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Harmon's journal. 



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arduous tour of discovery. I am to leave that 

 place, about the beginning of June, accompanied 

 by six or seven Canadians, and by two or three In- 

 dians. The first place, at which we shall stop, 

 will be the Mandan Village, on the Missouri Riv- 

 er. Thence, we shall steer our course towards 

 the Rocky Mountain, accompanied by a number 

 of the Mandan Indians, who proceed in that di- 

 rection every spring, to meet and trade with another 

 tribe of Indians, who reside on the other side of 

 the Rocky Mountain. It is expected that we 

 shall return from our excursion, in the month of 

 November next. 



[This journey, I never undertook ; for soon af- 

 ter the plan of it was settled, my health became 

 so much impaired, that I was under the necessity 

 of proceeding to Head Quarters, to procure med- 

 ical assistance. A Mr. La Rocque attempted to 

 make this tour ; but went no farther than the 

 Mandan Village.] 



Thursday, 18. We are packing our furs, in 

 order to send them to the general rendezvous ; 

 and a few days hence, I shall abandon this fort, 

 and the Indians in this vicinity will go either into 

 the region of Riviere qui Apelle, or up the Sisis- 

 catchwin River, near Fort des Prairies. 



Sunday, May 5. We are now about three 

 leagues below Alexandria, which place we aban- 

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