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Pressing Past Grand River Without Hunting

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took our leave of him and proceeded on. In a short time,
passed the mouth of the river Grand, and soon after over-
took the hunters, who had not killed any thing. We con-
tinued our voyage all day without waiting to hunt; gathering
some papaws on the shores, and in the evening encamped on
an island.
The 19th was a fine day, and at day light we continued our
voyage; passed the mouth of Mine river; saw several turkeys
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on the shores, but did not delay a moment to hunt; being so
anxious to reach St. Louis, where, without any important
occurrence, we arrived on the 23rd and were received with
great kindness and marks of friendship by the inhabitants,
after an absence of two years, four months and ten days.
FINIS.
INDEX
A
Adams, Point, 191
Aird, Mr., 233
Aleis Indians, 212; dress of squaws, 212
Allum, 21
Angelica, 137
Antelope (Cabre), 28, 32, 33, 36, 50,
76, 107, 108, 115, 121, 256-258,
266, 281.
Aricaris Indians, see Rickaree Indians
Arrow creek, 6
Arrows, Prairie of, see Prairie of arrows
Ash, 5, 8, 166, 206, 211
Ash creek, 4
Assiniboin Indians, 65, 75
B
Badger, description of, 17; mentioned,
46, 66
Bald-pated prairie, 284
Barbarole Indians, see Jonkta Indians
Baskets, willow, 133
Beans, raised by Indians, 47, 48
Bear, 8, 9, 76, 87, 95, 99, 104, 105,
210, 231, 234, 241-243, 249, 259,
268, 270
Bear, Black, 209.
Bear, Brown, description of, 82; men-
tioned, 83, 84, 86, 93, 104, 106,
247, 269, 271
Bear, Grizly, 232
Bear, White, adventure with a, 260;
description of, 80; mentioned, 52
Bear creek, 5
Bear island, 259
Bear meat, Indian method of cooking,
232
Beaver, 15, 17, 30-33, 75-79, 83, 118,
121, 124, 132, 203, 222, 223, 268,
269, 274
19
Big-bellied Indians, see Grosventres In-
dians
Big Devil river, 6
Big Goodwoman’s creek, 6
Big Muddy creek, 5
Big Rock creek, 6
Big-White (Indian chief), with his fa-
mily, goes to Washington with explor-
ing party, 276
Bighorns, see Mountain sheep
Birch, 166, 222
Blackbird, king of Mahas, 19
Black-bird creek, 7
Blackbirds, 104
Blue-water creek, 10
Blustry point, 177
Boat of iron, description of, 103
Boiling spring, 262
Bonum creek, 3
Bore-tree, 142
Brants, 167, 170, 175, 177, 178, 180
Brarow, see Badger
Breastworks, 26, 27
Buckeye, 8
Buffaloe, 22, 23, 29-33, 34) 51, 52,
57, 59-62, 65, 66, 76-79, 81, 83, 89,
91, 92) 97) 102-104, 107-109, 258,
259, 266, 268, 270-272, 274, 281,
282; night adventure with a, 92
Buffaloe prairie, 22
Burnt bluffs, 272
Butterfly creek, 14
Buzzard, 178
Cc
Cabre, see Antelope
Calamex (or Callemax), Indians, their
characteristics, customs, and dress,
204; mentioned, 192
Cannon-ball river, 51
290
Canoe camp, 111, 177
Canoe deposit, see Deposit, Canoe
Canoe, Indian, see Indian canoes
Canzan river, see Kanzas river
Cape Disappointment, see Disappoint-
ment, Cape
Cape Swell, see Swell, Cape
Catarack river, 215
Catfish, 20, 22, 24, 286
Cathlama Indians, their characteristics,
customs, and dress, 204
Cathlama village, 205
Cedar, 28, 83, 113, 116, 146, 210
Cedar bluffs, 21, 22
Cedar fort, description of, 35
Cedar island, 35
Cerwercerna river, 45
Charlotte rivers, the two, 7
Cherries, 14, 117, 129, 135, 140, 211,
230
Chien Indians, 58, 278
Chien river, 43, 280
Chilook Indians, 206; dress of women,
207
Chiltz Indians, their characteristics, cus-
toms, and dress, 204
Chinkook river, 177
Chinook Indians, their characteristics,
customs, and dress, 178, 204; their
hats, 198; mentioned, 188, 192, 198,
200-203, 206
Chinook Indian squaw saves life of one
of exploring party, 192
Chischeet river, 52
Chononish Indians, their method of
cooking bear meat, 232; some char-
acteristics, 255; mentioned, 226-230,
232-234, 240-242, 244, 248, 249,
252
Christmas, celebration of, 62, 63, 187
Clarke, Captain William: Takes com-
mand of expedition and proceeds up
Missouri river, 1; goes hunting, re-
turning next day with game, g; trav-
els by land, 13; holds council with
Indians, 17; goes hunting, 18, 19;
Index
Clarke, Captain William (Coztinued)
goes fishing, 20; goes hunting and
kills two elk and a fawn, 21, 22;
names Buffaloe prairie, 22; goes with
Captain Lewis to examine hill where
little people are said to live, 22, 23;
holds council with Sioux Indians, 24;
goes to view knob of a hill, 29; visits
prairie dog village, 29; goes hunting
and kills an antelope, 31, 32, 34, 353
threatened by Sioux Indians, 37;
holds council with Sioux Indians, 38;
goes to see Indians dance, 39; goes
hunting, 45; holds council with Rick-
aree Indians, 47, 48; visits Indians
and returns with corn and _ buffaloe
robes, 55; goes buffaloe hunting, 59;
goes hunting, 60, 61; gives brandy
to men for Christmas celebration, 63;
gives whiskey to men for New Year’s
celebration, 64; goes hunting, 68;
kills a hare, 75; kills an antelope, 76;
travels by land, 76; kills tliree black-
tailed deer and a buffaloe calf, 78;
measures Missouri and Yellowstone
rivers at mouth of Yellowstone, 795
measures Missouri and Muscle-shell
rivers at their confluence, 86; his ex-
pedition up south fork of Missouri
river, 94, 95; surveys road for a port-
age, 101, 102; measures portage and
Falls of Missouri river, 105; has nar-
row escape ina hail storm, 106; goes
in search of timber to build boats,
108, 109; goes ahead of party, 1123
leaves note informing party which
branch he had taken, 117; illness and
recovery, 117; starts for Columbia
river, 126; goes to Cape Disappoint-
ment to view the Ocean, 177; returns
from Cape Disappointment, 178; vis-
its the Ocean, 184, 185; gives men
tobacco and handkerchiefs for Christ-
mas, 187; visits salt-makers’ camp,
192; goes to examine tributary of the
Columbia, 209; goes hunting, 214;
Index
Clarke, Captain William (Continued)
purchases horses from Indians, 21 5—
217; journeys on foot so that men
with sore feet may ride, 220; kills
two pheasants, 222; doctors the sick
Indians, 226, 229, 2373; ascends
Clarke’s river, 254; ascends Gallatin
river in order to cross over to Yellow-
stone river, 262; account of his ex-
ploring trip, 274; holds council with
Rickaree Indians, 278; mentioned,
56, 57, 60, 69, 73, 88, 102, 113,
114, 11g, 121, 128, 130, 132-135,
146-149, 186, 197, 215, 235, 245,
2.53, 261, 271-274, 285
Clarke’s river, 139, 140, 159, 176, 252
Clarke’s view, 191
Clatsop, Fort, 190, 205
Clatsop Indians, their characteristics,
customs, and dress, 204; mentioned,
179, 180, 193, 194
Clear-water river, 112
Clover, 126, 257
Clover, red, description of, 220
Columbia plains, 211, 216, 219
Columbia river, exploration of, 125, 127,
158, 175, 177) 183, 205-219, 2525
falls of, 162, 163, 177, 218; mouth
of, 1745; narrows of, 163, 177, 216—
218; rapids of, 164, 167, 177, 212,
213
Columbia river Indians, see Indians of
the Columbia river
Columbia valley, 210
Commas, description of, 242;
tioned, 252
Commas flat, 242, 244, 248, 249
Commas root, description of, 148; men-
tioned, 222, 230
Copperas, 21
Coquallaisquet river, 256
Corn, raised by Indians, 47, 48
Cotton-wood, description of, 57; men-
tioned, 5, 8, 18,23, 28, 29, 56,81, 90,
92, 93, 100, 103, 112, 117, 166, 168,
170, 222, 223, 230, 256, 259, 266
men-
2g1
Council Bluffs, 17, 284
Cowas root, 230
Crab-tree bark, used as substitute for
tobacco, 201
Cranberries, 163
Crane, 139, 169, 175
Crow, 155, 161
Crusate’s river, 214
Currant bushes, 104
Currants, 112, 113, 117, 119, 129
Cutteau (Knife) river, 73
D
Dead, Indian custom of burying their,
204
De Chirn river, see Chien river
Deer, 4-6, 8-10, 12-18, 22, 24, 28-31,
33> 35» 46, 50-52, 57, 59, 61, 65,
66, 68, 75, 77, 78, 81, 83, 91, 96,
99, 101, 102, 108, 113-117, 119—
121, 123-126, 130, 134, 135, 137,
138-141, 151, 164-166, 168, 169,
175,177, 178, 180, 188, 193, 194,
201-203, 207-209, 213-216, 223,
2275 233, 235) 237-244, 247-249,
251-259, 269-272, 274, 276, 277;
279-281, 285, 286
Deer, Black-tailed or Mule, description
of, 33; mentioned, 34, 78, 269, 281
Deer creek, 4
Deer island, 206, 207
Deer-lick creek, 7
Depie creek, 9
Deposit, Canoe, 274
Deposits, 97, 98, 259, 260
Disappointment, Cape, 177
Divide between Missouri and Columbia
Trivers, 127, 257
Dog river, see Chien river
Dogwood, 211
Dogs, as diet, 163
Dogs, Indian, see Indian dogs
Du Bois (or Du Beau) creek, 9
Du Bois river, see Wood river
292
Ducks, 136, 147, 155, 156, 162, 166,
168, 169, 171, 175, 180, 182, 207,
211, 216, 233, 249
E
Eagle, 155
Elk, 13, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28, 30,
31, 36 51, 57, 65, 67, 68, 76-78,
91, 92, 96, 99, 101, 102, 104, 105,
113, 118, 139, 182, 185, 188, 190,
191, 193-199, 201-203, 205, 209,
210, 251, 2595 269, 270, 272-274,
2775 279, 281, 283, 284, 286
Elk island, 13, 36
Elm, 24
Elm creek, 34
Experiment, The, 108
Exploring party, start, 1; encamp for
the winter on the Missouri, 56-73;
find game scarce and are forced to
subsist on their horses and portable
soup, 142-147, 229, 238; dine at
head-waters of Missouri, 126, 127;
begin voyage down Lewis river, 152;
begin voyage down Columbia river,
160; reach the end of their voyage,
1753 prepare to encamp for the win-
ter on Pacific coast, 186-188; move
into winter huts and celebrate Christ-
mas, 187; leave Fort Clatsop and begin
return trip, 205; separate to pursue
different routes, 252; reunited, 274;
reach St. Louis, 288; number of elk
and deer killed by, Dec., 1805, to
March, 1806, 203
F
Fawns, 17, 22, 30
Fir, 144, 194, 195, 211, 255
Fire-prairie creek, 9
Fish, 20, 135, 155, 1733 petrified, 30;
see also specific names
Fish camp, 176
Fish creek, 51
Index
Flathead Indians, their lodges, 155;
their method of making bread, 147,
148; some characteristics, 204; men-
tioned, 137, 138, 140, 150, 151,
153, 155
Flathead river, see Clarke’s river
Flattening of the head, Indian custom
of, 165
Flax, 96, 101, 126, 133, 256
Fleas, 215
Flies, 190; horse, 249
Flounder, 177
Flowers, 206
Floyd, Sergeant, death and burial of, 21
Floyd’s river, 21
Fort Clatsop, see Clatsop, Fort
Fourth of July, celebration of, 11, 107
G
Gallatin’s river, 121, 262, 274
Garter snakes, 207
Gaskenade river, 4, 5
Gass, Sergeant, builds canoes, 70; finds
petrified log, 77; helps Captain Lewis
build his iron boat, 103; goes in
search of material for canoes and kills
two elks, 104; visits Falls of Mis-
souri river, 106, 1073 joins Captain
Clarke’s party in search of timber,
1093 goes with Captain Lewis to look
for Snake Indians, 118; ill, 149; re-
covers from illness, 151; has narrow
escape by canoe sinking, 153; has
attack ofague, 154; helps build quar-
ters for commanding officers, 186;
goes to salt works, 190-192; goes
hunting with companion and spends
a night out-doors in the rain, 1973 is
ill, 263; with companion, starts by
land to mouth of Maria’s river, 266
Geese, 75-77, 130, 139, 155, 156, 162,
166-169, 171, 175, 202, 207, 209
Geesem, an interpreter, 276
Glade creek, 252
Gnats, 247
Index
Goat creek, 28
Goat-pen creek, 76
Goats, 28, 32, 33, 35, 44, 50-52, 62,
76, 121-124, 266
Gooseberries, 100, 109, 117
Gooseberry bushes, 243
Grand Bend, see Missouri river, Great
Bend of
Grand Point, 76
Grand river, 7, 287
Grapes, 13, 31
Grapevines, 5
Grindstone creek, 5
Grosventres (or Grossventer) Indians,
55> 7% 73) 74) 117, 267, 275, 276
– Grouse, 159, 2333 see also Prairie hen
Gulls, 161, 162, 169, 172
i
Haley’s (Hailey’s or Hayley’s) Bay, 177,
Ig1, 200, 207
Hares, 32, 65, 75, 159
Hawks, 155, 177
Haws, 129, 141
Hazlenut, 166
Heath hens, see Grouse
Herrings, 198
Hickory, 5
Hidden creek, 45
Hood, Mount, 168
Hot Spring, 141, 251, 252
Hudson’s Bay Company, 61
Hungry creek, 245-247, 250
Hysop or hyssop, 77, 133
I
Ibex, see Mountain sheep
Independence creek, 11
Indian baskets, 133
Indian bread, 130, 134
Indian canoes, 208
Indian customs: burial of the dead, 204;
method of making fire, 133; mode
of worship, 81; use of cedar bark for
293
Indian customs (Continued)
food and clothing, 210; see also names
of nations and tribes
Indian dog poles, 35, 36
Indian dogs, 41
Indian saddles, 235, 236
Indian spears, 131
Indian war-mallet, 233
Indians, see names of nations and tribes
Indians hold council to decide about
accompanying exploring party to
Washington, 275
Indians of the Columbia river, burial
customs, 160, 161, 204; dress, 131,
170, 176; form of salutation, 127;
lodges, 162, 164; mentioned, 127—
131, 133, 158-167, 169-179, 186;
see also Chiltz, Chinook, Clatsop, and
Flathead Indians
Indians residing between Falls of the
Columbia river and the coast, rascally
and thieving, 227
Indians residing between Rocky moun-
tains and Falls of Columbia, honest
and well disposed, 227
Tron ore, 14
Isquetcoqualla river, 254, 255
J
Jaune river, see Yellowstone river
Jefferson river, 121, 122, 126, 127,
262, 274
Jitk, 9
Jonkta Indians, 44
K
Kanowa Indians, 286
Kanzas river, 10, 286
Kanzon river, see Kanzas river
Kilhouanakkle river, 200
Kimooeenem river, 154, 159, 162, 177
Knife river, see Cutteau river
Kooskooske river, 154, 159, 176, 224,
226, 232
294
L
Labenile creek, 9
Landselle’s fort, 280
Lewis, Captain Meriwether: Joins ex-
pedition, 3; kills a deer, 6; holds
council with Indians, 17; kills a peli-
can, 19; goes fishing, 20; goes with
Captain Clarke to explore a prairie,
22, 233 holds council with Sioux In-
dians, 24; views knob of a hill and
visits prairie-dog village, 29; passes
trading house built in 1796, 30; kills
a strange bird, 33; goes hunting and
returns with game, 3 3-35; holds coun-
cil with Sioux Indians, 38; persuades
Indians to return women prisoners
taken in battle with Mahas, 39; goes
to see Indians dance, 39; gives pres-
ents to Indians and persuades them to
allow exploring party to depart in
peace, 40; visits Rickaree Indians,
holds council with them, and presents
them with American flag, 46-48;
gives presents to Rickaree Indians,
50; holds council with Grossventer,
Mandan, Sioux, and Watasoon In-
dians, 55; visits Mandan village, 56;
goes buffaloe hunting, 59; gives
whiskey to men for New Year’s cele-
bration, 64; calls for volunteers to
pursue Indian robbers, 69; sets out
by land for Yellowstone river, 78;
rejoins exploring party, 79; kills a
white bear and an elk, 80; his expe-
dition up north fork of Missouri river,
94, 96; sets out for mountains, 98;
visits Falls of the Missouri, 100;
helps men to make an iron boat,
103; bleeds sick man with pen-knife,
104; goes to look at spring, 105;
goes to mountain to take observation,
111; goes ahead of party and en-
camps over night alone in the wilder-
ness, 118; goes ahead with party to
look for Snake Indians, 118; journeys
as far as Columbia river and returns
Index
Lewis, Captain Meriwether (Continued)
with Snake Indians, 125; buys horses
for party, 133; ill, 1495 goes hunting
by moonlight, 168; takes specimen
of Indian language, 177; gives medal
to Chinook Indian, 178; trades blue
beads to Indians for sea otter skins,
1793 goes in search of winter camp-
ing place, 181; returns and reports
place for camp, 183; gives men to-
bacco and handkerchiefs for Christ-
mas, 187; buys canoes of Indians,
214; strikes Indian for stealing, 2173
journeys on foot so that men with sore
feet may ride, 220; doctors sick
among Indians, 226, 229, 2373 de-
scends Clarke’s river, 254-2673; as-
cends Maria’s river, 261; and party
have encounter with Grossventress’
Indians, 267; has skeleton of bighorns
prepared to take to Washington, 268,
269; wounded accidentally by one of
the party, 273, 274; recovering from
wound, 277; mentioned, 1, 60, 71,
86, 99, 108, 109, 112, 117, 119—
I2I, 124, 128, 132, 133, 140-142,
146, 150, 160, 163, 173-175; 184,
197, 213; 215, 235; 253; 260, 270,
271, 285
Lewis river, 152-159, 177; 224, 240
Little-bow creek, 23
Little Goodwoman creek, 6
Little Missouri river, 74, 75, 79, 275
Little Osage river, 3
Little Sioux river, 18
Loos Indians, see Loup Indians
Loup Indians, 14, 285
Lucelle, Mr., 35
M
Mackenzie, Mr., 36, 41
M’Clanen, Captain, 287
M’Clelland, Mr., 285
Madison river, 121
Magpie, 243
Maha creek, 12, 20
Index
Maha Indians, 19, 20, 23, 39, 285
Maha village, 20, 254, 283
Mandan, Fort, 58, 63, 65, 79
Mandan Indians, their method of hunt-
ing buffaloe, 59; superstitions regard-
ing buffaloe, 66, 67; burial customs,
54; characteristics, 71, 72; method
of wintering horses, 64, 65; men-
tioned, 47, 48, 52, 53, 55-73, 275
Mandan villages, 53, 54
Maple, 168, 170; soft, 211.
Marapa river, 46
Maria’s river, 96, 97, 99, 260, 261,
266-268
Marrow creek, 6
Medicine river, 101, 103, 104, 257-259
Milk river, 83, 270
Mine creek, 6
Mine river, 287
Mississippi river, 1
Missouri Indians, 17
Missouri river, ascent of, 1-55, 73-1273
description of country through which
it flows, 89~91; descent of, 257-288;
distance from mouth to Pacific Ocean,
176,177; Falls of the, 99, 100, 105—
107, 254; Great Bend of, 34, 35, 53,
280; north branch, 118-122; rapids
of, 100, 112; source of, 127, 257;
south branch, 120-122; three forks
of, 117, 121, 122; two forks of, 93,
94,96, 97; west branch of, 120-122
Moha creek, see Maha creek
Mombran’s tavern, 4
Mountain holly, 135
Mountain sheep, 80, 87-89, 93, 112,
240, 268, 269
Mud creek, 5
Mulberries, 8
Muscle-shell (or Muscle shoal) river,
86, 269
Musquitoes, 18, 19, 32, 104, 109, 115,
202, 243, 244, 247, 249, 253, 254,
256, 258-262, 272, 275) 2775 2795
282-284, 286
Myrrh, 137
295
N
Nadowa, 12
Namahia creek, 13
Nettles, 206
Netul river, 200
New Year’s day, celebration of, 64
Night creek, 34
North West Company, 61
North West Company traders, 54, 58,
61, 62, 66, 277
oO
Oak, 5, 24, 164, 166, 206
Onion creek, 75
Onions, wild, 114
Osage Indians, 5
Osage river, 5
Oto Indians, see Otto Indians
Otter, 52, 124, 203, 223, 274
Otter, sea, 164, 166, 172
Otter creek, 4
Otto Indians, 14, 16-18, 284
P
Pacific Ocean, exploring party arrive at,
174, 175; distance from mouth of
Missouri river to, 176, 177
Paint creek, 28
Pania river, 28
Panther, 149
Papaws, 287
Pelicans, 19, 51, 161, 283
Perch fish, 20
Petrified wood, 77
Pettit-ark creek, see Little~Bow creek
Pheasants, 131, 136, 137, 142, 147,
149, 222, 227, 248
Philosophy river, 122
Pigeons, wild, 10g
Pike fish, 20
Pine, 83-85, 113, 114, 116, 121, 126,
128, 131, 135, 136, 140, 142, 144,
146, 148, 152, 164, 166, 168, 170,
178, 184, 228, 242
296
Platt creek, 10
Platte river, 14, 15, 90, 284, 286, 287
Pleasant camp, 281
Plumb creek, 27
Plumbs, 281
Poncas Indians, 28
Pond creek, 11
Pond river, 49
Ponis (Panis or Poenese) Indians, 7, 14,
286, 287
Porcupine, 31, 32
Porcupine creek, 81
Porpoises, 172
Portage river, 263-265
Portages, Missouri river, 102, 105, 261—
264; Columbia river, 162, 164, 167,
213, 214, 216
Prairie dog, 29
Prairie hen, 131; see also Grouse
Prairie of Arrows, 6
Prarow, see Badger
President of the U. S., specimens sent
to, 71
Prickley pear, 95
Pumice stone, 13, 74, 77, 178
Q
Quail, 211
Quicksand river, 177, 208
R
Rabbit berries, 22, 52
Racoon, 203
Rainy, Mount, 169
Rapid-water river, 28
Ravens, 161, 202
Rat, wood, 11
Rattle-snake, description of, 116; men-
tioned, 216
Rickaree (Aricaris, Rickree, or Rees)
Indians, characteristics, 48; lodges,
45-475 superstitions, 278; mentioned,
42, 46-50, 54, 70, 73
Rickaree Indian villages, 48, 277, 278
Index
River de Bois, see Wood river
Rock camp, 215
Rocky mountains, 65, 80, 111-117,
119, 124-132, 137, 139, 140, 142—
147) 176, 231, 250
Rogue’s-harbour creek, 177
Roots, edible, 222, 238; see also names
of roots, and Shrub, edible
Rose river, 94, 266
Round-knob creek, 16
Rush creek, 4
Rushes, 5
S
Sacque river, 23, 24
Sage brush, 221
Saine creek, 6
St. Charles, 2, 3
St. Johns, 3
St. Louis, 1, 3, 71, 288
Salmon, 128, 129, 132, 136, 151, 157,
158, 161, 163, 172, 177, 182, 186,
188, 213, 240, 247
Salmon-trout, 247, 249
Salt spring, 30
Salt works, 188, 190-193, 195-198
Sandy river, 209, 210
Service berries, 117,
256
Service-berry bushes, 141, 142, 149,
243
Service-berry valley, 125
Shallow Bay, 171, 177, 181
Shapaleel (Indian bread), 215, 218, 219,
221, 222, 226
Sharbons creek, 75
Sheep, Mountain, see Mountain sheep
Sheep, unknown variety, 150
Sheep-sorrel, 202
Shoshone Indians, see Snake Indians
Shoshone river, see Snake river
Shotto, Mr., 283
Shrub, edible, 211
Sioux crossing-place, 34
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Index
Sioux Indians, councils held with, 24,
55; dances, 25; declare war against
exploring party, 70; lodges, 24; mu-
sical instruments, 25; mentioned
7) 20, 23, 24, 36, 45, 52, $7, 2845
see also Teeton Indians, Yonktin
Indians
Sioux river, 21
Slate run, 46
Slaughter river, 268
Smoke creek, 36
Snake creek, 8
Snake Indians, 74, 125, 126, t40, 240
Snake river, 162, 176, 177, 218
Snakes, 11; see also Garter snakes, Rat-
tle-snake
Snow creek, 99
Soldiers creek, 18
Spear mint, 104
Springs, see Boiling spring, Hot spring,
Salt spring, Sulphur spring
Squashes (raised by Indians), 47
Squirrel, description of, 108, 216, 243;
mentioned, 136, 164, 165, 177, 191
Stony creek, 142
Strawberries, 100
Strawberry creek, roo
Strawberry island, 212
Strawberry vines, 141, 242
Sturgeon, 200, 202, 206
Sugar tree, 8
Sulphur, 74
Sulphur spring, 101

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Arrival at the Broad Mouth of the Platte

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but we had a fine breeze of wind. There are a great many
willow islands and sand-bars in this part of the river. At
nine the wind fell, and at one we came to the great river
Platte, or shallow river, which comes in on the south side, and
at the mouth is three quarters of a mile broad. The land is
flat about the confluence. Up this river live three nations of
Indians, the Otos, Panis and Loos, or Wolf Indians. On the
south side there is also a creek, called Butterfly creek.

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Captain McClallen's Boat Bound for Spanish Territory

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fish last night which is judfg]ed to weigh a hundred weight, a
fair morning, we Set out eairly and proceeded on verry well
soon passd riffle Isld and a short distance below at the petzaw
Island we passd through a verry bad part of the river which was
filled so thick with logs Standing on end & Sawyers that we only
found room to pass through, about 2 oClock P. M. we met a
large Boat Commanded by one Cap* McLanen2 loaded down with
Marchandize about 15 hands & an Intrepter & Clark [clerk].
they are bound for the Spanish country by way of River platte
to the panies [Pawnee] Indians & purchase horses and cross the
Mountains leaving their goods on this Side and git the Spaniards
to come and bring their silver & gold and trade it for goods as
they are full of money and no goods among them of any account,
and if Mr McLanen has Success this voiage no doubt but that trade
1 This was Joseph Robidoux Jr., first permanent settler of St. Joseph, Mo.,
where he founded a post as early as 1800 and died in 1868. Thwaites, V, 386.
Clark was suspicious about his trading license, which lacked the territorial
seal, and the privileges which it granted seemed to him extraordinary to be
accorded so young a man.
2 John McClallen, formerly a captain of artillery in the U. S. army. He
was “Somewhat astonished” at sight of the explorers, and informed them they
had long since been given up by the people of the United States, and “almost
forgotton,” although President Jefferson still had hopes of them.
THE CONCLUSION OF A NOBLE RECORD
1806] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 401
will be advantageous to the United States hereafter, we aired
our baggage &C. Several of our hunters Sent a head with 2 Small
canoes to hunt, in the evening Mr McLanen gave our party as
much whiskey as they would drink and we Camped.1 Mr
McLanen gave us a bag of Buiscuit &C.

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Two Hundred Teton Sioux Massed on North Shore

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:46:23 +0000

usal ab* 9 A. M. we halted and killed one buffaloe and 2 deer,
the buffaloe verry pleanty. procd on Some distance further
halted and killed two Elk and gathered a quantity of fine plumbs,
then procd on. three of our hunters Stayed back with a Small
canoe to try and kill Some black taild deer, about oClock P. M.
we discovred a number of Indians on the hills on the North Side,
and Soon gathered about two hundred on the Shore besides Some
boys and young men they were in a body and had a great num-
ber of horses we landed on the opposite side of the river, the
Savages hooping and fired & we answered them by fireing our
blunderbusses and small arms 2 rounds, we concluded to wait
here for the hunters to come up. a number of Indians Set to
V Swimingthe river to us but Cap1 Clark took three men in a Small
canoe [and] met them on a Sand bar which happened to be near
our side one of our men Spoke to them in panie [Pawnee] tongue
and told them that we could not Speak their Language but Soon
found that they were the Same band of Tetons that held our boat
as we passed up the river Cap* Clark told them and Signed to
them that they were bad Indians and treated the White people
bad and they might keep from us for we would have nothing
to Say to them nor Suffer them to come to our canoes, they
then Signed to the rest of the nation to keep back and Cap4 Clark
returnd the most of the Indians returned to the nation 2 or
three Stayed on the bar a while and Signed that they were friends
to us and wished to have us come over to their Side but we Signed
to them to keep off and to go back that we would not hear them
1806] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 395
&C. they then all returned to the band and called over to us.
Mre Jessom could understand Some words they said and [s]he
heared them Say that if we came on their Side of the river they
would kill us & that we were good for to kill &C. at length the
Savages or the main body of them went their way our hunters
came up had killed three black taild deer, we then set out and
procd on several Indians remaining on Shore called to us and
Signed and beckned to us to come to Shore but we passed them
Safe and procd on untill dark and Camped on a large sand bar two
Sentinels placed to guard the Camp.

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Gooseberries and Raspberries; Boat Towed at Rocky Stretch

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:44:36 +0000

we passed a beautiful large prarie on the North Side, high Rich
1 The Pawnee nation consisted of four principal tribes or divisions. The
Pawnee proper, probably the division here alluded to, resided upon the Platte
River, thirty leagues above its mouth. Instead of “four Frenchman,” Floyd
has the party consist of three Frenchmen and one negro.
2 A bluff, according to Clark, called the Snake Bluff from the number of
snakes about this place. Clark records, also, a rather remarkable story, told
by Drewyer, of an encounter with a snake which made “Goubeling noises like a
turkey.” Snake Creek is identified by Cones with modern YYakcnda Creek
in Carroll County.
a Whitehouse speaks of the settlement as “little Zoe [Sioux] prarie.” Clark
gives an account of two Indian village sites here, and Cones identified them with
modem Malta Bend in Saline County. No explanation of Ordwav’s name
Lapero has been found.
1804] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 87
Bottom on South Side we passed Tabbo Creek1 on South Side,
we saw pleanty of goos Berries & Ros Berries on the banks, we
passed a bad place of Rocks, the water so Swift that we were
obledged to hole the Boat by a Rope, we Camped on South Side
opposite a pond, which was ‘near to where we camped The
Musquetoes are verry troublesome. Got Musquetoes bears2
from Cap4 Lewis to sleep in.

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Treaty with the Pawnee (four confederated bands), 1857

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Land cession by the Pawnee (four confederated bands). Region: Dakota 1, Nebraska. Covering 28 counties across NE, SD.

Present-Day Tribes

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

Citations

2 Hodge 213-16

Tiller 644

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Treaty with the Missouri and Oto, 1854

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Land cession by the Missouri, Oto. Region: Kansas 2, Nebraska (Eastern Portion). Counties: Gage, Marshall, Pawnee. Associated dates: 1854-03-15, 1881-03-03.

Present-Day Tribes

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma

Citations

1 Hodge 911; 2 Hodge 166-68

Tiller 641

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Treaty with the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 1833

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Treaty Provisions

Hunting, Fishing, Gathering

“The land ceded and relinquished hereby, so far as the same is not and shall not be assigned to any tribe or tribes, shall remain a common hunting ground, during the pleasure of the President, for the Pawnees and other friendly Indians, who shall be permitted by the President to hunt on the same.” — (Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma)

Present-Day Tribes

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma

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Mandan Chief's Brother Bids Farewell on the Beach

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:37:54 +0000

Monday 18th August 1806. moderate rain last night, the wind of this
morning from the S. E. as to cause the water to be So rough that we Could
not proceed on untill 8 a.m. at which time it fell a little & we
proceeded on tho the waves were yet high and the wind Strong. Saw Several
Indians on either Side of the river. at 9 A.M. I saw an Indian running
down the beech and appd. to be anxious to Speak to us I derected the
Canoes to land. this Indian proved to be the brother of the Chief we had
on board and Came down from his Camp at no great distance to take his
leave of his brother. the Chief gave him a par of Legins and took an
effectunate leave of his brother and we procedeed on haveing previously
Sent on 2 canoes with hunters to kill Some meat at 2 P. M we overtook the
Canoe hunters, they had killed three deer which was divided and we halted
and Cooked Some dinner on the Sandbar. wind Still high and from the Same
point. The Chief pointed out Several places where he Said his nation
formerly lived and related Some extroadinary Stories of their tredition.
after Dinner we proceeded on, to a point on the N E. Side opposit the
remains of an old Mandan village a little below the enterance of Chiss-che
for River and the place we Encamped as we assended this river 20th of
October 1804 haveing come 40 miles today. after landing which was a little
before night the hunters run out into the bottom and Killed four deer. The
winds blew hard from the S. E. all day which retarded our progress very
much after the fires were made I set my self down with the big white man
Chiefe and made a number of enquiries into the tredition of his nation as
well as the time of their inhabiting the number of Villages the remains of
which we see on different parts of the river, as also the cause of their
evacuation. he told me his nation first Came out of the ground where they
had a great village. a grape vine grew down through the Earth to their
village and they Saw light Some of their people assended by the grape vine
upon the earth, and Saw Buffalow and every kind of animal also Grapes
plumbs &c. they gathered Some grapes & took down the vine to the
village, and they tasted and found them good, and deturmined to go up and
live upon the earth, and great numbers climbed the vine and got upon earth
men womin and children. at length a large big bellied woman in climbing
broke the vine and fell and all that were left in the Village below has
remained there ever Since (The Mandans beleive when they die that they
return to this village) Those who were left on earth made a village on the
river below and were very noumerous &c. he Said that he was born in
the Village Opposit to our Camp and at that time his nation inhabited 7
villages as large as that and were full of people, the Sieoux and Small
pox killed the greater part of them and made them So weak that all that
were left only made two Small villages when Collected, which were built
near the old Ricaras village above. their troubles with the Scioux &
Pawnees or Ricaras Compelled them to move and build a village where they
now live.

he Said that the Menitarras Came out of the water to the East and Came to
this Country and built a village near the mandans from whome they got Corn
beens &c. they were very noumerous and resided in one village a little
above this place on the opposit Side. they quarreled about a buffalow, and
two bands left the village and went into the plains, (those two bands are
now known bye the title Pounch, and Crow Indians.) the ballance of the
Menetaras moved their village to where it now Stands where they have lived
ever Since-

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Mysterious Booming Sounds from the Rocky Mountains

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:35:39 +0000

Thursday July 11th 1805. We had now nothing to do but wait for the canoes;
as they had not returned I sent out some of the small party with me to
hunt; in the evening they returned with a good quantity of the flesh of a
fat buffaloe which they had killed. the canoes not arrived this evening. I
saw several very large grey Eagles today they are a half as large again as
the common bald Eagle of this country. I do not think the bald Eagle here
qute so large as those of the U States; the grey Eagle is infinitely
larger and is no doubt a distinct species. this evening a little before
the sun set I heared two other discharges of this unaccounable artillery
of the Rocky Mountains proceeding from the same quarter that I had before
heard it. I now recollected the Minnetares making mention of the nois
which they had frequently heard in the Rocky Mountains like thunder; and
which they said the mountains made; but I paid no attention to the
information supposing it either false or the fantom of a supersticious
immagination. I have also been informed by the engages that the Panis and
Ricaras give the same account of the Black mountains which lye West of
them. this phenomenon the philosophy of the engages readily accounts for;
they state it to be the bursting of the rich mines of silver which these
mountains contain.

This morning Capt. Clark dispatched Bratton to meet the canoes which were
detained by the wind to get a couple of axes. he obtained the axes and
returned in about two hours. this man has been unable to work for several
days in consequence of a whitlow on one of his fingers; a complaint which
has been very common among the men. one of the canoes arrived at Capt.
Clarks camp about 10 A.M. this he had unloaded and set a few miles up the
river for a buffaloe which had been killed, the party sent killed another
in thir rout and brought in the flesh and skins of both they were in good
order; his hunters had also killed two deer and an Antelope yesterday. the
three other canoes did not arrive untill late in the evening in
consequence of the wind and the fear of weting their loads which consisted
of articles much more liable to be injured by moisture than those which
composed the load of that which arrived in the morning. Capt. C. had the
canoes unloaded and ordered them to float down in the course of the night
to my camp, but the wind proved so high after night that they were obliged
to put too about 8 miles above and remain untill morning. Capt. C. kept
the party with him busily engaged at the canoes. his hunters killed and
brought in three very fat deer this evening.

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