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Show , '72 JOURN.\L had in out· <1bser:ce mo d ~ an AD DITTo_· to our numbei'. On the 13th. '.n.: 1-. n.d t: rcc ho1 ~es shod to brinvg home Cl:l' 1~-:·..:~l. 1'/nr.r:(;r ~I ] 4.t!J. l'O'll' men SCt Otlt Carly ·.ritJ t the bui·ses ~m tl ~:uh to Lri, !..; h<'me our mea l~ ;.~nd hat! gone t~ 0\\ 11 .1uout ~:s n.iks w h en ~ p~1rty of l~1.: i .m s ( t h ey c:id not know of,, hat nati<"l) c<tnll! tqwn tl1cm and toLcu.l the r.1 of tl~e it· horses O' lC of wLicb they gave bac k ~ t•.nd we nt off \vjthout d()~!J;~ t~1e m en any further i t.~ju ry. The s~1 me ni ~h t t bc mc!1 caiJH.' back and gaYc infcrmation of what Lad hdi ,;cncd. At miclnigLt C.• ptt1in Lew1s called fer t'l ·enty \ oluntcc t·s "ho immediately turned out . II,wing n1ndt:: our arra~~ c men ts, ':·e s.ct out early acco.m pani~d lJy some Inc.,1".11s ; a11d n1VIll g" marched t t.ll'ty n n lcs encaraved in SC; l11C Indian huts. Saiunlay l Gtlz. V-/e renewed om· pursuit c ::-~rl v, and had a coid morniilg . Ha.vinp; v roccedcd t'N...:lve · mil ~s we cliscoYcreJ fl'esh s1r.~oke ani.s i11l; i:lt <;omc old camps, wh::re we had lucl some meat b~fo re when C:~ pt,.in C!,d·ke was down ; m1cl t lH:: reforc ad nmcect with caution. li~1. vin g an i ~·ed at Lhc pLv:e we found the savages wt re gone ; had destroyed our meat, b:trnt the h1.ll '> at~d fled into the plains. T his mormng the Indian s, who b,td come down wi lh us and one 01f' o 1r mf·n whose feet had been a Jittk frozen returned home . 'V e hunted t~1e 17th and 18th an<l get a good deal of 1n eat wbich we brmn"l'11t to a place where some more had been se cu red. 'l;lH.: 19th we loaclu l our sleds very hea·,ry, and fi fteen men drc~ one aud the horse the other, ·which was a ~m at,l on ~ . On the next day we ~rrived at t he fort DlUCLl fdtWUEd, D 1 Zz:.rsday 2 1st. S ome rain fell to day the first th. l\t h as f.'tl-lcn c". 1' 11c·"'- '" ove, m b er . I n t l1 c c v'e m. ng the \H.:a,tl:n b"ca tlle clear and pleasant. 1{ r·day ')C'lnd ,. r ' "' " · vas a 1r llle <l <lY and we a (rain be ~"'an to cut ·twuv tl · d .., 0 , ' 1 1 ~ Ice, an succeeded in o·ctting out O.H.: of the pt::nogucs. 0 JOUR~AL . atu1'chn; 23rd. We h ad fine pleasant wcathtr, anc1 .:<'\11 hant1s ~\'ere <.ngagcd in C\Jtting c.~\ray the icc from t bc bm~t and the other 'pe rioguc . A t Ll o'clock in the -.i'tt l'n0 0!1 \Ye had the good fOl tunc to get both free J rorn the ice ; and in the th l'ee foll(!)\\ ing days sue· ccedecl in get~~in g the1n a!l ~a fe L~pon t he. h ank. <?n the ~ 7 t h we 111ade p repan·tl'J n-s lo r m:,.kwg p e n o- ···'..tcs to pnrsne our ve ynge 111 . •J 1'/zu nJ(!uy 28th. Six t een of us wc'11t U[1 ll1c r1rcr ~tbout ~ix rn il e-::;, where we found and cut down tr ·es H,r four c:mo•·s. \Vhilc we were absent all expre ss nrri\-ecl frGm t he Ric k:1rccs village vvith 11e" s t il r.t -the Sioux Ju.d d-edart!d w a~' agt.!inst u~ and also :w~1n st the :\Iancl ~ns ~mel Crossvt:n teJ'3. They bad -J~a~ te cl of lhe ro~bc ry of the 14th at the Ric~arees 'l illa0·c in th eir \Yay hon1e, <tnd th at they intended to 1;-~~r,~ar.rc the w hule vl us in the spring. .By this ~x press we ther<.!:·ore iound ont th at it W ~ts the Sioux who bad takc.:n the horses from our men. Friday l.st. J\la.rck, 1 eo 5.. T he sam ~ p:nty en- camped ot1t to n1ake the canoes, and cont inu ed until ~i x were rm\dc . On the ~ oth . end 21st. we carried ti1em to the rlYer .about a n1i le and an half <.h ·t <tnt : Thl re I r e nu.ined w~th two m e:t to fi ni!->h them, and to take care of them, until t hr..: 2 Gt h, ,,, hen some nLU cc.m1c up f ron1 the fort, and vc put tl~e c:moc.:J i nto the w ~,tc r. As the 1·in r hcv1 tis~n t lJcre W3S some watel' b2twcen ~h e ice m·,:1 the s hore . ..N e got t hree of them s f.fe to the fo rt ; but the ir~ b r;:.ak.irjg- before · tLe GLher th ~·c<; x.vere ~ot duWil· ~jo filled the cba~111d, th~t WC W..;l'-t; ouJi ~~Ccl t:O ( ~ I ry t ht .n! the r~St Of the ·way by bnd. () ;1 the 27th \', e p t m1<.. (Jf U1 t carwt:s 3nto the watet· to :~.scertain \\ h:tl wei;Lt thc:y '" ould can y. \Ye f 0 t!L(: th cy wc,uhl r:ot t: tll'l y a · l l1t1Ch C..ii was c · p~·cteJ, a;H1 Cr.ptain L ewis agreed to take a i.a1·gc pt..rio~ ue a!tH:g. The run~,i~dt.r of the month. G: , |