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Show l!(J JOUHNAL OF A VOrAGE, ~t;. Should you f1nd it necessary, you !\re to give onlct·s to Maug- rainc the re~iclcnt interpreter at the Grand Osage to atteud yon. I beg you to take measures fot· the security and safe return of )OUt' boats from the (;t·and Osage to this place. Doc tot· H.ol>iuson will nccom pany you as a volunteer. lie will be furnished medicines, and fot· the accommodations which you g-i\'c him, he is l>ountl to attend your sick. Should you discovct· any unlicensed traders in your rome, o1· any person from this territory, Ol' from the United States, without a proper licence or passport, you are to arrest such person o1· person~ a ncl dispose of thcit· property as the law directs. My confidence in you•· caution and discretion, has p1·eventcd my urging you to be vigilant in guarding against the stratagems and tt·eachcry of the Indians, holding yourself above alarm ot· surprise, the composition of yout· party, thoug·h it be small, will secure to you the respect of an host of untutot·ed savages. You arc to communicate from the Grand Osage and from cvct·y other practicable point, directly to the sect·ctary of war, transmittingyour letters to this place under cover, to the commanding ofliccr, ot· by any more convenient route. I wish you health and a successful and honorable enterprise, ~uHl am, Yout·s with friendship, (Signed) J.UIES 'VlLKI NSON. Lieutenant Z ftl. Pike. PART II. l>IARY OF XN EXPI-:DITION MADE UNDER TJIE ORDER , OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT, BY CAPTAIN Z. M. PIKE, JN TilE YEARS 1806 AND 1807, TO EXPLORE TIIF. INTERNAL PARTS OF LOUISIANA. 15th July, 1806, Tucsday.-W e sailed from tht• landing at llcllc Fontaine, about 3 o'clock P. M. in two boats. Our party consistcll of two lieutenants, one surgeon, one serjeant, two corporals, sixteen privates, and one interpreter. W c had also under our charge, chiefs of the Osage and Pawnees, who, with a number of women and children, had been to Washington. These Indians had been redeemed frmn captivity among the Potowatomics, and were now to be returned to their friends, at the Osage towns. The whole number of Indians amounted to fifty one. We ascended the river about six miles, and ncamp.· cd on the south side behind an island. T his day my boat swung round twice ; once when we had a tow rope on shore, which it snapcd off in an instant. The Indian:-; did not encamp with us at night. l)istance 6 miles. 16tb July, T!Vcd;zcsday.-W e rejoined our red brethren at breakfast, after which we again sepcratcd, and with very severe labor arrived late in the evening opposite to the village of St. Charles, where the Indians joined us. Distance 15 miles. |