Council Bluffs, Iowa (first council site) — Charles Floyd: July 31, 1804

Ouer men hough we had Sent after ouer Horses Returnd
With them and Killed one Elke ouer men Killed 3 Deer to
day the Indianes Came whou we had expected thay fired
meney Guns when thay Came in Site of us and we ansered
them withe the Cannon thay Came in about 2 hundred yardes
of us Capt Lewis and Clark met them at Shakeing Handes
we fired another Cannon thare wase 6 Chiefs and 7 men and
one French man with them who has Lived with them for som
yeares and has a familey with them