Sunday 14th Septr 1806
Set out early and proceeded on very well. this being the
part of the Missouri the Kanzas nation resort to at this season
of the year for the purpose of robbing the perogues passing up
to other nations above, we have every reason to expect to meet
with them, and agreeably to their common custom of examining
every thing in the perogues and takeing what they want
out of them, it is probable they may wish to take those liberties
with us, which we are deturmined not to allow of and for
the Smallest insult we shall fire on them. at 2 P. M. a little
below the lower [end] of the old Kanzas Village we met three
large boats bound to the Yanktons and Mahars the property
of Mr. Lacroy, Mr Aiten & Mr. Coutau all from St. Louis,
those young men received us with great friendship and pressed
on us Some whisky for our men, Bisquet, Pork and Onions, &
part of their Stores, we continued near 2 hours with those
boats, makeing every enquirey into the state of our friends
and country &c. those men were much affraid of meeting
with the Kanzas. we Saw 37 Deer on the banks and in the
river to day 5 of which we killed those deer were Meager.
we proceeded on to an Island near the middle of the river
below our encampment of the 1
st of July 1804 and encamped
haveing decended only
53 miles to day. our party received
a dram and Sung Songs until 11 oClock at night in the
greatest harmoney.
