16th.. of February Saturday
1805
a fine morning, visited by but fiew Indians to day, at
Dusk
two of the Indians who wint down with Capt. Lewis
returned, Soon after two others and one man (Howard) with
his feet
frosted, and informed that the Inds. who Commited
the
roberry of the 2 horses was So far a head that they could not
be
overtaken, they left a number of pars of Mockersons
which, the Mandans
knew to be Soues Mockersons, This
war party camped verry near the last
Camp I made when on
my hunting party, where they left Some Corn, as a
deception,
with a view to induce a belief that they were Ricarras.
Capt Lewis & party
proceeded on down the meat I left at
my last Camp was
taken.
