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Show JOURNAL 'Yent out to hunt, and '\vhile we remained here, l..ilied three small deer. At half past 12 o'clock we proceeded on again, and in a short time overtook our eanoes with the hunters, that had gone on ahead, and Li11ecl three deer. In the evening we encamped in a !1andsome bottom, and a hunter killed anothe1· dee-r. T uesday 26th. 'Ve set out early, and had a pkasant morning; passed Tee ton ri\ er, but saw no signs of the Teeton band of the Sioux. nation. In the evening -ve r~sscd Lanclsell€'s fort; but found no per·sons inhabiting i.t. At d ark Yfe ~ncamped after comin'>· ~Jout sixty mile.s. .;, TVrdne~1day '27th. _,Ve again had a pleasant day t~ncl emb:u·ked early : proceedec~ on till we came to the upp~r end of the G reat-bcnd, and there stopped to l~ur: t.* ~sour hunters s aw no game, we in a short tllne contmuecl our Yoyage round the bend; at the !..-owct· end of which \Ve killed an elk. As we were pas~ing <\11 i~l~t·.d we saw a gnno· of bufl'aloe feedinl:." • .,_ t> (:a on It; ·when \\'C halted and kille<l three of them, and tnc~,mped on the islnnd fo1· the nig-ht. Z'IJ.unday 28t/;, \Ve had another pleasant day; 1 t ~n n fw·nrcr geographic!!] note (ra. 6~) we atated that 1 1!S ] 1larc ''here l\11'., Thompson, Astronomet· to the North \Vest ~ump:$ny, took l1 is observations rn the year 1798 to :>sc{tl't~un th~ Latitude and longit11de ofthe no1·thcrn bemlof tl :<> MtS'iOUI'J, was nt:~J· the long-itud·e of the Mandan vilbges. It ,,·hat Mr T homson c~lled the nortb em bend is the bame 'With wl:u: ML· Gass c~ll~ the great bend ( of which there :l.J~pe3rs lJttlc doubt) the longitude of the Mambn vilbges wtll be between two ::mel three degrees west of the nol'thcrn, or great bend; or in about long-itu~1c 10-t degrees "ec;t of L ondm~, 29 degrees v. est of Phil adelphi:., 11 1-2 cl('grces w~st o! the mouth of the :Missouri, and neady 20 degrees east <>f the mouth of the Columhia. This will still shew the ~~·eat erro_J's of thosQ m~ps of Louisiana, which place the Mandan nll~ges 20 _degrees west of the longitude of the confluence of the M1ssmtri and Mississippi ; and less tll,fm 1::& deg-rees cast of that oftiJq m-outl~ of the Gt:lhEubi~ JOC ltNr\L. emb,.ll'ketl early, 't~~..l proceeded en till t.'Jv llt 1 1 o'clock, when we an·i\. ed hl Pleasant canq>, <.WI h: lt(' d. \V c left thi~ camp Oil the 18til Sept ~ lh b~r leo!. The Com:ll ~tnding Officers wi<>h:ll~ to pm..:u:e ~~.1d tuke down with them the ~kekt(,ns of !J( i1i1..' llHti..! deer, and ca!Jre; and knowing th~t 1hcrt: "~.·t-..; but few of those animals lower dor11 t~1..: .1rcr. col!tillut'd here the re m~incle r of the day, ... ncl ~ct:t OllL '-L'\. otdght hunters; who returned al ni;!;ill "itil'JUt 11nclin~ ,u1y of the wished fo r unimals, but ki:kd :some ;:tt bdf.doc and common dect·. JiTr:dm; 29th. T he 1:norni1Jg" \r~5 cioucly ;1n.1 so:nl! hunters went on ahead \'cry eal'ly; while we ~l11Hlscd 0\.ll'Seh·es till 10 o'clock gatbcl'ill~4' plnmlB, of \\ hich t:lc:·c is great abtltldance at thi~ pL1 '..!, \Vc; t ht11 "• .:nt o ·1, and p:1ssed \VI1ite rin.·t· ur. tb~ sonth !-,ide. The :\1is~ouri here is n~ry full ur ~ ' lli 't Ual'S awl •;hoal ·, <~nd we find clifTiculty in gettin:~ alc;l1ff· Abou\. 2 o'clock \\ c halted to kill sonH.: bnll'.dol·, but we. ~ '!11Sl..IC.Cessful, and we pro~cedecl, till L' ... ninz·, and t:fl·· ··Jmpecl. Sci!t1rday 30t!z. \V e hacl a pkasant m orui ng, awl h'ent on L'<d'ly, three hunters stat tiu g- aht.acl ',. ~ 1-.illcd som' burLJoe nnd elk in ot r Y'nlY· anc! ~ 1)0Ut 2 o'clo..:.k inet n banrl of the TeLtot's. fi h or sixty in number, and ha lted on the oppc;~,;te s:dc of tlH~ :i·•er as we did not "ish to have r•n_.· i. trcou rse ·,vith tben1. Jiere we waited for t: ll'l't... h11 Iter ~, "h0 · . ..-ere b...:hind; and dw·ing- our slay L!.)!lt <'1' •·ill..! ol t:a! Indi<m~ ~·. .;. :1111 to a s.mcl bar ~.l;•;ut ~,!:-ty yard..; L·om u:;, and \\'L! rmmd that llley \\ L'l'<..: t h t; ~·~l.lC t'JS'} als, wl:o h,Hl giH.:n us trcmi> Ie as v.~ \~'t!!l' up. ,,.<.: <:o;.Jd !lOt COllVC! ':iC \\ ith th~m, J\11 'i'!,• of Olll' llH'!l Hnd~r~Lanciil l ~' t 11C !Jn,;·ua <~·~ or .':.: Fu .:~, or \vhic..h : 11t!V nndcr.:t )Jd some \\o,·dr.;; w ... tL;.,;,,:h l1 ira Jet he-m know t l 1at we ,.,.ll ti(.:(.LI to. 1I 1:n ~· n~ t\. ll•: lb'· to cI. o with t:.em: anc1 th a~ if t,w,- u·o•!bh:tl · .. i1 '•\<.: i' :.>ti!cl ' . ki!l ':.:\.CI'Y OUt. 0 1 ~bc..:~l~. ·:'!l .?~· tb ·!l '.\ i•':clrt ,., '.ti~ <l .... ) ~ ~ |