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Wyffs on the south side, and continued on nine miles; 
and encamped. Two of bur hunters came in who 
bad killed a large elk. Captains .Lewis and Clarka 
did not return itiis evening. 
Sunday Some of the men went out to dress 
and bring in the elk. About 10 o'clock Captain Lew* 
is and Captain Clarke with the party accompanying 
them came to camp ; but had not been able to disco- 
ver any of those small people. The hill is in a hand- 
some praiile : and the party saw a great many buffa* 
loe n^ar it. About 1 1 we renewed our voyage and 
passed some timber land on the sp_uth side ; and black 
and white bluffs on the same side, we encamped on 
the north side opposite a creek called Pettit-Ark) or 
Little-bow. 
Monday 27th» Got tinder way at sunrise, and pan* 
sed white bluffs on the south side. At 2 we stopped 
for dinner^ and an Indian of the Mahas nation, wha 
lives with the Sioux came to us here, at the mouth 
of the Sacque river; and while we remained here 
two more came ia. A sergeant with our old French- 
man and another man went with two of the Indian* 
to their camps, and the other went with us in the 
boat. We encamped on a sand beach on the north 
side, 
Tu€9(lay 2^ A. We set forward early. The day 
was pleasant^ and a fair wind from S. E. At 8 we 
halted fo]p^ breakfast, wh^n our young Indian left us to 
go to his camp at a handsome prairie, gently rising 
from the river on the north side ; a small distance 
above which are beautjifful groves of C<^ton wood on 
both sides of the river. About 12 one of the perio- 
gues run against a snag which broke a hole in it. We 
then crossed to the south side to mend the periog^ue, 
and to wait to receive the Indians we expected ; and 
landed a little below some high bluffs. Our camp is 
in a wide l;K)Ui^> in which are large elm and oak 
trees. 
