23rd..
of October Tuesday 1804—
a cloudy morning Some Snow Set
out early, pass five
Lodges which was Diserted, the fires yet burning we
Suppose
those were the Indians who robed the 2 french Trappers a fiew
days ago those 2 men are now with us going up with a view
to get
their property from the Indians thro. us. Cold & cloudy
camped on the
L. S. of the river[49]
(Saw at 12 miles passed old
village on S. S. of Maharha * Indns., a
band of Minnetarréas who now live between Mands
& Minnetarres)
(* Ah na ha wa's [Ahwahaways—Biddle] see note 10
May
1805)
Course Distance &
reffurences
| N. 45°. E |
2 |
Miles
to a Tree in the bend S. S. |
| N. 18°.
W. |
1 1/2 |
Mls. to High land on S.
S. |
| N. 65°. W. |
3 |
Mls to a tree in the bend L. S. |
| N.
33°. W. |
2 1/2 |
Mls. to a pt. on the L. S. |
| N. 18°.
W. |
1 |
mile on the L. S. |
| N.
45°. W. |
3 |
Miles to a point on the S. S. passing as
common many Sand
bars |
|
13 |
|
Course Distance & reffurences—24th Oct.
| N. 20°.
W. |
1 |
Mile to a pt. on the S.
S. |
| N. 10°. W. |
2 |
Miles to
a pt. on the L. S. at this place the river has laterly
Cut thro forming a large Island to the S. S.
(1) |
| N. 35°. W. |
2 |
Miles
to an object on the S. S. |
| N. 64°.
W. |
2 |
Miles to a point of high land on which the
Mandins
formerly lived
(2) |
|
7 |
|
