A woman brought her child with an abscess in the lower part of the back, and offered as much corn as she could carry for some medicine; we administered to it of course very cheerfully.

We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians on the Black mountains, and last summer descended thence by the Little Missouri.

Caught one a live by poreing a great quantity of Water in his hole.

As I have always held it a crime to anticipate evils, I will believe it a good comfortable road until I am compelled to believe differently.

I am no coward; but I am so strong, so hard to die.

On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory.

As we passed on, it seemed those scenes of visionary enchantment would never have an end.