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Show • JOURNAL. arrive'l near to our old friends the Grossve:1trc!IJ and ~·Ianclans ; and .fixed out· encam p~ent lll a ce_n· • -al position so as to be most cenvement to the thff~ rent villa~es. The inhabitants of all the villages appeaeed very glad to see us, and sent us present~ of 'EOrn, beans and squ~shes. Friday 15th. We had a fine clear pleas.ant morn' nn- and continued here all day, to ascertam whether Aa nt:y:t' of the chiefs would go cl own wi. t I 1 us or not.- They had to hold councils among· themselves) anti we } 1ad to wait for their answers. r!'he. two h untcrs we left up the river came c!o:W~' st~: Id with _us !1ere, and got one of our party to JOW m pa~·tners!np wlth them, and to return up the rivers M1ssonn and Jaune to hunt. Saturday 16th. There was a fine cool day; and '"e yet remained here, waid?g an answe!' _from the 1:a· tives. Some of these Indian~ are very kmd and obliging; furni hing u! with corn, beans and squashes; but there are others very troublesome, and steal w henevcr they have an opportunity. Yesterday <llld to-day they stole several knives and spoons; and three ~owder horns, and two pouches, filled with ammunition. In the afterno0n the chief, called the Dig· 'Yhite, concluded to-go down with us, and we a~re ecl to stay until 12 o'clock to-monow ; that he 1n1gbt have an opportunity to get ready for his voyage and mission. The Commanding Office;s gave dischnrge~ to the man who ag-reed to rdurn with the_ hunter!> up ~he river, and the interpreter; \vho 111t<::ncls settling among these Inclian~S, and to whom they gave the blacksmith's tools ; supposing they might be useful to the nation. 1"'hcy also gaye a small piece of ord· nance to the Cro~sventcrs, '\vhich they appeared Ycry fond of. . Sunday 17th. There '"ere ~orne flying clouds tlu~ n1orning, alld the weather was cold for the season. JGURNAL. The two strange hunters, with· the man who had •·eceived his discharge and was to g·o up the river with them, went on early. We las~1ed our small canoes togethet·, two and twoi as we expect they will be tnore steady this way and carry larger loads. At noon we dropped down to the village of the Big,. lVhite : and he, his wife and a child, with Gcesem the interpreter for the Big-White, his wife and two chii" dren embarked in two of om· canoes to go to the United States. We proceeded on at two o'clock; the wind was high, anti river rough ; and in the eTening we encamped having descended about twenty miles. .ftfonday 18th. 'Ve set out early in a cloudy morning, arul the wind high. At 10 o'clock we killed two deer, when we halted for an hour and cooked some Yenison. In the evening we encamped, and some of the men went out and killed five or six more deer. Tuesday 19tlz. This was a cloudy windy morning; and the wat-er so rough, that our small canoe5 coHlcl not safely ride t'he waves : so we remained here and several of the men went out to huftt. We do not ga on so rapidly as "'e did highe·r up the river~ but having lashed our small canoes together, we gg 011 very safe and can make fifty or sixty miles a day Captain Lewis is getting much better and we arc all in good spirits. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the wind ceased, and we proceeded on, aqd met with our hunters on the bank, who had killed six elk a'1d eleven deer. We took the meat on board, proce.:dccJ on, and encamped on a sand-beach. W~dnesda.y 20th. We embarked early aftet· a heavy gust of wind and rain, and pt·oceeded on very well. The forenoon was cl6udy, without l'ain ; and in the afternoon the weather became clear and plensant.W e went about seventy miles, and enc<tmpcd ; where we fouad the musketoes very troublesome. Thursday 21st. We proceeded on early and had ~ fine l'rlOnung. At 10 o'clock ~Ye arrived at the ir t y |