Missouri River approaching St. Louis — John Ordway: September 21, 1806

procd on passed the Scattering houses along the Shores met a
great number of Indians in canoes mooving up the River, the
people of the Settlements were makeing inqueries of us & were
Surprized to See us as they Said we had been given out for dead
1 In Carroll County, Mo., four miles above the mouth of Grand River.
2 “nearly opposit to the enterance of Mine river.” Clark.
3 From the mouth of Mine River to the mouth of Osage River; the distance
as shown on the M. R. C. map is about seventv miles.
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labove a year ago. towards evening we arived at S* Charles
fired three rounds and Camped at the lower end of the Town,
the people of the Town gathered on the bank and could hardly
believe that it was us for they had heard and had believed that
we were all dead and were forgotten, the most of the party got
quarters in Town and refreshments, late in the evening hard
rain commend and continued hard during the night.