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Show 9t JOUHNAL OF A VOYAGE ccpting three, who were painted black, and were some of those who lost their relations last winter. 1 invited the Fils de Pinchow, and the son of the Killeur Rouge, to come over and sup with me ; when Mr. Dickson and myself endeavored to explain what I intended to have said to them, could I have made myself understood ; that at the prairie we would have all thinbs explained; that I was desirous of making a better report of them than capt. Lewis could do from their treatn1ent of him. The fornwr of those savages was the person who remained around my post all la t winter, and treated my n1en so well ; they endeavored to excuse their people, &c. I2tb April, Saturday.-Embarked early. Although my interpreter had been frequently up the river, he could not tell me where the cave (spoken of by Carver) could be found; we carefully sought for it, but in vain. At the Indian v1!lage, a few miles above St. Peters, we were about to pa~s a few lo ires, but on receiving a very parti· cular invitation to come on shore, we landed, and were received in a lodge kindly; they presented us sugar, &c. I gave the proprietor a dram, and was about to depart, when he demanded a kettle of liquor; on being refused, and aft~r I had left the shore, he told n1e, that he did not like the arrangements, and tbat he would go to war this summer. l directed the interpreter to tell him, that if I returned to the St. Peters with the troops, I would settle ~hat affair with him. On our arrival at the St. Croix, I found the Petit C01·beau with his people, and Messrs. Fra· zer and Wood. We had a conference when the Petit Corbeau made many apologies for the m'i sconduct of his people; he represented to us the different manners in which his young warriors had been inducing hin1 to go to war; that he had been 1nuch blmned for dismissincr his party last f . b all ; but that h~ was determined to adhere as f~1r as lay in his po" cr to our instructions ; that he thought it most TO THE SOUHCES OF THE I\JISSJSSIPPI. prudent to remain here and re,s tr am· t h c warn.o rs 1 Ie then presented me with a beaver robe and i , , . . message to the general Tl h p pe, and lm; . lat e was detcrminrd to serve peace, and make the road clea . . 1 . preof h. . d I ' a so a remembrtncc Is promrse medal. I made him a re 1 . l 1. to confirm him in h' l . . P y, C.l cu atcd IS gooc_ IntentJOns and J • that he should not b th 1"' ' , a~surec hun alth 1 e e ess rcmen1bered by his f t her ou.g .1 not prese·n t· I was I· uf·o rmt~d h· ' ' . ' standmg the instruction of 1 . l' ' t at, notwith-lis Iccnce and n . 1 request, Murdoch Cameron had taken 1· . 1ydpartic~r ar the lndians on the rive S J> Iquor clll sold It to . r t. eters . a l th 1 . below had been eq II . · ' I}( at us partner ua y Imprudent I pl ' l d . prosecute them accord' 1 •. cc ge myself to occasion of great c ~ng. to aw; for they have been the OI11 USIOn and of J other traders Tl . d ' nluc 1 Illjury to the · · us ay 1net a can f 1\11 . loaded with p · · c. oe 0 r. l)Ickson's rovision, under the 1 . f ' son, brother of the Mr. And . c 1aJ ge o Mr . . Ander-politely offered ~~son, at L 'ech Lake. lle me any provrsion h h d which Mr. Di k h . ' c a on board, (for b . c son ad given me an ·d ) b emg in want I d 'd c Ol ~r u t not now fi ' 1 not accept of an Th · rst time, I observ d h , . y.. l day' for the de c d h e t c trees brgmnmo- t b d . t c climate d \. b o u ' and 111- . seeme to h·we ch . d smce we passed the F·lll fc ang" very materially lSt/. A . ' s o St. Anthony. 'J 'Pnl, Sunday W b k Messrs. Frazer and W .- e em ~r ed aft"r brcakftlst. a-head Th ood accompamcd Inc. Wind st . ey outrowed us . 1 r. • ron:; met with on the . ' t lc nrst boat or canoe w~ d bl voyage able to do it ' h . ou e manned d 1' 1 . ' l)Ut t en they were Ail c Rouge at an l~pt A .. cJ 2 o' 1 kt~ • h J lJVe at the band of the Wc ha d a coun '1 c ohc ' w ere we \ vere sa1 t ttcd as usual. of h CI ' w en he spok . h t e conduct of I e Wit lllorc detestation tcrs, than t lc rascals at the mouth of the St l>. any man I 1 . I ... . c-spcaking of the rell 11:.1<. yet h ard. Ilc assured nw th reatcned to kill 1 ~ owh w 1.0 had fi d ' < Ire on nly sentinel aw.l br 11 \·1l led; but tl me, t at 1f I th oug1 l t I·t requisite, he sh' ould lat as there \ . . vcle many clucfs' •·d JoVi', W1. LI l |