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Show JOl'TL 'AL OF A YOYAGE at a t:trget, anLl scaL·d out our blunderbusses. Dineti at th~ cave b.Jow the Illinois, at the mouth of which river, we remajn .... d some time. From th .... course of the J\!Iississippi, the Illinois might b mistaken for a part of it. Encamp2d on the lower point of an island, about 6 miles above th TJlinois; were much rtct:1in·xl by passing th' cast side';0f so.n" 1 hw.ds above the Illinois ; and were obli~~c l to get into th w(ltr.r Lmd haul the boat through . l2tb A ttgt;st; Monday-In the morning lltJdr scvcrztl mil .;~ to brc:1kf~:st ~ about S c'dock P. M. pas~t:J I)ufr: do or ri vi~'rc (tn Bocuf, above which, about 5 miles, commences a beautiful cedar cliff, having paSSL'd this, the river expands to nearly two miles in width, and has four i~hncls, whose low st points arc nearly pm all •I ; these we calt·J th0 four brothers; encamped on the point of the E. one. It rained very ha;:d all night ; caught one cat~ fish. D1stance 29 3-4· miles. 13th August/ Tuesday-Late before we sailed, passed a vast number of i~lands ; left one of our dogs on shore; were much d~tained by sand bars, and were oblig .. ed to haul our boat over several of them ; ·observed seve~ ral encampments which hart been lately occupied : rained all day. Di~tancc 27 miles. 14·tb Au?'1.rt; TT.'cdnesday-liard rain in the morning, b~lt a fine wmd spnnging l1 p, we put orr at l-2 past 6 o clock ; pass"d a camp of Sacs, consistino· of 3 n1en with th{~ir families: they were employed in :pearing and ~caffi>ldmg a fi~~, about 3 feet in h:ngth, with a long flat snout ; t~cy pomtecl out the channel, and pr~ventcd us f.r om t;.kmf?l' the \' rong· one .. I g<, 1ve t h ern a sma1 1 quan-tity of wh1sk.py and b1' ~... 't . d h · ( .... CUI , an t cy 111 r turn pre-sented me with s0111c c.1 -h S· ·1 d I '. • • • • . 11s · <ll ' on t 1rough a continua-tiOn of Islands, fnr nearly twenty miles; met a young gentleman (Mr RobedoLJ" ) b I I ' • •.< y w 1om sent a letter t(') TO THE SOURCES OF THE 1\IISSJS<;ypp J. St. I~ouis ; encampeJ on an island; caught I ~y-5 ~mall fish ; rained all day. l)i~tancc ~8 miles. lStb A11g11st ; Tbursd z;;-Sti ll raining in th morning. From the continued seri-2s of wet weather, the men were quite galled and sore. l\1f't a Nir. Kc ttl ·tas of N. Y. who gave me a line to l\1r. } i~h(·r of th ~· Prai1 i,, Des Chein ; p~1sscd a small river, to th" vV. with a sand bar at its entrance ; also, pa~s~d S,tlt l"iver, which, I do not r ecollect h avin,,-r, seen on any chart : it i-, a co11~idcr~ bl ' ~tr"am, and at hirrh waL ·r is navi ,T,·tbL·, for at l...:ast ~0\.) 0 ( miles ; I~·ft another dog-. l)istanc ~ ~ (j nJ 'L.:s. 16tb A ugNsf; Friday- E1nbarkcd early, but were so unfortunate, as to get fast on a log ; anti did not L'Xtricatc onrsclvcs, until past ll o'clock, having to ~aw ofF a lorr und.:•r th-2 water. At 3 o'clock P. M. arrived at the () house of a Frenchman, situate on th .... W. side of the river, opposite to Ilurricane island. 1 Iis cattle appcar.2J to be in fine order; but his corn in a bad state of cultivation. About one mile above his house, on the \\'. shore, is a very handsome hill, which he informed n1c was level on the top, with a gradual cl ~sccnt on either side-, and a fountain of fine water. This man lil·c wi~\..; told me that two men had been killed on the Big Uay, or Three Brothers; aud desired to be informed what tneasures had been taken in consequence ther eof ; caught three cat-fish and one perch; encamped 4 miles above the house. Distance ·18 miles. 17th August ; Saturday-Embarked and came on remarkably well ; at 10 o'clock stopt tC>r br 'akfast, and in order to arrange our sail ; when the wind scrvt:d, we put off and continu · d under easy sail all ua y. Passed thre' battcaux. Distance 39 n1ilcs. 18th August; Sunday-Ernbarked early ; about 11 o'clock passed an Indian camp, on the E. side. They fired s everal guns ; but we passed without stopping. V c- |