Monday June 23rd. 1806.
Apprehensive from Drewyer's delay that he had met with
some difficulty in procuring a guide, and also that the two
indians who had promised to wait two nights for us would set
out today, we thought it most advisable to dispatch Frazier
and Wiser to them this morning with a vew if possible to detain
them a day or two longer; and directed that in the event
of their not being able to detain the indians, that Sergt. Gass,
R & J. Feilds and Wiser should accompany the indians by
whatever rout they might take to travellers rest and blaize the
trees well as they proceeded and wait at that place untill our
arrival with the party. the hunters as usual wer dispatched
early this morning. the does now having their fawns the
hunters can bleat them up and in that manner kill them with
more facility and ease. the indians pursue the game so much
on horseback in this neighbourhood that it is very shye. our
hunters killed 4 deer and a bear today. at 3 P. M. Drewyer
Shannon and Whitehouse returned. Drewyer brought with
him three indians who had consented to accompany us to the
falls of the Missouri for the compensation of two guns. one
of those men is the brother of the cutnose and the other two
are the same who presented Capt. Clark and myself each with
a horse on a former occasion at the Lodge of the broken arm.
these are all young men of good character and much respected
by their nation. we directed the horses to be brought near
camp this evening and secured in such manner that they may
be readily obtained in the morning being determined to make
an early start if possible. Colter one of our hunters did not
return this evening.
