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Show : I 6 JOUH~ . \1. OF~\ \'OYACE ., them thLir fla g, but with an injunction tltat it should " never be hoisted during our stay." 1\t this there was a gl..'n~ral shout of applause and the charge particularly attended to. SOt!J September, 'Iuesday.-Rcmaincd all day at the c;.1mp buts 'llt Baroney to tov.m, who inf<.1rnwJ me on his r l'lurn that the chief app ared to wish to throw great ob. :- f·tclcs in our way. A great disturbance had taken place in the village, owing to one of the young Pawnees who lately cmne frotn the United States, (Frank) having taken the wife of an Osage and ran away with her. The chief, jn whose lodge the Osage put up, was extremely enraged, considering it a breach of hospitality to a person under his roof, and threatened to kill Frank if lle caught him. J st October, f!Vcdnesday.-Paid a visit to town, and had a very long conversation with the chief~ who urged every thing in his power to induce us to turn back. Finally, he 'cr.' candidJy told us that the Spaniards wi~hed to have gc~n ' further into our country, but he induced them to :riv,' 1.1p th.; idea-that they haJ listened to him and he i!:.ll 1-.: t u::> to do the sam' -that he had promised the Spa· i~i~1rJ~ lo act as he now did, and that we must prOC''Cd no lnrther, or he must stop us by force of arms. My reply \~as, " that l had been sent out by our great father to ex· ' plorc th ' west rn country, to visit a 11 his red children, "' to make p~ace between th~m, and turn them from shed· "' ding hlooJ; that he might sec how I had causeJ the ~ o ~Jge and Kans to lllCl!t to Sl11<'ke the pipe of peace H to he' her, and take each other by th~ hands like bro· '' th 'r0 ; that as yet my road had be<:>n ~mooth, ancl a blue ... ~L.) U \ cr our heads. I had not seen any blood in our ' ' p.aLhs ; but he must know that the young warriors of " !us ,gr 11at Amcric m father r..{-·ere not 'i.i.JOmcn to be turned TO THE SOURCES OF TllE AIU~.At'\SA \Y, &r. 1'17 " back by words, that I should therefore proceed, and ir " he thought proper to stop me, he could attempt it; but " we were men, well armed, and would sell our lives at a " dear rate to his nation-that we knew our great fatlx r " would send our young warriors there to gather our " bones and revenge our deatl1s on his pcopll!- whcn our " spirits would rejoice in hearing our exploits sung in the " war songs of our chiefs." I then left his lodge and returned to camp in considerable perturbation of mind. 2d October, Thursday.-We received advice from our Kans that the chief had given publicity to his idea of topping us by force of arms, which gave serious rl!flections to me, and was productive of n1any singular expressions from n1y brave lads, which called for tny esteem at the same time that they excited my laughter. Attempted to trade for horses but could not succeC'd. In the night we were alarmed by some savages coming ncar our camp in full speed, but they retreat d equally rapid, on being hai kd with fierceness by our sentinels. This created some degree of indignation in my little band, as we had noticed that all the day had passed without any traders presenting themselves, which appeared as if all intercourse was interdicted! ! Writing to the secretary at war, the genera l, &c. :'Jd October, Friday.-The intercourse again commenced. Traded for some horses. vVriting for my express. 4th October, Saturday.-T·no French traders arrived at the village in onler to procure horses to transport their ?oods from the Missouri to the village. They gave us mformation that captains L ewis and Clark, with all their people, had descended the river to St. Louis : this difruscd general joy through our party. Our trade for horses advanced none this day. |