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Show 'rnrsday, 9. Dy ri~ht o'el<wk Wl' p3''HH'I1 the t·iver Platte, which is lower than it was, aud its watt·n ~ lmost clear·, though the <'htllmcl is tul'hultmt as usual. rl'IIC sand. lm•·s wlJit·h ohstrudcd the :Missou•·i ~ur, laowrveJ•, washed away, and uot hing is to l>t• seen e x<~rpt a few r·cmains of the !Jar. D<,low the Plattr, the <'III' I'Cnt of the MissoUI·i becomes evi. dcntJy rno•·e 1 apicl, ami t lu' uhstt·uct ions fl'om falltn tim. ber incrcasrd. The •·ivcr boU oms are rxh'nsivr. ric· I•. and covererl with tall, hu·ge timhrl', wllieh is sliJI more a!Junclant in tlw hollows of the •·a vines, whct·c may Lll seen, oak, a sh. t•lm, intcrsJ,rt•st•d "ith some walnut aud hickory. The musqurto,•s al so, though still nurnPt·ous, seem to lose some or tlu·i•· viJ..;our. As wr advance so ntpiclly, the chango of climate is vm·y pcrcrptihlc, the aia· is mot·c su]o·y than we l1ave f~ xprricncf'd for a long time [)(•f'OJ·e, and the nights o war·m that a thin blanket is now suflicicnt, although a few days ago two were not lnu·densomc. Late in the aftcl'lloon we encamped opposite to the llaldpated 1wait·ie, a ncr a journey of seventy-three milt·s. 'Vcducsday, 10. We a~ain set oui t~arly ~nd tlac wind bring •node•·at(•, 1hour;h sl ill :ahc&ul, we <'&llliO sixty-live milci:i to a sandbar. a. shol'f tli stanrc ahovr tla<' g•·aml Nemaha. I 11 the COUt'Se nr the day we lllj' t at ··ndcr, "it h three men. ou his way to llw P (nHwc Loups Ol' \Volf Pawm~cs. on Hac 11lat.tc. Soon aftrt~ anotlu't' h•mt passNI us '' ith seven mrn f'&·om St. JAouis. llou ud to the l\taha s. \\' ith hotla of Oarse trading pat·tirs W<' had some f•onvcr·sation, hut OUI' anxirty lo go on would not sufft·•· us to t'<'main Jong with th<'m. 'l'he lntl~an s . anti pa a·licul al'ly the S<Jtmws and chiltll'c·n at·c weary of tlw lon:.;- jollt'lwy. an<l wo at'<' not l<'ss c1<·sil·o••s of'sceing our countl'y and f•·iends. " rc saw on Ou~ sho•·e, <leer, racl,: oons, antl f ut·kie s. Thu•·sday, t l. A hiMh wind l'&·om Uw nm·thwcst clrtainrd us till aftt•r Slllll'ise. when we pr·oec.·cclerl slowly; ftH' a.s the river is a·apid anrl natTow, as Wf'll as more CJ'owdcd with sandbars and timber than aiJevo, much caution is necessary 11)1 Ute .MisRow·i. in ;nroi<ling tltr!W ohnf:u·l<•s. pm·ti<·ula•·ly in the prr.sent low state of' thr wa• t•t•. 'I'hc Nc>maha seems lrsg wide than whrn wt· saw if h(•forc, ami 'Volf' rivc•r has srarce] y ~n)' walrt·. In tl11• aflrJ•noon W<' haltt·cl ahovt~ the Nadowa to hunt, and killt• fl two dc\t'l'; al't(•t• whieh we wt·ut on to a small iHlan<1, furl~' miles l's·om ou•· last ni~ht 's encamp mcnt. Hen~ w<~ wrt·c no lon~et' annoyt'd hy musqurtoes, whieh tlo not scl'm to f'1·rqurnt this pat·t ofthr rive•·; an<l af'lrr ]ta\'ing hl'rn pet·sc•f•ut t•d \\ith thcs<· insc<·tc, <hu·inp; tlaf' whoh.' route ft'Olll t hr ra.ll -, it i a Jll()\jt aht•(•(•ahlt• ('XCmpt ion. The it• no is<' was n•ry :l~l'<'rahly c ha n~{·d few (hat. of tlw c•ommon wolv !, whicl1 w<·re howlinl-!; in clifH•t·<•nt flircctions, and the JH·ait•ic wolves, whose h;u•kill); l'('SCmhlcs Jll'<'Cisely that or thr rornmon rut· don-· Ft·iday, 12. Aftrr a thi f·l· fo~ anti~ heavy tlcw we srt ont hy snnrisr, and at tht· distanct! of scwt"n ntilrs nwt two pcl'ioguc .' one or them hound to the Plait e, for t IH~ P"''l)() c or h·a<lin~ with the PawnCf'S, the othrt· n11 a tt·appin;.~ expc.•t.lition to the neighbourhood of the· ~1ahas. Soon aft r •· we met the tra(ling party untlc.w ~1•·· M. ·Cldlan; and with t Ia em was Mr. Gravelincs. the intc•·p•·(•lf'l', whom we hatl sent with a R.icara cfJief' to the United Sla.t<'s. The ehief hat1 unf01·tnnatcly tlied at 'Vashington, and Gt·av<·lincs was now on his way to the Uica.Pas, with a Rpt'(Wh f's·om the twcsichmt, and tlac p•·cscnts wl•ieh had hct·n marlc to the "hief. H e ltacl also dir·cct.ious to instt•ur•t tl1c lliearas in agricultua·e. II" was a ccompanird on t hi · mis ·ion hy old 1\1 , .. Durion, our f'ormcr Sioux intrrpretcr, who c o hj<~t·t was to pa·o(•ut·r, hy hi. in flu cnr.c, a safe passa ~e fo•· the Ri<·ara lli'Psc>nts tht·ou;;h t hr hands of Sioux, and also to rn1~a~f' some of the Sionx. <.•hic·fs. not exceeding six, to visit 'Vashington. Ootla of them were instt'UCtcd to inqui r·c l1~ll' ti C ul a r·)y afl c·t• the fate Of OU1' part~ ' t no int<·lli~ence having hc<·n t·rcri\'cd f•·um us dUJ·ing a long time. 'Vr authorised Mr. Bm·ion to invite fen oa· twelve Sioux chiefs to accompany him, val'tieu Iarly the Yanktons, \Vhom we bad f4tllltd well disilO!)od towards our eountry. The |