A REPORT 
AN EXPLORATION 
OF THE COUNTRY 
LYING BETWEEN THE 
MISSOURI RIVER AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 
ON THE LINE OF 
THE KANSAS AND GREAT PLATTE RIVERS 
Was 7 March 1, 1843. 
To Colonel J. J. Azer 
Chief 
TR : 
and report upon the ntry between the 
frontiers of Missouri and th uth Pass i 
the Rocky mountains, an on the line of the 
ea) t 
from Washington city on the 2d day of May, 
1842, and arrived at St. Louis, by way of 
New York, the 22d of May, w e ne- 
pecpneations were iaenieen: and the 
be cn enced. I proceeded in 
steamboat ’s landing, 
indr Sale by water from St. I 
mony Wen mouth nsas river, 
steamboat 
e proceeded twi 
Ghoatean's trading ho 
Hotes our final Petit for the expedi- 
m- 
Bad weather, which interfered with astro- | Daniel Si 
esos ta comer’ ta foe 
ata d for 
i men, 
into its 
pcs ae 
about four 
twelve _— to Mr. "Cyprian 
, however, every- | 
rake TY- | prov. 
part ; but, before we mount our ste vs will 
party with 
give a short description - can 
which I performed this se 
I ged collected in the neighborhood of St. 
Louis hack nem pally Creole and 
Canad oyageurs, d become fami- 
wh 
liar with. praiele life in the service of the fur 
companies in 
survey. L. Maxwell, of 
been engaged as hunter, a 
Carson (more familiarly known, for his ex- _ 
ploits , as Kit ) was 
| Louis : 
‘Clément Lam bert, J. B. L’ nike 
B. Lefévre, Benjamin Potra, Louis Gouin, 
la 
‘J. B. Dumés, Basi} Lajeunesse, Frangois 
Tessier, Benjamin Cadotte, Joseph Clé i 
Benoit, Michel 
Ayot, Fran- 
“Handeipb, 
ninetee: 
-jof n 
7”. | lively boy of ert ge son rat the Hon, Thomas. 
ur th ee 
and which were each wn hs 
™ two nines. A few loose horses, and four 
oxen, which had been 
