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Show 9 0~ .IOUltNAL 0 FA VOYAGE . W . I .1 t speak, h e h ope c1 1 would remaI mI hom he WIS 1Cu o . ll be down, anc 11 h Swux wou c one day, when a t e d f . thousand men of th rm, h on1n1an ° ~t 1 h might have t e c . k . honor . but t 1at t e th~t I would probably thm Ith no ere p;·oud of having d fl ttc" thetn t ey w British usc to a J. • d . 'neral terms, ~.mel assur- 1.1' I rephe 1n gc h thenl for so uiers. d ct of two or t ree . t for the con u I ed hin1 that It was no ll the good treatment I t to pass over a l rascals that tnean .~ · . b t that in genera d f the Swux natiOn ' u ' l I had receive rom . If. That as to the scounc re ld plam mysc . s· council I wou ex . 1 h cl I be n at home, the wux who fired at my senunc ' a bled with him, for I have been trou nation would never l . t But that my young would have killed him on t 1~ spol .· t I would be displcas-d 't al)prchens1ve t 1a xnen did not o I 'h . ti news oi : t1 l e Sauteurs ' &c. n1a t eel. I then gave un 1e. ld be of no service ; that . . one day It wou 1 as to remammg c ' • b l . as nly genera ex-I was muc h presse d to arnve e owd ' 1 < t the state of my Pected me, my d uty c ailed me ' an t1 ·1 a· . that l woulc l d l the utmost expP<. ItlOn ' II provision dcma~ c~. but that my men must cat. . e be happy to obhge 11~1, . . et shut with icc, If I replied, that Lake I cpm beihng. y 't would not get me d P -..c1 on t e ICC, 1 went on an encam c ll his young men . . Th h ould send out a . provision. at e w . - e other bands did not arr.Jve the next clay ; and, that If th . h In short ~fter h day after wit me. · he would depart t e . ~ da knowing that t1 1C much talk, I agreed to reinaul ::~ld y :·oceed, only nine lake was closed and that we f , 'neral satisfac· tl. appeared to gtve ge . miles if we went ; 11s c1 ltc.rtaincd at . I was invited to different feasts, an ex h' ·'f by the non. h nacted a c Ic one by a person whose fat er was . ll i b the French Spaniards. At this feast I saw a. ma~~~a~~d ~h:tl Walks) tlle Roman nose, and by the Indians s· but be· who was formerly the sec ond c hI' e f o f. t1h .~."".~. lO. LlIcXr, s seven . the caw·'e of the death of one of t le trcd\~ 't'y and Ivner~rr s sinc' e," he voluntarily rel m' qm.s h cd the Ig·m ' " TO TliE SOURCES OF TilE MISSISSIPPI. 97 has frequently Ycqucstcd to be given up to the whites. But lw was now determined to go to St. Louis and deliver himself up where he said they might put him to death· Ilis long rcpen tanc , the great confld 'llcc of the nation in him, would perh~1ps protect him from a puni ·hment which the crime merited. But as the crime was committed long befo re the l Tnited States assurn d its authority, and as no law of i h{·irs could alJ"r·ct it, unless it was ex post facto, and had a retrospective cfl(•ct, I conceive it would certainly be dispuni~haole now. I did not think proper, lwwcver, to inform him , o. l here rcceiYed a letter from Mr. Roller, partner of Mr. Cameron, with a pr 'Sent of some brandy, cofFee and suga r. I hesitated about r eceiving those articles from the partner of the man I intended to prosecute ; their amount being trifJing, however I accepted of them, offering him pay. I ass ured hin1 that the prosecution arose from a sense of duty, and not from any personal prejudice. My canoe did not come up, in consc" qucnce of the head wind. Sent out two men in a canoe to set fishing lines; the canoe oversct, and had it not been for the timely assistance of the savages, who carried them into their lodges, undressed them and treated thcn1 with the greatest humanity and kindness, they Inust inevitably have perished. At this place I was informed, that the rascal spoken of as having threatened my life, had actually cocked his gun to shoot me from behind the hills, but was prevented by the others. 14th April, Monday.-Was invited to a feast by the Roman Nose. His conversation was interesting, and shall be detailed hereafter. The other Indians not yet arrived. Messrs. Wood, Frazer, and myself, ascended a high hill 'ailed the Barn, from which we had a view of Lake Pepin. The valley through which the Mississippi by numerou.s channels wound itself to the St. Croix; the Cannon river and the lofty hills on each side. N |