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Show 26 JOURNAL. Tuesday 31st. One of our men went to visit jume traps he had se-t, and in one found a young beaver, but little hurt and brought it in alive. In a short time he went out again and killed a large buck. Two other hunters came in about 12, who had killed two ·<leer; but lost the · horses. · One of them with two other persons were sent out to hunt them, who re .. turned at dark without finding them ; and smpposcd they had been stolen by the I ndinns. T'Vednesday l8t Aug. 1804. Three of om· men again '\vent out to hunt the horses, but returned without them. They brought a deer, and two of our other hunters killed two more. Thursday 2nd. Some hunters went out this morning; and two of them returned with the horses and nn elk they had killed. The others brought in two large bucks and a fawn. The Indians we expected came at dark ; but our Frenchman ·was not with them. 'Ve supposed he had been lost. This place we named Council-Dlufl', and by observation we round to be in latitude 4ld. 17m. north. Friday 3rd. Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke held a council with the Indians, who appeared well pleased with the change of governn1ent, and what had been done fot· them. Six of them were made chiefs, three Otos and three Missouris. Vie renewed our voyage at 3 o'clock; went six miles and encamped on the south side ; where we had a storm of wind and rain, which lasted two hours. Saturday 4th. 'Ve were early under way this morning, and had a fair day. vV e passed a creek on the south side, which came out of ponds. One of our men went out this morning and did not return: another came to us and brought a d\.:er. 'Ve t:ncamped on the south side. · Sunday 5th. \Ve set out early, but a storm of rain a-ntl wind obliged us to stop t~\·o hours. It then clear· JOURNAL. 27 ed and we continued our voyage; passed prail'ics on both sides and encamped on the north side. T he river here'is very Grook~d and winding·. To ani\'e at a point only 370 yards from this place, the p assaP'e by water is twelve miles. ~~1onday 6th. V{ e proceeded at an early hour this mot·nincr, after a stot·my night of wind and rain ; pa~sed ~ creek on the north side, at the back of an island, called Soldiers creek. ; and encamped on the south si'le. Tue.Yday 7 til. 'Ve set out early this 1norning and continued our voyap;c t ill 12, when four of out· people were dispatched to the Oto nation of Indi:.tns nfter the man w bo had not retul'ned on the 4th, wi1h orders to t<lke him, dead or alive, if they could sec him. Thc t·e is no timber in this country, except some cott-on wood and willows in the bends of the ifiver. All the high land is a continued prairie. 'V ~ encamped on the north side. The 1nusquetoes her~! are ver·y numerous and troublesome. 1:Vedne8dalJ 8th. \Ve emb ~\rked eaPly, passed a small river on the north side, called Little Sioux. Captain C!a1·ke and one of the men went out to h_unt and killed an elk. One of the huntet·s killed a pelican on a sand bal', an(} C lptain L ewis killed anothet·, very large. 'Ve .encamped on the north b:tnk. In the bag under the b1ll and neck of the pelican, which Captain Lewis killed, we pnt fi ve gallons of watet·. TlmrBday 9th. The fog was so thick this morning, that we could not proceed before 7, when we went on u~?er a gentle breeze, and having advan: ed eleven m11es, came to a place where the river by cutting through a narrow neck of land, r edu ced the distance fifteen miles. Capt~in Clarke and one of the 1nen went ont to hunt and killed a small turkey. \Ve encamped on the ~outh sich:, where we found the lnus-quetoes very tro·nblesome. . .Friday 1Oth. ¥1 e embarked early, passed hibh |
