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Show 1 ~6 " t 11 ' tn t l1 c1. r fl ag., bltt \:vt't]1 -<1 11 inJ· unction tlla• t it ~houlJ " never b hoist d during our , tay." J\..t tlus_ there was 1 h t Of al)pl.tllse and the charb're particularly at- ' t g\,;ncra s ou ' (. (. ( tended to. ~30th f.)cptcmbcr, T ucsday.-R maincd all day at t~e camp but sent Baroncy to town, wl_w infonn~d me_ 'on Ins rt'tunt that the chief appeared to wish to throw p;Icat ob-l . . A great disturbance had taken place ~.tac ('S m our Wcty. • ~ in the village, o·wing to one of the young Paw~lccs who bt~'lv can1e from the United States, (l•rank) havt~g ta~en th() ~\ ifc of an Osage and ran away with her. 1 he chief, i 1 whose lodge the Osage put up, was extremely en· '· f · 1· t erson 1agcd1 considering it a breach o l:osp~ta tty . o a~ unLlcr his roof, and threatened to loll }t rank If he caught him. d h d 1st October, lT'cdnc.rday.-Paid a visit to town, an a ·t very long conversation with the chief, who urged every ~hing in his pow r to induce us to tu:n back.. Finally,,he vcr, candidly told us that the Spamards wished to have gon~ e further m. to our country, b ut h c I· n d uc cd them to give up the idea-that they had listened to him and he wished us to do the same-that he had promised the Spa· niards to act as he now did, and that we 1nust proceed no further or he must stop us by force of arms. My reply was, " 't hat I had been sent out by our great ;~at l'J rrW~ " plore the western country, to v1· s1· t a ll 1u ·s . I ·ed children, " to mak ' peace betw een th .... m, and turn t 11 em f r om shed· " ding blood ; that he might see how I had caused the " Osage and Kans to meet to smoke the p1· pe 0 f peace " together and take each other by the h and s l1'k e bro· " thcrs · t'h at as yet my road had been smooth , an d a blue " sky ov' er our heads. I had not seen any bloo d. m· ourf " paths · but he must know that the young wa rnors od " his gre'a t American fatber were not women to bc turJlC fO TilE SOURCES OF TllE ARKA:'\SA"", &.r. 147 'back by words, that I should therefore proceed, and if "lw thought proper to stop me, he could attempt it; but " we were men, well armed, and would self our livc.r at a "dear rate to his nation- that we knew our great father "would send our young warriors there to gath r our "bones and revenge our deaths on his people-wh~n our " spirits would rejoice in hearing our exploits sung in the " war songs of our chiefs." I then left his lodge and r _ turned to camp in considerable perturbation of mind. 2d October, Thursday.-We r eceived advice from our ~ans that the chief had given publicity to his idea of stoppmg us by force of anns, which gave s erious reflections to me, and was productive of n1any sing ular expressions from ~y brave lads, which called for tny esteem at the same tJme that they excited my laug hter. Attempted to trade for horses but could not succeC'cl. In the night we were alarmed by some savages con1ing near our camp in full s~eed, but they retreated equally rapid, on beiug hailed With fierceness by our sentinels. This created sotnc degree of indignation in my little band, as we had n oticed that all the daY h d d · h . a passe wit out any traders presentmg themselves wh' h d 'f · 1• ' Ic appeare as 1 all Intercourse was inter- tucted I 1 W · · &c. · · ntmg to the secretary at war, the general, Sd October, Friday.-The intercourse again co1nmenced. Traded for son1e horses. Writing for my ex-press. ~ h ~th October, Saturday.-Two French traders arrived at t e vdlage · d d m or er to procure horses to transport their ?~0 s f~om the Missouri to the village. They gave us In10rmat h ' P I 1011 t at captains Lewis and Clark, with all their eop e, had de d d h . gener 1 . seen e t e nver to St. Louis: this diffused van ~ JOy through our party. Our trade for horsec; ad- ' ce none this day, |