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Show JOUH.NAL Ol·. A VOYAGE, &c. II 0 . ss·try you arc to n::>- i vc onlen; to Mau-cl llld vou find tt ncce. , ' , G .. cl ()san-e to attend yon. '' 10 ' • ' 'C[ CI' at the 1.111 o ' . . ' [ PTUI. 11C the rcsidcntltttcl pt '\StireS for t 1\ C S· ecurity and sale letuln ::> o to tal·e me, . 1 beg you ' ', .. .,.e to this place. . . II' ho·tts from the (lt·and Osa!-; ou ·ts a volunteer. lie wtll yol , ·u ·u:com pany y , 1 . I you Doctor }{obin son wl ' . . l . commodations w uc l . . aml fot· t 1e ,tc Le furni shed mcchclllcs, out· sick . ~t.v · c him he is hound to attend y . <1 tntlers in your rolltc, or ' • • • y unhcense • · 1 . Should you dtscovet. ,w. or 1'r om tl tc. United States, wtt tout ,, any person from this terntol y, . . to arrest such person or persons . . Jnssport, you .n e proper hccttcc Ot I . law directs. and dispose or their propct'ly as t .lC • ncl discretion, has prevented 1\1 Confidence in your caullon ~ . st the stratagems and y . ·dmg agam my Ul .g.m. (t>Y you to be .v igilantk I\l'l gualo urscl r·.a b OVC alarm or surprise, I . of the Indwns, ho mg y . . ll will secure to you treac 1e1 y . ·ty tholwh 1t be sma ' • · 1 of your pat ' '=' the composlttOI orcd savages. the respect of an host o~ untut. m the Grand Osage and ft·om ~v~ry Y0 uarctocommumcatefto . . fwar transmttttng . r . tl to the secrct.u y 0 ) . ' other practicable potllt, <. u ec y . to the commanding ofltccl', Ol letters to this place under covel' your • . by any mot·e convement route. f l l honorable cnterpnsc, I wish you health and a success u anc and am, Yours with friendship, . , (Signed) J.Al\:f,ES \V!LKINSO~ . Lieutenant Z M. Pike. PII<E'S EXPEDITION. PAR'r II. DIARY Of AN EXPEDITION MADE UNDER 'l'IIE ORDERs OF THE WAR DEP.t\R'J'M ENT, .DY C.APT.t\lN Z . M. PlKJ~ , IN 'filE YEARS 1806 ANO 1807, TO EXPLORE 'l'II.E INTERN.AL PARTS OF LO UISIANA. 15tb July, 1806, Tuesday.-We sailed from th • landing at Belle Fontaine, about 3 o'clock P . M. in two boats. Our party consisted of two lieutenants, one surgeon, one serjeant, two corporals, sixteen privates, and one interpreter. W c had also under our charg , chi eft of the Osage and Pawnees, who, with a number of wo. men and children, had been to Washington. These In~ dians had been r edeemed fi-om captivity among the Potowatomies, and were now to be r eturned to their friends, at the Osage towns. The whole number of Indians amounted to fifty one. We ascended the river about six miles, and encamp · ed on the south side bcl1ind an is land. This day my boat swung round twice; once when we had a tow rope on shore, which it snaped off in an instant. The Indian' d!d not encamp with us at night. Distance 6 miles. 16th July, Wednesday.-Wc rejoined our red brethren at breakfast, after which we again seperated, and with very severe labor arrived late in the evening opposite to th? village of St. Charles, wl1ere the Indians joined us. Distance 1.5 miles. |