rUKI.nilNAKY OBSERVATIONS. 3f 



latter, strike southwesiwardly, foiling 00 a series of portagei and 



lakes leading to the need of the great Dei Corbeau, or Crou 



Wing River. This river it was proposed to follow down its 



entire length, to its entrance into the Mississippi, the point filed 

 att, for SBBCIPhlmg the Sandy Lake, Pino River, and Mille Lac 

 Indians. 



In co nformi ty with these arrangements, the party left Sandy- 

 Lake House, on the afternoon of the 4th of July, having previ- 

 ously ascertained the width of the Mississippi, at that place, to 

 be .'*31 feet. The evening of this day and the two following 

 days, were employed in reaching the vicinity of the Peckagama 

 Falls, against a brisk current, with occasional rapids. They 

 made a portage on the 7th over the Granular Quartz ridge, 

 producing the Falls, and encamped the same evening at Point 

 aux Chenes, in the savannahs above. The next day, being the 

 Sabbath, was passed at that point. While there, a French 

 engagi arrived from Leech Lake, being on his way to Sandy 

 Lake. Advantage was taken of this opportunity, to send 

 directions for the hastening the meeting of the Indians at Isle 

 Dts Corbeau, by the space of two days, as the waters were 

 found even more favorable, than had been anticipated. 



This man, whose name was La Plante, confirmed reports 

 which had been current at Fond du Lac and at Sandy Lake, 

 of the going out of a strong war party of the Leech Lake Indians 

 against the Sioux. But he added, that the party, which had 

 been headed by the popular Chief, Aishkibugikozh, or the 

 Geulle Platte, had returned, bringing, as a trophy of their victory, 

 three Sioux scalps. He also reported the attack of a hostile 

 party of Indians, supposed to be Sioux, on the outskirts of the 

 Pembina settlement, where they scalped a girl, in open day, but 

 were pursued by a party of Chippewas, overtaken in the act of 

 crossing a stream, and lost several men. It was found, by 

 subsequent information, of an authentic character, that the attack- 

 ing party, on this occasion, were Mandans, and that it consisted 

 of fblty men. They crossed the river Pembina, at the point of 



