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Show J 0 U H N .\ L 0 F • \ V 0 y AGE age. Received two dccrs and an half from our bunting camp. lk' b 31st M arcIJ. , Molz(·i ny .-Finished cau ·mg my o.a ts, the clifllculty then was with Inc, what I should get to. pltch 1 . W c were all this day and next as anxwusly t 1c scam~. · f l · wat cl 1 .m g tl1 e 1. c c , •a s a< lover would the arn v• al o • t 1e pncst w1 1 0 was, to u1 ll.te 11im to his beloved. So.m etimes It moved .a I. 1 b . loscd An Indian and his woman crossed It 1tt c ut soon c · . when' t h e po1 e s, w 111 ' ch they held in their h. a.n ds were f. ore-cd through in many places. The provi.siOn to which I was obliged to restrict myself and men, VIZ : ~wo po~nds of fresh venison per day, was scarcely su~ltcient to l ... :ep 1. rl'hough l had not an extraonlmary appcllte, US a IVC. yet I was continually hungry. . 2d Ap,~i!, fYcdncsdny.-Went out ancl killed on.e deer and two partridges. 'The icc began to move opposite the fort at the foot of the rapids, but damn1ed up below. Rc. ceived half a dozen bears from my hunting ca1np. Launched our canoe and brought her down. 3d April, Tbursday.-Scnt one man down to sec the river another to the camp, and took two 1nen myself over 'the hills on the other side of the Mississjppi to hunt. In the course of the day I killed a swan and a goose~ and we certainly would have killed one or two elk, had It not been for the sleigh dogs ; for we lay concealed on the banks of Clear river, when four can1c and threw them· selves into it opposite, and were swimming directly to us, when our dogs bounced into the water, and they turned. W c then fired on the1n, but they carried oir all the lead we gave them, and we could not cross the river, u~less we rafted (it being bank full) which would have detamed us too long a time. In the evening it became very cold, and we passed rather an uncomfortable night. . 4·th April, Friday.-Took our course home. 1 kil· led one large buck and wounded another. We made a TO THE 80URCES OF THE MISSISSTPPT. fire and cat brcakfa t. Arrived at the fort at 2 o'clock P. M. was informed that the river was still shut below, at the ~ cluster of islands. Received some bear meat, and one deer from the camp. 5th April, Saturrlay.-In the morning dispatched two men down the river in order to sec if it was open. My hunters arrived fron1 the camps. 'fallowed my boats with our candles and launched thcn1, they made considerable water. The young Shawonoc arrived in my canoe from above, with about 1000 lbs. of fur, which he dt'positcd in the fort. The men returned and inforn1ed me that the river was still shut about 10 n1iles below. 6th April, Suuday.-Sailcd my peroquc with sergranl Bradley and two men, to descend the river and sec if it was yet open below. They returned in the afternoon and reported all clear. l had previously determined to load and embark the next day, and hoped to find it free by the time I arrived. The Fols Avoin, called the Shawonoe, arrived and encamped near the stockade. l-Ie informed me that his nation had determined to send his son down in his place, as he declined the voyage to St. Louis. 1\Il hearts and hands were employed in preparing for our do .. part~1rc. In the evening the men cleared out their r oon1 and dane d to the violin, and sang songs until 1 1 o'clock. So rejoiced was every heart at leaving this savage wilderness. 7tb April, Monday.-Loaded our boats and Jrpartcd forty minutes past ten o'clock. At one o'clock arriv 'U at Clear river, where we found my canoe and men. Although I had partly promised the Fols A voin chief to r emain one night, yet time was too precious, and we put ofr ; pa,,scd the Grand Rapids, and arrived at Mr. Dickson's just before sun.down; we were saluted with three r oun<..ls. A L night he treated all tny men with a suppl'l' and dr<nn ,'\ 1 |