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Show 30 JOURNAL. ced tH' bhdfs of variou~a colours. 'Ve eneampe<r on tbc north side. ThU?·ulaz; '23.d. \ Ve pl'oceedcd earl? this morningwith a fair v. in d. The rivet· ht re becom<:s more straig·ht than we hacl found it for a g·reat distance below. Captain Clarke and ol'.le G-f the men killed a dee1· and a buffaloe1 nnu some oftbe men were sent to dress and bring· ~he buffa1oe to the boat. We stopped at a prairie on the north side, the larg·est and handsomest, which I had seen. Captain Clarke callid it Bu tl'doe prairie. 'The rnen h~ving returned,. "·e again weflt on ; but the wind changed and we were obliged to halt f.or the pl'eseut. \iVhile we were detained here we salted two barrels of buffaloe meat .. At five in ~he evening we proce{.ded some cJistan€eand encamped on the south side. Ji'riday '24th. This morning was cloacly with some rain. Captain Clarke went by land. vVe passe<~ cedar bluffs on the north l::lide, a part of which wel'u burning ; and there are here to be found mineral substances of nuious kinds. There is also a quanti· ty of small red beniei, the Indian name for which in J~n glish means rabbit berries. 1'hey a1•e handsome small bc:rries and grow npon bnshe~ abcut 10 feet high. Cap ain Clarke came to us and hatl kil1cd twa elk and a fawn, we pa£std a creek c alled White-stone creek ; landed and reruai·nec.l he-re all night to jirk our meat. Saturday 25th. Two of OllT men last ni'gl1t caught )1ine catfish, that would togethet weigh t!~ r~e hun· dred pounds. The larg-e catfish are caught rn the Missouri with hook and line . Captain Lewis and Cr.ptain C!ct!·ke went to see a h}ll on the north side of the river \V here the natives v,:ill not or p:-<:.tend that they will not venture to go, and say that a small peo· ple live there, whom they are afrai I of. At II o'clock, the gentlemen not having returned, we set ·sail whh a gentle breeze from the S. E. }k\ssed black JOURNAL. 31 bluffs on the south side, nncl co'ltinnecl on nine miles and encampt:d. 'Two of our 1\unt.~.::~·s c an1e in who h ad killed d large elk. Captains Lewis and CL.trke did not rt·tnrn this e,·cning. Sunday 26 'h. Some of the men went out to dress and bl'ing- in the elk. About 10 o'clock Captain L:w .. is and Captain Clarke with the party accomp.myw~ them cc..~. me to camp ; but had not been able to disco· ve t· any of tho~ small people. The hill is in a han<l· ~ome pr:.tit·ie : and tile parly !:>UW a great many lmffa· loe near it. About 11 we renewed out· voyage and passed some tirnber land on the south !>ide; and tlack and white bluffs on the same: side, we encamped on the north side opposite a creek called Pettil-Ark, or Little-bow. Nfonday 27th. Got undct' way at sunrise, and passed \Yhite bluffs on the south side. At 2 we stopped fot· dinner, and an Indian of the Mahas nation, who lives with the Sioux came to us here, at the mouth of the Sacque river; and while we remained here "wo more came h~. A sergeant with onr· old French~ rrwn and another man Wtnt with two of the Indians to their camps, and the other went with us in the boat. We eocamped on a sand beach on the noFth side. Tue1day '28th. 'Ve set forward early. The day was pleasant, and a fair wind. from. S. E. At 8 we halted foe breakfast, when our young Indian left us to go to his camp at a handsome prairie, gently risim.,. hom the river on the north side ; a small distanc~ <-\bove .which are beauti ful groves of Cotton wood on both sides of. the rivet·. About 12 one of the periogues run agamst a snag- which broke a hole in it. We then Ct'ossell to the south side to mend the perion·ue d . . 0 ' nn to wa~t to receive the Indians we expected ; and ~anded .a httle belo":' some: high bluffs. Our camp is 1n a Wlde bottom, 1n wluc;h arc large elm and oak trees. - |