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Show JOLR ~ . \L 0 1' A Y OY:\U I ~ 1 hing of C\ cr ~0 lillie value to be take~1 wjt.hout liberty. .At this tim the prairie was covered w1th Ius m~n'. who b t t.;an to encircle us around,. and .li utcn::mt Wilkms,on with the troop!:> had gained half a nule on th~ r~ad. 1he ]ndian d~manded a knife before he would g1vc It up; but as we refust'd to givt: any, the chief took one .from his belt and gave him, took the di rk and prcsentc~ 1t to the Joe. tor who immediately returned it to the chief as a present, ' . and d~sired Baroncy to infonn him he now saw It was not the value of the artide but the act we despise, and then galloped off. In about a mile we di ~ovc.rcd a herd of elk which we pursuell ; they took bacl~ 111 s1ght of the Pawnees who immediat ly mounted 50 or GO young men and join;d in the pursuit ; then for the first time in n:y life,.I saw animals slaughtered by the true savages, with their original weapons, bows and arrows ; they buri:d the arrow up to the plume in the animal. \~1 c took a piece of meat and pursued our party : we overtook then1 and encamped within the Grand or Solomon Fork, which we crossed on the 23d September, (lower down) on our route to the Pawnees. This was the Spanish encamping ground. In the evening L wo Pawnees came to our camp, who ha~ not eaten for three days; two of which they had earned a sick companion wh01n they had left that day; we .gave them supper, some n1eat and corn, and they imme~tately departed in order to carry their sick companion th1s sea sonable supply. When they were comm· g m· to cat np ' the centincl challeugC'd, it being dark; they immediately (on sec:ing him bring his piece to the charge) supposing he was about to fire on them, advanced to give him their hands, ht', however, not well discerning their motions, was 011 the point of firing, but being a cool collected little fell~w, call 'd out that there were two Indians advancing on hun, and if h~ should fire; this brought out the guard, when 'I'<) '1'11 1·: c..-ou l)< 'l .... ~,· ()1' 'll£ 1·: A fl .-.J '- • d~ . \ t , \).'\ , V,f-.r:. I i 1 the poor affrighted savages \\- er .._ brought into camp, vc. 1 y much alarmed, for they h Z~d not heard of a white man\ being within their COtl!llry, and thought they were 'Ilt 'rillg one of the camps of their own p~oplC'. ] )i.stancc J s miles. lOth October, Friday.-Marchetl ~t seven o'clocl-- and halted at tw 'lvc o'cl )Ck to dine. \V Te overtaken by the Pawnee chiefs, ·whose party we left the day bdon~ ·. who informed us the hunting party had taken anothc;. road, and that he had come to bid us good by. \ r e 1 'ft a large ridge on our left, and at sun down crossed it. ..• From this place we had an e tensive view of the southwest: we observed a creek at a di tancc, for which I n1cant to ~rocccd. The Joctor, interpreter, and n1yself~ arr ived at etght o'clock at night; found water and wood but had nothing to cat. Kindled a fire in order to guide :he party, but they not being able to find the route, and not knowin(l' the distance, encan1pcll on the prairie without wood 0~ water. lith October, Saturdoy.-Ordcred Baroney to return to find the party and conduct them to our camp. Th(' doctor and myself went out to hunt, and on our return found all our I I d · ~-1 . peop e 1a arnvcu, except the r ear guani wh1ch · · h ' was In stg t. Whilst we halted five Pawnees can1c Sto ou. r camp and br oug h t some bo nes of a . horse w h1ch the pamsh tt'oops had been obliged to eat, at their encamp-ment on this creek ; we took up our line of nlarch at twelve o'clo k d d . c , an at sun- own the party halted on the saline. I was . . f b 1~ . In pursmt o uf alo and d1d not make the ~~p until ncar ten o'clock at night. Kill d one bufl~tlo. Istance 12 miles. 12 th October, Sunday.-IIere the Belle Oiseau and one Osage left d h · us, an t ere remam d only one n1an and woman of that · l · ' I).atlOn-t 1e1r reason for leaving us was thar. |