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24th. (23) of March Satturday 1805—

after Brackfast Mr. La Rocke and Mr. McKinsey and the
Cheifs & men of the Minetarras leave us. Soon after we were
Visited by a Brother of the Burnia (of the Borgne, or one eyed
chief of the Menitarees
) who gave us a Vocabulary of his
Language.[2] the Coal & many other Mandans also visit us to
day a find Day in the fore part in the evening a little rain
& the first this winter.

 
[2]

As the Indians could not well comprehend the intention of recording their words,
they concluded that the Americans had a wicked design upon their country.—
Mackenzie (ut supra, p. 337).