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Show JOUHNAL OF A VOYAGE 5th October, Sanday.-Buying horses. Preparing to march, and finishing n1y letters. Gtb October, Monday.-Marched tny express. · Pur. chasing horses and preparing to march on the morrow. 7tb October, Tuc.rday.-In the morning iound two of our newly purchased horses missing. Sent in search of them : the Indians brought in one pretty early. Struck our tents and commenced loading our horses. Finding there was no probability of our obtaining the other lost one, we marched at two P. M. and as the chi>[ had threatened to stop us by force of arms, we had n1ade every ar. rangemcnt to ma~ him pay as dear for the attempt as possible. The party was kept compact, and marched on by a road round the village, in order that if attacked the savages would not have their houses to fly to for cover. I had given orders not to fire until within five or six paces, and then to charge with the bayonet and sabre, when I believe it would have cost them at least 100 nw~1 to have exterminated us (which would have been necessary) the village appeared all to be in motion. I galloped up to the lodge of the chief, attended by my interpreter and one soldier, but soon saw there was no serious attempt to be made, although many young men w re walking about with their bows, arows, guns and lances. After speaking to the chief with apparent indiflcrence, I told him that I calculated on his justice in obtaining the horse, and that I should leave a man until the next day at 12 o'clock to bring him out. We then joined the party and pursued our route : when I was once on the summit of the hill which overlooks the village, I felt n1y mind as if relieved from a heavy burthen ; yet all the evil I wished the Pawnees was that I might be the instrun1ent in the hands • See Appendi:c to part n. [No. IJ.] page 45· LNo. 14·] page 47· TO THE SOUHCES OF TllE ARKANSA ,V, &r. 149 Glf our government, to open their cars and eyes with a .rtrong band, to convince th 111 of our power. Our party now con is ted of two officers, one doctor, 18 soldiers, one interpreter, three Osage men and one woman, making 25 warriors. We march d out and encamped on a small branch, dif.tant seven miles, on the same route we came m. Rain in the night. 8tb October, vVednesday.-I conceived it best to send Baroney back to the village with a present, to be oficred for our horse, the chief having suggested the propriety of the measure; he met his son and the horse with Sparks. Marched at ten o'clock, and at four o'clock came to the place where the Spanish troops encamped the first night they left the Pawnee village. Their encampment was circular, and having only small fires round the circle to cook by. We counted 59 fires ; now if we allowed six men to each fire, they tnust have been 354 in number ..... We encamped on a large branch of the second fork of th Kans river. Distance 18 miles. 9tb October, Tbursday.-Marched at ight o'clock, being detained until that time by our horses being at a great distance. At eleven o'clock we found the forks of the Spanish and Pawnee road , and ·when we halted at twelve o'clock, we were overtaken by the second chief (or Iskatappc) and the American chic.•f with one-third of. . thr village. They presented us with a pi(.;cc of bear n1eat. 'iVheu we were about to n'larch, we discovered that the dirk of the dcctor had been stolen from behind his sadJ]e; after marching the men the doctor and myself, with the interpreter, went to the chief and " d 1nanded that he should " cause a search to be made;" it was done, but when the dirk was founJ, tlte possessor asserted that he had founcl it on the road; I told him " that he did not speak the " trnth " and informrd t h ·~ chief th at "(3 never suffered a |