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23 (22 mistake) of March Friday 1805
A CLOUDY Day visited by Mrs. La[ro]ck, Mc..Kinsey[1]
& the 2d. Chief of the
Big bellies, the white wolf and
many other Minataries, we Gave a Medal
Some
Clothes and wampom to the 2[nd] Chief and Delivered a
Speach,
which they all appeared well pleased with in the evening
the men Danced Mr.
Jessomme displeased.
Mr. La Rocque and I . . . became intimate with the gentlemen
of the American
expedition, who on all occasions seemed happy to see us,
and always treated us with
civility and kindness. It is true, Captain
Lewis could not make himself agreeable to
us. He could speak fluently and
learnedly on all subjects, but his inveterate disposition
against the British stained, at
least in our eyes, all his eloquence. Captain
Clarke was equally well
informed, but his conversation was always pleasant, for he
seemed to
dislike giving offence unnecessarily.—Mackenzie
(Masson's Bourg.
N.-O., i, p.
336.)
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