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the 5th of Jane, I parted with Mr. P»rdo and my 

 former companions, and went with a party of 

 Sioux, of the Tilon Okandanas band, for the heads 

 of Saint Jeter's river. The chief, Man-da-ton- 

 quc-qua, was gone with part of the Bois-bruil 

 band. On the 15th, we came to a band of the 

 Bois-bruil, on Saint Peter's river, but the chief 

 was not with them. He had gone with a small 

 party to meet a band of Tanton-ansah Sioux, who 

 .vere proceeding from the falls of Saint Anthony, 

 on the Mississippi, where they had been to pro- 

 leure merchandise, to trade with the other bands. 

 The country we had lately passed through, was 

 mostly level, swampy, and full of small lakes, 

 covered very thick with timber, chiefly pine and 

 spruce. On the 17th, we proceeded down the 

 Saint Peter's, and on the 20th, came to the en- 

 campment. This body of Indians consisted of 

 five bands ; the Tanton-ansah, Wah-pa-coo-ta^ 

 Titon-bois-bruil, Titon-okan-danas, and Titon- 

 sa-oo-nu, about four hundred warriors, and about 

 one thousand four hundred people. On the 27th, 

 the bands mostly separated, and the greater part 

 returned to the Missouri, among whom was the 

 Bois-bruil band, who took the war path. The 

 greatest part of these Indians were well armed, 

 and mounted on good horses, On the 12th of 

 July, encamped at the forks of the River Sasqui, 

 a branch of the Missouri, On the 18th, these 

 bands separated, and we proceeded to the crossing 

 of the three rivers, on the Missouri, above the 



