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Show l~G JOUHNAL OF A VOYAGE . h Mr Chouteau formerly had his fort, not a ves. twn w ere · · . h b · only marked tige of which was remainmg, t e spot emg h . b k bi: the superior growth of vegetation. I-Iere t ~ n~er an one solid bed of stone-coal, just below wh~ch IS a very shoal and rap1'c l n.p p le '. from whence to the. v· illaWge of the Grlncl Osage is nine miles across a large praine. c hca r~c ·tbo' ut two miles abO\'e, and cncampe d on the west s .0.1 c. •T his day the river has been genera1.1 y b ou nded by prarms b h . les Di~tance 41 1-2 mtles. on . ot Sll • £f t half ast five 18tb August, Monday.-We put 0 a ' P d o'clock. Stopped at nine o'clock to breakfast. Pa~s~ h d fork of the river at tw ·lve o'clock, the ng t t e secon .d the lr·ft (the hand fork bearing N. about 30 yards WI e, r. '"' • one we pursne<.l ) N · 6oo W · and not more than ~o ol 60f feet in width very full of old trees, &c. but ~lenty o W""t·el· Obser~ed the road where the chiefs and lieutenant a • • . ' l ck Wilkinson crossed. We proceedetl until one o c ~ .' when we were halted by a large drift quite across the nvct. Dispatched Baroney to the village of the Grand Osage: to procure horses to tak e our b aggage n Carer to the towns, unloaded our boats, and 1.1 1 about two 1l OUI. s lieutenant Wilkinson, with Tuttasuggy, arriv d at our camp, the for.' n1cr of \\'hom presented me an express f ron1 the general, • r and letters from my fnends. I 'he c 11 1. c £'s' I. e m,a incd at our camp all night. I was attac 1< .e d b y a v1· 0 1e n t head-a£c he. It commenced raining, and contm. ued W.I th great Jorcc until day. Distance 19 l-4 1nilcs. 1 . l9tbAurrust ,l. u~ esd a y.-w c comn1c11 cc<.l very ear) to arrange ouro bag' gage, but had not fim•s he d at on e o'clock, when the ch.i ef o(f , the Grand Osage, an d 4 0 Ol. 50 mekn of his v1. llage, arn.v cd w.i th 11 orsGs. W c 1o at led 'a nd too. our depart un' for the place where Manue l d e 1.. 1·z~ a had h1s • Sec appcn,lix to part TJ. lNo. ?·J pab~.: ~8. TO THE SOURCLS OP THE AlU\:A~SA"", &r. 1~7 establishment, at which we arriv d about four o'clock, and commenced pitching our encampment ncar the edge of thC" prairie, when I was infonncd that three men had arrived from St. Louis, sent by Manuel de Liza. I dispatched lieutenant Wilkinson to the village, with Baroney, who brought to camp the man who had charge of the others frorn St. Louis: he having no passport, I detained hin1 until further ~onsidcration.. Our r eception by the Osage was flattcrmg, and particularly by the H'hitc I lair and our fellowtravellers. This evening there <lrrivcd in the village of the Grand Osage an express from the J\rkansaw, who brought the news that a boat, ascending that river, I1ad been fired on, and had two white n1en killed and l wo wounded, and that the brother-in-law of the Chev ux Bl~nche, who happened to be on board, was also killed. Th1s put the whole village in 1nourning. . 20th August, JtVcdncsday.-About twelve o'clock I dispatched Baroney for the chiefs of the Grand villa<Te, in order to give the general's parole to the Chevcux Bla7lche, also a young man to the village of th Little Osage. The ~lwvcux Blanche and his people arrived about three 0 clock, and after waiting some time for the TT ind and his people, I just informed the chiefs that 1 had nrerdy assembled them to deliver the parole of the general, and pre cnt the marks f d' · · · : · o 1stmct10n Intended for the Cheveux Blanche and hJs son, hanging a grand D1(;dal round the neci~ of the fatter Th k . . · . e pac ets con1m1ttccl to my charge for the rela-tions of the d , I 0 . . J • eccasec sages, \verc then delivered to them~ tlc Widow mak' h d' 'b . that I h mgt e Istn ~H10n. It must be re1narkcd . h . ad merely requested the Che\'CLL. Blanche to come \VJt h1s son d · I stead of' comi' noa-n . rcccnrc t lC gc11eral's Inc>s, a~c; but in- 1 • f 1 • . .. • 186 o WJt 1 a ew c Hd!-i, he was accolllpanwd by h. men, to all of wh01n we were oblig·cd to n·ive somc-t lllg to d.rin k T;trl 1 . , o • vv wn t 1 • C()uncd wa~ 0\'<Jr we n ouutcJ |