THE 



JOURNAL 



OF - , 



Mr. CHARLES LE RAYE. 



In the year 1801, I left Canada with an adven- 

 ture of goods, to trade on the Missouri. I ar- 

 rived at the French settlement on the Illinois, 

 early in September, and concluded to ascend the 

 Osage river, and to trade with the Osage nation. 

 Here I procured two additional hands, which 

 completed my complement of six men besides my 

 self. As soon as my perioque was finised, we 

 embarked. On the 21st of September, I entered 

 the mouth of the Missouri, and as the waters 

 were low, we ascended with ease. 



On the 7th of October, entered the Osage 

 river, and ascended seven miles, where we en- 

 camped to hunt, and procure meat. Nothing ma- 

 terial occured until the 23d, when we had ascend- 

 ed within sixty miles of the Osage village, and 

 had encamped for the night, at a small stream, 

 on the east side of the river. After supper I 

 ordered the men, who were in a tent on the shore. 



