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Show 26 JOCHNAL UF A VOYAGE Lc Grand !'artisan. . , . Le On.g m. al L eve, )l War chief' gave hm1tny fathers Le Demi Douzen, 5 tomahawk, &c. &c. Lc Bcccasse. 1 c :Bocuf que Marche. . ItJ was somew 1l at cl 1'f lit cu lt to get thcn1 to s1gn the grant as they concei. ved th c·i r wor d of honor ~houl. d be.l t'tken' for the grant W·i t} 1 out any ma~r l~'- ·' but 1 C011Vl.l lC1< 'Cl th~ ein it "vas not on t h ei· r accoun t ' but 1ny own ' l w1. lc( them to sign it. )oc • d 24·tb Sept. Tuesday-In the morning I c~Isco:rcrc my n~~ was missm. g f rom () ff my b 0 at •. Bem\g. In d:o. uL' t wl~d her it had been stolen by the Indtans, or .h."d tlllcn overb oar d (a ncl flo'': tt"d away ' I sent for m. y fncnd, the Original LcrrH.', and ~uiliciently e:inceJ .to lum, .by th,e vehemence of my actiou, by the Immc<.hatc pumshm~nt of my guard, (having inflic~ed on one of th_em c.orpo~cal uni~lunent) and by scndmg down the shote thiee miles h1 search of it ; how much I was displeased, that ~uch a thing should have occurred. I sent a fla~ and two c~rrots of tobacco, by a Mr. Cameron, to th~ S1~ux, at t~~ hca~ .of the St. Peters ; made a small draft of the positiOn a this place ; sent up the boat I got from Mr. l1isher, to the village, on the St. Peters, and exchanged her for a barge, with Mr. Duncan ; my men returned with the barge about sun down. She was a fine light thing, eight men were aUe to carry her. Employed all day in writin~. 25tb Sept. v1'cdnc.rday-I was awakened out of my bed by Le Petit Co.r.bcau, (head ch~ef) who .c~1mc up ~r:~: his villctge, to sec 1f we were all ktllcd, or 1f any ac~1d . had happened to us ; this was in consequence of. thcJr havinrr found my flag floating three mil s below their v1llage, (15 n~iles h<·nce) fr01n which they concluded some affray t St:c ap111.:ndix. to part I. (No. 3] p. 6, and (No.4] P· 9· TO THE SOUHCES OF TllE MISSISSIPPI. 27 had taken place, and that it had been thrown overboard. Although I considered this an unfortunate accident for me, I was exceedingly happy at its effect ; for it was the occasion of preventing u1uch bloodshed among the savages. A chief called the Outard Blanche, had his lip cut off, and had come to the Petit Corbcnu, and told him, " that his face was his looking glass, that it was spoiled, " and that he was determined on revenge." The partie were charging their guns, and preparing for action, when lo ! the flag appeared ; like a messenger of peace, sent to prevent their bloody purposes. They were all astonished to sec it; the stafF was broke. When the Petit Corbcrm arose and spoke to this dfcct: " That a thing so sacred, '' had not been taken from my boat, without violence ; " that it would be proper for them, to hush all private " animo ities, until they had revenged the cause of their ~' eldest brother; that he would immediately go up to St. " Peters, to know what dogs had done that thing; in or,., der to take steps to get sati faction of tho e, who had " done the mischief." They all list 'ned to this reasoning and he immediately had the flag put out to dry, and embarked for my camp. I was n1uch conccn1ed to hear of the blood likely to have been shed, and gave him five yards of blue stroud, three yards of calico, one handkerchief, one carrot of tobacco, and one 1 nife, in order to make peace among his people. l-Ie promised to send my flag by land to the falls, and make the peace with the Outard Blanrhe. Mr. Frazer went up to th€ village, and we embarked late, and encamped at the foot of the rapiJs. In many places, I could scarce thro·n a stone ovct· the river. l)istance 3 miles. 26th Sept. Thursday - Embarked at the usual hour, and after much labor in passing through the rapids, arrived at the foot of the falls about 3 or 4 o'clock; unloaded my hoat, and had the principal part of her cargo |