92 Expedition, &c. 



aided by a few Pawnee Indians, and a war party of Sauks 

 and Foxes. In the course of this action, a Spanish officer 

 had pursued an Indian boy, who was endeavouring to escape, 

 with a musket on his shoulder, but who finding himself near- 

 ly overtaken, had discharged the musket behind him at ran- 

 dom, and had killed the officer on the spot. The skirmish 

 continuing, the body was captured, and recaptured several 

 times, but at last remained with the Spanish party. This 

 may possibly have been the body discovered by Mr. Mun- 

 roe, but by whom it was buried in a manner so singular, is 

 unknown. 



About the middle of July, the summer freshets in the 

 Missouri began to subside at Franklin. On the 17th the wa- 

 ter fell twelve inches, though in the preceding week, more 

 than two inches of rain had fallen. We were informed that 

 the floods had continued longer this year, and had risen 

 higher than usual, owing to the unusual quantities of rain 

 that had fallen. 



