28th. of September 1804.
Friday—
Made many attemps in different
ways to find our anchor,
but Could not, the Sand had Covered it, from the
Misfortune
of last night our boat was laying at Shore in a verry unfavourable
Situation, after finding that the
anchor Could not be
found we deturmined to proceed on, with great
difficuelty got
the Chiefs out of
our boat, and when we was about Setting out
the Class Called the Soldiers
took possession of the Cable
the 1
st. Cheif which was
Still on board, & intended to go a
Short distance up with us. I told
him the men of his nation
Set on the Cable, he went out & told Cap
t. Lewis who was
at the bow the men Who Set on the roap
was Soldiers, and
wanted Tobacco Cap
t. L. [
said] would not agree to be forced
into any thing, the
2
d. Chief Demanded a flag & Tobacco
which we
refus
d. to Give Stateing proper reasons to them for
it
after much Dificuelty—which had nearly reduced us to
necessity to
hostilites I threw a Carrot of Tobacco to 1s
t.
Chief
took the port fire from the gunner. Spoke so as to
touch his pride The
Chief gave the Tobacco to his Soldiers
& he jurked the rope from them
and handed it to the bowsman
we then Set out under a Breeze from the S. E.
about 2 miles
up we observed the 3
rd. Chief on Shore
beckining to us we
took him on board he informed us the roap was held by
the
order of the 2
d. Chief who was a Double Spoken
man, Soon
after we Saw a man Comeing full Speed, thro: the plains left
his horse & proceeded across a Sand bar near the Shore we
took
him on board & observed that he was the Son of the
Chief we had on
board we Sent by him a talk to the nation
Stateint [stating] the cause of
our hoisting the red flag und
r. the
white, if they
were for peace Stay at home & do as we
had Directed them, if the[y]
were for war or were Deturmined
to stop us we were ready to defend our
Selves, we halted one
houre & 1/2 on the S. S. & made a Substitute
of Stones for
a ancher, refreshed our men and proceeded on about 2 Miles
higher up & Came to a verry Small Sand bar in the middle
of the
river & Stayed all night, I am verry unwell for want
of Sleep
Deturmined to Sleep to night if possible, the Men
Cooked & we rested
well.
Course Distance & reffs.
N. 33 W. |
3 |
Miles to the extmty of a Sand bar on the L. S. passed
a Willow Isld. on the L. S. at the Comse. of the Course. |
S. 80°
W. |
3 |
Mls. to an object on the bank in a bend to the S. S. at
Some woods, opsd. the High land on the L. S. Camped. |
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6 |
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