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Show l2S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE our horses and rode to the village, and halted at the quarters of the chief, where we were regaled with boiled 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 spend the whole day. We then returned to camp. After enquiring of White Hair if the 1nen of Manuel de Liza had any ostensible object in view, he infor1ned n1e that they had only said to him that they expected Manuel would be up to trade in the autumn. I concluded to take the depo. sition of Babtiste Larme as to the manner in which he was employed by Manuel de Liza, and forward the same to Dr. Brown and the attorney-general of Louisiana, and per.: rnit the men to return to St. Louis, as it was impossible for n1e to detach a party with them as prisoners. 21st August, Thursday.-ln the morning White Hair paid us a visit, and brought us a present of corn, meat, :and grease, and we invited him, his son, and son-in-law to breakfast with us, and gave his companions something to eat. I then wrote a nmnber 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 rc· eeived by our fellow-travellers with true hospitality. Re· turned in the evening, when a tremendous storn1 of rain, thunder and lightning conunenced, 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 down. The place prepared for an ob· servatory was carried away. 22d August, Friday.-Preparing in the morning for the council, and committing to paper the heads of the subject on which I intended to speak. The chiefs of the Little Osage arrived about one o'clock, also the interpreter TO T!If. SOURCES OF TliE AnKANSA \V, ~ c . I '2!) of the Grand Osage, who pretended to say that the Grand Osage had expected us at their village with the Littl<; Osage. The Cheveux Blanche arrives with his chiefs. The ceremony of the council being arranged, I delivered them the general's parole forwarded by express. My reason for not delivering it until this time was, in order to have the two villages together, as it was equally interesting to both. After this I explained at large the will, wishes, and advice of their Great Father, and the mode which I con· ceived most applicable to carry them into effect. The Cheveux Blanche replied in a few words, and prmnised to give me a full reply to-morrow. The Wind replied to the same amount; after which the Cheveux Blanche addressed himself to the Wind as follows ;-"I :1111 shocked at your conduct, Tuttasuggy, you who have lately cmne fron1 the States, and should have been wise ; but you led the r edeemed captives, with an officer of the United States, to your village, instead of bringing thetn through my town in the first instance.'' To this the f!Vind made no reply, but left his seat shortly after under pretence of giving some orders to his young men. I conceiv d this reprimand intended barely to shew us the superiority of the one and inferiority of the other, anLl originated, in my opinion, from an altercation of lieutenant Wilkinson and the Cheveux Blanche, in which allu ions were tnadc by .the former, on the friendly conduct of the L ittle Chief, (ahas the Wind) when compared to that of the latter. I must here observe that when the chiefs and prisoners left me, accompanied by lieutenant Will inson, I did not know th~ geographical situation of the two villag s, but con' Celvcd that, in going to the Little Village, they would pass by the Grand Village, and of course that li utenant Wilkinson and the chief would arrange the afi~tir properly. R |