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Show 128 JOUH.NAL OF A VOYAGE horses and rode to the village, and halted at the quar. our . h b 'I ters of the chief, where we were regaled w1t 01 cd pumpkins : then we went to two different houses, and were invited to many others, but declined, promising that I would pay them a visit, previous to my departure, and s end the whole day. We then returned to camp. A~tcr !quiring of White Hair if the n1e? of Manuel de L1za had any ostensible object in view, he Informed me that they had only said to him that they expected Manuel would be up to trade in the autumn. I concluded t? tak: the dcpo· sition of Babtiste Larme as to the 1nanner 111 which he was employed by Manuel de Liza, and forwa~·l~ the same to Dr. Brown and the attorney-general of Lou1smna, and ~cr· n1it the 1nen to return to St. Louis, as it was impossible for me to detach a party with them as prisoners. . 21 st A 11gust, Tbursday.-In the mornin~ White IIau· paid us a visit, and brought us a present of cor~, meat, and grease, and we invited him, his son, and son-m-~aw to breakfast with us, and gave his companions somethmg to eat. I then wrote a number of letters to send by express, and enclosed the deposition of Larme. In the afternoon we rode to the village of the Little Osage, and were re· ceived by our fellow-travellers w1· th true hosp1· ta 11· ty. R.c · turned in the evening, when a tretnendous storm of ra~n, thunder and lightning commenceJ, and continued With extraordinary violence until half past nine o'clock. It was with great difficulty we were enabled to keep our tents from blowing clown. The place prepared for an ob· scrvatory was carried away. . 22d August, 1T·.'n •d ay.--Prepar•m g • 1 lOl'fllnrr 111 t 1c n t> for the council, and comn1itting to paper the heads of the ~ubject on which I intended to speak. The chiefs of the · · reter L~ttl e Osage arrived about one o'clock, also the 111tcrp TO THE SOUHCES OF TilE AH K,\ NSA \ \' , &C'. 1 2<> of the Grand Osage, who prctC'IH.lcd to say that the C rand Osage had expected us at their village with the Lit tle 0 age. The Cheveux Blanche arriv s with his chiefs. The ceremony of the council being arranged, I deliver ed them the general's parole forwarded by express. JVfy r eason for not delivering it until this time was, in order to han~ the two villages. together? as it was equally interesting to bot~. After .thts I explamed at large the will, wishes, and adv1cc of their Great Father, and the 1node which I conceived most applicable to carry the1n into d Tect. Th-· l:heveux Blanche replied in a few words, and pr01niscd to gtvc me a full reply to-morrow. The Wind r eplied to thl! s:me amount; after which the Chevcux Blanche adJresseJ lumself to the Wind as follows ;-" I J.m shocked at your conduct, Tuttasuggy, you who have lately come from the States, and should have been wise ; but you led thl! redeemed captives, with an officer of the United States, to y~ur village, .instead of bringing then1 through 111 y town m the first Instance. ' ' To this the fVind maJe nd r~p.ly, but left his scat shortly after under prctcncc or gtvu~g some orders to his young men. I conccivctl this repnmand intended barely to shew us the superiority or the on. e . an d m· t;e,n ·0 1.1 · ty ot· the other, and on.g m. atcd, m. my opuuon, from an altercation of lieutenant Wilkinson ban d the Che veux Bl anc h c, . h' . 111 w tch allu 'IOns wer~ made Y.the former, on the fi-iendly conduct of the ! Jitt/e Chit·!' (alias th w· d) :1' c m when compared to that of the Iatkr. [ must here obs ., I I h . ~rve t 1at w 1en t e chiefs and prisoner , left mhe, accompantcd by lieutenant Wilkinson 1 did not know t e geograph' 1 · · f. ' . 1ca Situation o the two villages, but con-ceiVed that · · 1 b 1 ' m gomg to t 1e Littlt.' Village, they would pas'l J tle Grand Village, and of course that lieutenant \Vii nson and the ch. f. ll Ie wou l arrange the affair properly. R |