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the Cadsaw is [hi] beyond that where a New town, the 

 seat of Governt was expected to be situated. 



disapointed to the utmost in Not Meeting those who 

 I supposed Would of Course give me the best Informa- 

 tion I requested of Mr Thomas to give the Governor 

 My Letters and beg of him to Write Me a few Lines 

 at New Orleans to the Care of Governor Robertson — 

 [the Gentleman — ] Mr Barbour told Me that he had 

 for Several years past gone up to the Osage Nation 

 about 900 Miles and that his Last Voyage he fell in 

 wdth Nutall the Botanist and had him on board for 4 

 Months — that Many species of Birds were in that 

 Country unknown in this and that the Navigation 

 Was an agreable One, at the same time that it was 

 rendered profitable by the enormous profits derived 

 from the Trade with the Indians, whom he represented 

 as friendly and Honorouble in all there dealings — that 

 he would be extremely Happy of My Company and 

 that of My Companions and that if I did not go with 

 him at present that he Hoped I would Meet him when 

 coming down the Arkansas Next Spring or Summer 

 for he is about 6 Months employd each Voyage — The 

 Post of Arkansas is Now a poor. Nearly deserted Vil- 

 lage, it flourished in the time that the Spaniards & 

 French kept it, and One 100 years passed it could 

 have been called and agreable Small Town — at pres- 

 ent, the decripid Visages of the Worn out Indian 

 Traders and a few American famillies are all that 



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