JOURNAL. 
73 
Saturday %2rd. We had fine pleasant weather, and 
all hands were engaged in cutting away the ice from 
'the boat and the other periogue. At 4 o'clock in the 
afternoon we had the good fortune to get both free 
from the ice ^ and in the three following days suc- 
ceeded in getting them all safe upon the bank. On 
the 27th we made preparations for making perio- 
gues to pursue our voy.?:ge in. 
Thursday 2Sih. Sixteen of us w*ent up the river 
about six miles, wdiere we found and cut down trees 
for four canoes. While we were absent an express 
arrived from the Rickarees village with new&ihat 
the Sioux hud declared war against us, and JfSD 
against the Mandans and Grossventers. The^^ tfa^ 
boasted of the robbery of the 14th at the Rickai*ee's 
village in their Vy^ay home, and that they intended T 
to massacre the whole of us in the spring. By this 
express -we therefore found out that it was the 
Sioux wha had taken the horses from our men. 
Friday \^t. March^ 18G5. The same party en- 
camped oulir to make the tanoes, and continued until 
SIX were made. 
On the 20th . and 21st. w^e carried them to the river 
about a mile and an half distant : There I remained 
with two m.en to finish them, and to take care of 
tliem, until the 26th5 when some men came up 
from the fort, and v/e put the canoes inlo the 
water. ^ As the river had risen there was some r 
water between the ice and the shore. We got three 
of them safe to the fort; but the ice breaking before 
the other tliree were got down, so filled the channel, 
that we v/e re obliged to carry them the rest of the 
way by land. On the Sfth we put one of the canoes 
into the water to ascertain what wei^-ht they would 
carry. We found th ty would not carry as much as 
was expected, and Captain Lewis agreed to take a 
large periogue along. The remainder of the month 
