JOURNAL. 23 
fotincl a gteat quantity of cherries, called by some 
choak-cherries. We encamped for the night on au 
island of Willows. 
Friday 20th, We embarked early ; passed high 
yellow banks on the south side and a creek, called 
the Water-which-cries, or the Weeping stream, op- 
posite a willow island, and encamped on a prairie on 
the south side. 
Saturday 2\st, We set out early. It rained this 
morning but we had a fine breeze of wind. There 
are a great many willow islands and sand-bars in this 
part of the river. At nine the wind fell, and at one 
we came to the great river Platte, or shallow river, 
which comes in on the south side, and at the mouth 
is three quarters of a mile broad. The land is flat 
about the confluence. Up tiiis river live three nations 
of Indians, the Otos, Panis and Loos, or Wolf In- 
dians. On the south side there is also a creek, called 
Butterfly creek. ^ 
Sunday 22nd. We left the river Platte and proc^d- 
cd early on our voyage, with fair weather. There is 
high prairie land on the south side, with some timber 
■on the northern parts of the hills. We came nine 
miles from the mouth of Platte river, and landed on 
a willow bank. The hunters killed five deer and 
caught two beaver. 
Monday 2^rd, Six men were sent out to make 
oars ; and two to a nations of Indians up the Platte 
river, to inform them of the change of govemhaent 
in this country, and that we were here ready to 
treat with them. We hoisted a flag, and sent them 
another. 
Our people were all busily engaged in hunting, 
making oars, dressing skins, and airing our stores, 
provisions and baggage^ W e killed two deer and 
caught two beaver. Beaver appear plenty in this 
part of the country. 
