. Robinson and m y ~eH wcut to the (,rand \ illi!gc, at which we saw the grca.t 111edicim.: dance. Rc· maincd at the villag<' all night. [~Otb /lu,glfJt, Saturday.-Hctunlctl to the camp aft:r ~h:t tling all my afhtirs at the town. Scaled up our dts· patches and :-;~~nt ofT the general' , c press. H· l1.1 the a~tl'r· 11non we wt·rc visit<.Xl by the principal men of the Little Villag<.' and the chief, to whom l pres ·nt~l~ a flag, a1~d made tltc donations wltich l conceived requt~lte to the dtf. {,'rent Indians, on accouut of horses, Z·c. !3 1 .rt .A ugu.rt, Sunday.-Arranging our packs and lo:1Jin g· our llor~cs, in order to fit our loads, as wee> .. · p·'cte<.i to march on the morrow. lJp late writin~ letters. 1st September, Monday.-Struck our tents early in the lltonn.u g, and comrnence J 1o acl.'m g our l1 01. s cs · 'v c 110\1' discovered that an Indian hau ~tol 'n a large black horse, \vhich tlw Cheveux Blanche had presented to lieutenant \Vilkin~on. ltnounted a horse to punme him ; but the m. tcrpn.!ter sent to town, an d t l1 e c·1 1 1. ,i·' s. w l.I .c. sent anoth.e r in its place. \ Ve lef·t the place about t we 1v e~ o ' c·l ock. wJth f 1i.t ccn loaded h 1s cs, our party cons1·s t·m g o f t w.0 lwutc:· uants, ont.: doctor, two sergeanb, one cot. p 01 ... t 1, nc. f tee. n j)I 1• · 1 1) . 1 i. ttt· cluefs of \1, tl'S , t\\0 mtc.. rpretcr~ , t lree awnee ~ , cllll 0 t l\ c b'r anLl ,1 ) ~age, amountm• p; 1• 11 a 11 to .·. ') 0 \\·,·t r riors and o. n:e ,., oman. \V · crossed the Grand o~age fork anJ a prau Je ~. o0° \\7• iivc miles to tile fork of th' Little ()sag· · .llJinul by Sans Oreillc and scveu Little Osage, all of ,dwlll l Lquipped for the march. Distance 8 mil Ps. t.:.d ..(. >,t .jdcmbc1, .l ~/ .Jursday.-1\IarclH.'d at ::-,1·x . o' c·l.o ck. 1 rcdll...ll al t 'Il o'clock, and lWO o'dock 011 the Sl'J e Of the · TO THE SOURCES OF THE .AR K.A~S .\ \Y, &c. l ~ .• J ,j n·cek, our route having been all the time on its borc.Jers. \Vhiist there I was informed by a youn~ lnuian that Mr. C. Chouteau had arrived at the towns. 1 cone •ived it proper i(H· me to return, which I diu, accomoanicd by Baron 'V r , ., first to the Little Village ; from whence we were accoul-panil'd by the 11Vinrl to the Big Village, where we Yemained all night at the lodge of the Cheveux Blanche. lVlr. Chouteau gave us all the news; after which I scrawled a lctler . to the general and my friend~. :~d September, l1 ~·dnc.rday.-Rose early, and went to the Little Village to breaktu;t. After giving my letters to Mr. Henry, and arranging my afE1irs, we proceed 'U, and ~vcrtook our party at two o'clock. They had left their f.1rst camp about four miles. Our horses being 1nuch fatigued, we ~oncluded to remain all night. cnt out our r~d anJ .Whlte hunters, all of whon1 only kill 'd two turkiCS. Distance 4 m.iles. 4tb September, Tl.mr.rday.-When about to march in the morni~g, one of our hors s was 1nissing, and we left Sans Orcxllc, with the two Pawnees, to search for him and proceeded till about nine o'clock; theH stopped untjl twelve o'clock, and th n marched. In e1bout half an hour was overtaken and informed that Sans Oreille .haJ n oL been able to fi d h · · n our orse; on wh1ch we encampeu, and se~t two horses back for the load. One of the Indians, bemg J·calo f h' ·1· us o 1~ w1 e, sent her back to the villa 1r<'. After . k · h . n lll,t mgt e necessary notes, Dr. Robinson and my- &elf took our horses and follow 'u the cour~e of the litt h· stre·tm ·1 · ' 'unti we arnved at the Grand river, which was di!->- t~nt about · · ·1 W . b szx mt es. e here found a most ddwht fu I ason of clear w t • f I' n . . \ a cr, o - 25 paces c Iameter and about 1 oo 111 Circumfcren . 'h I . 1 d 1. ce, 1 w lie 1 we bathed; found it d 'ep and e Ightfull 1 b . . Y P easant. Nature scarcely ever formed a mon: eautiful pia r . r. ce lOt a 1ann. W e returned to camp about |