JOURNAL. 
CHAP. IV. 
Saturday Z9th, We set sail early and had Mr 
"^^catlier ; passed a handsome bottom covered with 
timber on the north side, and bluffs on the south. 
We saw several Indians on the south side walking 
up the shore ; spoke to them and found they were 
some of those we left yesterday. There were one or 
two of the chiefs with them. They requested us to 
give them a carrot of tobacco for the chiefs of the 
other band to smoke. We sent them two carrots to 
a sand bar, where they could get it ; but told them 
we should not go on shore again, untill we came to 
the nation of the Aricaris, commonly called Ricka- 
rees, Rickrees, or Rees. The Missouri is very shal- 
low at this time and full of sand bars. We passed an 
old village on the south side, where the Rickarees 
lived five years ago, and raised corn in the bottom, 
around the village. We encamped on a sand beach 
6n the south side of the river. 
Sunday 30th. We set out early in a cloudy morn- 
ing ; passed black buffs on the south side, and hand- 
some bottom prairie on the north ; saw an Indian oti 
the shore, and the chief we had on board spoke to 
him. He said he wished to come on board and go 
with us to the Rees ; but we did not take him. The 
wind was fair and \vg made 9 miles by 10 o'clock. 
We saw a great number of Indians coming down to 
the river on the south side. We stopt for breakfast 
about 200 yards from the shore ; then proceeded a- 
bout a mile ; near to the place where the Indians 
were encamped on the south side ; we halted and 
spoke to them and then went on under a fine breeze 
of wind. 
A short time before night, the waves ran very 
