Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 printed from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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 | The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |  |
May 27th. Sunday 1804—
as we were pushing off this morning two Canoos Loaded
with fur &c came to from the Mahas [Mahar; Omaha—
Ed.] nation, [living 730 miles
above on the Missouri] which
place they had left two months, at about
10 oClock 4 Cajaux[25]
or rafts
loaded with furs and peltries came too, one from the
Paunees, [Paunees on the river Platt]
the others from Grand
Osage, they informed nothing of Consequence, passed
a
creek on the Lbd. Side called ash
Creek 20 yds. Wide, passed
the upper point of a
large Island on the Sbd. Side back of which
comes in
three creeks one Called Otter Creek, her[e] the
man we left hunting came
in we camped on a Willow Island
in the mouth of Gasconnade River George
Shannon killed
a Deer this evening.
| N 71°. W. | 3 | Ms. to pt. Lbd. Sd. pd. an Isd. |
| S 82° W. | 6 | Ms. to pt. Lbd. Sd. pd. 2 Isd. a Creek |
| N 74° W. | 1 1/2 | Ms. to pt. Lbd. Sd. pd. up pt. big Isd. & 2 Creeks |
| S 70° W. | 5 | Ms. to pt. opsd. the Gasconnade R |
| 15 1/2 |
The word originally
penned by Clark in the MS. has been erased both here and
elsewhere, and
over it is written the word "Cajaux," by the same hand which has
made
other black-ink emendations in Clark's text. This word (also written cajeu or
cajeux) is a term used
by the French-Canadian peasantry to designate a small raft;
for its
etymology, see Jesuit Relations (Thwaites's ed.), xxxii,
p. 313. Cf. entries
under June 5 and elsewhere, where the word appears as
originally written, "Caissee,"
and "Chaussies."—Ed.
| The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | |