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Show 16 JOURN~\.L. lead mines; when our lnmters came in with st: rt:n deet. Tuesday 5th. 'Ve passed Mine creek on t11e sc.,nth side, and Little Goodwoman creek on the north . also the creek of the Big Rock. \ V e m et two Frt:llc h: m en in two canoes laden with peltry; passed a hi0·h cliff of rocks on the south side, and enca mpecl on the north. sicle. The lnnd about thl':'l place:, is good and ·well timbe red. On the 6tb we passed Saline creek on the ,south side ; and on the 7th the river of the B1g DeYil on l:~e north; and Big Gooclwom~n's creek on the same s1de, where we encamped. . Friday 8th. \Ve embarked and procenkd fi ve nules~ when we met four canoe~ loaded with fur and p('Itry: and passed the Mine river on the south side ___ ,_! ... 1. ! . 1 ~1"\ .....~ -.l .. _.;,.)"_ "rl-- • - ......1 h • 1 ~ a\ ... ""' t• n OA -~ - -.- l'f .11" il 1s 1 .1" .• _, . ~ ·j .. ·~·'"'. • .... ~ .hhn .••• ,_. -.. •OJ .... vv ~oo~, ~ncl well timbered. Saturday 9th. \Ve passed the Prairie of Arrows and Arrow creek on the south s~cle.t This is a beautiful count r·y and the Janel excellent. Tile Mis· lSOUri here is only 300 yards wide, and the current very &nong. Three milei further we passed niack .. Lircl creek on the north s icl~, and enr.an1ped. Thi-s tlay going round some drift wood, the stern of the l>oat became fast, when she im1neclia~ely swung round, and was in great danger ; but we got her off without much in jury. Sunday 1Oth. \Ve proceeded nve miles and passed a rreek culled De er~Iick creek on the north side ; and three miles further the TlYO Charlottes on the same ~ide. 'The mouths of these two ri vers are Yery J)ear each other: the first 70 and the other 100 yards wide. \V c en cam pctl on the south side of the river t Pr1iries a.re nat ur~l meadows, or pasture~> dthol~' trees :.md covered ,.·ith ~ ras'i. JOUHNAL. 17 ~t a prairie, and remained there the whole of the next d ay, tbe \vincl blow!n~ too ,Yiolent fot' us to proceed. Tuesduy 12 th . \Ve set ont early, and procee.dcd until five o'clock in the afternoon, when we met five pet·iog nes loaded with fur and peltry from the Sioux n...ttion of Indians. \Ve ren1-~ineGi with the people to whom tkese p eriogucs belonged all night ; and got from them an old Frenchman, ' \ ho could speak the la~gu ag~ s of the differtnt nat ions of Indians u lt the Mtssoun, an~ \vho agreed to go with us as an interpreter . ~-Vednesda.y 13th . \Ve proceeded early on our voy- "ge ; passed a small ct1 eek on the north side in a long bend of the river, and encamped at the 1nonth of Grand river on the North ~ i de. This is as hand· some a place as J ever s:t\V in an uncultivated state. J~z .u.rsday 14th. At five 1o'clo.ck in the morning we c?nttnucd ?ur voy(lge: The J' t\·G r having risen dunng the mght \-Vas dtfficu1t to agccncl. At noon we pcasseu some F renchmen from the Poenc.:se or Ponis ltltion of Indi:tns, wh(.!re they spent the last winter. l ~1 the evening we passed Snake cn:ek on the north ::.J:..le and encamp ~d on the same. F riday . 15th. \Ve r enewed our ,-oyage ~t fiye ia the ~o rm ng,_ ~ncl h.td very rupicl \.\'ater. There is a iJt~,,utiful. Pnune. on the sou th sick <md the land h i~h. 1\1ul~errJ cs are 111 g reat r,bunclancc Cllmost all alon-)· tbc nver .. \ Ve. enc~1mp~c on the north side, opposit~ ~n old lnch ~m nl!age. Sat u1·day .1 6!/l. 'fln·ec men went out this morning to _I ~ok for tunbet: to m .1ke o .. u's, lmt couid find 11011~ ~mtable. On theH' return we continued our vova :~c • J)ad cloudy we::>.the r ~ncl rapid water Lll day a;cl '~n : camped on tbc Borth side. ~·,unday 1,1 th . This mol· n i n~ was clear antl at fiv~ w~ tenewea our vuyag-.: . Ilavin ~ proceeded auont a milt- :ve hal kd to get tim her for udrs ; <.~nd w bile Wti! ren~~:un~rl here to m~ke 1 hem our hunters came in .B ~ |