Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 printed from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||
May 25th. Friday 1804—
rain last night, river fall several inches, Set out
early psd.
Several Islands passed Wood River on the
Lbd. Side at 2
Miles passed [again] the Creek on the St. Side called
La
quevr [quiver] at 5 miles passed a [small] Creek (called R la
poceau) at 8 miles, opsc. an Isd. on the Lbd. Side, Camped at
the
mouth of a Creek called River a Chouritte, [La
Charrette],
settled at this place to be convt. to hunt, & trade with the Indians,
here we met with M. Louisell, imedeately down from
the Seeder [Cedar] Isld. Situated in the Country of the Sciox
[Sioux] 400 Leagues up he gave us a good Deel of information
[and] Some letters he informed us that he Saw no
Indians on the river below the Poncrars [Poncaras].[23] Some
hard rain this evening.
West | 3 | M s. Stbd. Side passed Creek |
N. 57° W. | 5 | Ms. Lbd. Side psd. Creek |
N. 20° W | 2 | M s.to Mo: Chouritte Creek |
10 | & Village on the St. Side. |
The people at this Village is pore, houses
Small, they sent
us milk & eggs to eat.
Gass and Floyd, in their
journals, call this place St. John's, and say that it was
"the last white
settlement on the river."—Ed.
Referring to the Siouan
tribe of Poncas, whose village was on the Ponca River,
a stream flowing
into the Missouri not far above the Niobrara River. When visited
by our
explorers, their town was found deserted, the tribe (then reduced to a few
cabins) being absent on a hunting expedition, and having joined the
Omahas, also a
Siouan tribe, for mutual aid and protection.—Ed.
The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||