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Show 20 JOURNAL. an island opposite a prairie on the south side of the . . nver . .flio7lday 2nd. At sunrise we conlinu~d our vor· age, and met a yuantity of. drift ~ood which was carried down the stre:.un ; tllls tnornmg we passed a creek on the south side and encamped on the north opposite an old French village and fort, but all vac:lnt. Tut!sday 2d. 'Ve proceeded a gain at five, and continued our voyage until 12 , when we stopt at an old trading place on tbe south side of the rive1·. There we found a grey horse ; but saw· no appearance of any persons having lately encamped at th at place. 1redne.r1day 4th. 'Ve fired a swivel at sunri:,c in honour of the day, and continued our voyage ; passed a creek on the north side, calJed Pond creek, ?~nd at one o'clock stopt to dine. One of oul' p eople got snake bitten but nut dangerously. A fte 1· dinner we ren ewed our voyage, passed a creek on the north side, which we cnlkcl lNDBPENDENCE, encampetl on the nonh side at an old Indian village ~ituated in a h andsome prairie, and saltlt.S!d the departing day with ano-ther · gun. . Tlwr. 5th. ' Vc procecdedonout•voyageatfivemthe mornmg; nnri found the land hig·h on the south side~ 'Ve wl:!nt through a I urge bend fu 11 of sand b:1r·~ where we had some difl1culty in pas!>ing ; and encamped on the sout!1 side -.1t high prc'tirie land. .Friday 6th. We set out early tbis morning ; had a fine day, and made a good d ay's voyag·c : etnd encamped on the south ~ide nt V\' hipperwe !l c reek. Sutu,·duy 7:h. At an eal'ly hour we proceeded on .our voyage ; passed a hig·h handsome prairie on the 11orth sic.L, and killed a wolf and a L.trge Yt.'ood rat on the bauk. '.i he principal clifference between it and the common t'aL ' s, its having ltair on its tail. Sunday 8th. \v c .vel'c Ultc.kr way t his 1~101'1\lng before eLy ljght. The river here is crool..etl and narrow. At one W~,;. ~r..1ne to a large island, with only a ,•. .. JOURNAL. s mall st1·eam on the north side whi.ch we went up .. A_ lat··)·e creek called Nadowa flows 111 front the no1th, andb on t lu· s s.t cl e we encnmpt(I . . Jllonday 9th. Early this morning we contmned our voyage. It rained hard till 12 o'clock. \Ve pa~~ecl a creek on the south ~ide, called ' V olf creek. I he man that was snake bitten is bccotne well. \-\! e en-camped on the south side. . . '1 /.u:sday 10th. \Vc set out early tlus. rnormng an c.l bad a fair day and fajr wind. 'Th?re 1s a_ hand. ome prairie on the south side opposlte an Island. 'Ve encamped on the north side. . . 1Ved. 11 th. 'Ve also embarked eal'ly this mornmg; passed a creek on the north side, called Tarico, and halted at an island, opposite a creek called Moha on the south ~ide of the river. Seven hunters went out .,., ..J~-- --..l hvo of th em brou(l•ht in fh·c deer. liere '-'J \.1o..A ) '-'aJ '-.l \, t 1 - b • we found a nether horse on the bank of the nver: sup-posed to have been left by a hunting patty last wmter. Two of our m en, who had gone to hunt on the ~quth sick of the river, did not return at night. Tlw.r&da!J 12th. ' V e remained het~e t his day, that the men, who were much fatigued, might take some rest. The hunters, who had remained on the 5outh sicle of the river all nig ht, came in, but had killed not hin g·. 'Two 1norc went to bunt on the north side and killed two dec t·. Fridaz; 13th. 'Ve were early under way this m orninn- \Vith-a fair wind. Tbe day was fine. vVe passed a ~reek on the north side, and lw.vjng n1ade 20 miles ancl :.111 half, encamped on 6tlarge sand bar. Sat urday 14th. At clay b reak it began to rain and continued until seven when it abated, and we set for- , ward: but in a shol't time a g ust of wind <mel rain came on so Yioknt, that a l! hands had to leap into the water lo save the boat. Fortunately this storm did n ot las t long, and we went on to a coiJvenient place and landed. llel'c we continued two hours and then |