22nd. October Monday
1804—
last night at 1 oClock I was violently and Suddenly
attacked
with the Rhumetism in the neck which was So violent I could
not move Capt. [Lewis] applied a hot Stone raped in
flannel,
which gave me some temporey ease. We Set out early, the
morning Cold at 7 oClock we came too at a camp of Teton
Seaux on the
L. S. those people 12 in number were nackd.[48]
and had the
appearance of war, we have every reason to
believe that they are going or
have been to Steel Horses from
the Mandins, they tell two Stories, we gave
them nothing
after takeing brackfast proceeded on. my Neck is yet verry
painfull at times Spasms. (Passed old Ma[n]dan village near
which we lay,
another at 4 miles, one at 8 miles at mouth of large
creek 4 miles further
all on Larboard side.) (The mounds, 9 in
number along river within 20
miles the fallen down earth of the
houses, some teeth and bones of men
& animals mixed in these villages,
human
skulls are scattered in these villages)
Camped on the L. Side,
passed an Island Situated on the
L. Side at the head of which we pass a
bad place & Mandans
village S.S. (2 miles
above). The hunters killed a buffalow
bull, they Say out of about 300 buffalow which they
Saw,
they did not, see one Cow. Great Deel of Beaver Sign.
Several
Cought every night.
Course Distance
& Reffurence—22d Oct
| N.
50°. W |
3 |
Miles to a pt. on the
S. S. |
| N. 34° W. |
3 |
Miles
to the lower point on an Island on the L. S. |
| N.
34°. W. |
3 |
Miles to a pt. on
the S. S. passed a bad riffle or
bar |
| North |
1 |
Mile to a point
on the L. S. a Deep bend to the S. S. |
| N. 24°.
W |
2 |
miles to a point on the S.
Side. |
|
12 |
|
