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Show JOVRNAL. yellow b:1nl s on the south s.ide, and enc~mped on the north. Saturday 11th. A storm came on at three o'clock this morning and continued till nine ; notwithstanding which, we kept tmcler wny till t~n~ when we C<1m.e to a high bluff~ where an Ind1an cb1e~ had been bnn~ d, and placed a flag. upon a pole, wh1ch ~l .. td bc.t:n set up at his o-rave. Hts name was Blackbird, kmg of the Maba~; an absolute monarch while living, and the lndians suppose can exercise tht! power of one though dead. \ Ve encamped in latitude 42d. I m. 5s. .3, as ascertained by observation. S?mdau 12th, \ Ve embarked and gGt uncle1· way b(: fol'e d;y light. The musketoes last night were worse than I eYel' exp~rienced. 'Ve went round a Lend, of ei ~~htcqt miles, the neck of which was only 97 4 yards ~cross ; pas5cd 1 igh bluffs of yellow clay on the south sirle of t l~ e r·iver anc\ low land on the north ; and encamped on a sand island. Jlfonday 13th. We proceeded this n1orning with a fhit· wind ; and at 2 landed on a sandy l.wach, near the !\1aha viilage, on the south side of the river. A se1· .. geant and one man were sent to the village, who did not return this day. 1'uNday Itl.th. The sergeant and man retm~ned from the \illage ; but they had fo~md no Ind1ans th ere. Some of our hunters went out but killed nothing. Game appears scarce here. \Vhile at this pJnce we provideci ourselves with a new ma~t. 1'Vednnday 15th. Captain Clarke and ten of the party went to the l\t1aha creek to fish, and cau3'bt 387 fish of different kinds. We discovered smoke on the opposite side of the river, and four men crossed to see jf any of the l\1ahas or Sioux Indians were there ;. hut cuuld not discover any. "fhere had been. fire thet·e some days, and the wind lately blo)Ving hard had caused the fire to spread and smoke to rise. v~e continued at this place until the 20th. C;1ptain Lew.JS JOURNAL. . 1 ·t of twelve men to fi :.;h :lild too1 ... went wn 1 a pat Y . 1'1 fi ·I 709 fi sh, 167 of which W<.;re large plkc. lle s \ here are gcnc r~d 1y p1· 1:: .c, ca t , s. u n ])erch .a ,n d oth.· er fi -11 common s · 'vcvu l1 ·' 1t we c ,tu,rht were taKen "Hh <:> h trails m· uru!Sh n ets. On the 12th the party w o J1ad been sent in pu rs1.1it of the ~1an ~v bo had ~:en absent since the 4th. returned wl\ h h1m, and e1~ht Indians and a .Frenchman ; but left our Frenchm::m behind who had gone out to hunt the h01:scs. On the 19th a cow1-cil was held with the~e Indwns, .who a vpearcd to wish to make pence w1th .all nauons. T hi 5 day sergeant I• loyd becar~e Ycr.Y s1ck and ~e· mained 50 all night. lie was sc1~d vnth a complillnt l)mewhat like a violeilt colick. . . 1lfonfiuy 20th. Srtrgt.;ant Floyd con tmuec.l_ Yery 1l}. \V e et~Hb,t rked early, and pl·octedcd, havmg a fair wind and {)ne weather, till 3 o'dock, w h12n we landed for dinner. Here sel'~;e~il1t Floyd died, notwithstancl) qg every possible etfol't was made by th.e c?mm4m:Iing oniccrs, and oth~r pe rso~s, to sa~·~ his. hfL:. '\ e went on about a nnle to h1r,rh pl'alne l11lls on the north side of the river, and th e r~ illtcl't·ed his remains in the most decent n1::mner our c ircum ~~t an ce s would tldmit ; w~ then proc.ecd··:l a mile further to a s1na!l river on the same side and e:1campeci. Our cOtnmanding officers gave it the nan1e of Floyd's ri\'Ct' ; to perpetuate the memory of the first man who had falkn in this important expt:dition. Tut·sday 21st . 'Ve set cmt cady; p.1~3eu handsome pale coloured bluffs, \Yil!ow creek anrl the Sioux ri ver on the north side : and having· come upwnnls of ... 0 miles. encamped on the ~outh sid:.:. 1Vt'dnrsday 22nd. Vle proceed ed Cc\rly npon om• vl)yagc; passed blurTs on the south sic!~, Ylhere t here i:; copperas, allum and ot·c: of some kind ; a!~o pass~d a ci'cek. The hi.;h land on tiL~ ~out :1 sid.:: for nint· or t~n mil~s runs close to t!1e rircr, w~H.'re ther~ J.n (_, ~ |