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Sunday 29

the Morning was Rany the indian and LiBerty went to the
nation to Bring the rest of them to a treaty the hunter Come
to us at 12 CLock with Some EaLk meat and on[e] deare
the Cowes [buffalo, word conjectural] was near the Same Praerie
Land Some groves of timBer weL wartered I Cut my [word
illegible] on the 27 had to Lay by my ower [oar] the Cout
was one inch and half Long WiLard Left his tommehake weare
[where] we Camped on the night of the 28 Instan we Came
to the Grean Prarie it [is] very hansom the hiLs Com in
near the river th[ere] Come in [a] smaLe Creak on the West
Sd. of the river Cald it Potts Creak aBout 20 yds at the
Mouth. [2] Rold. 11 ½ Campd. on the E. S. Joseph fields
Shot a Brareowe he is the form of a dog. his colour is Gray
his talents on the four feet is 1 ½ Inch long his picture never
was Seen by any of the party before.

 
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At this point begins handwriting No. 2, and extends over ten pages of MS. until
August 17, inclusive.—Ed.