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went out to hunt, and while we remamecUieve, killed 
three small deer. At half past 12 o'clock we pro» 
ceeded on again, and in a short time overtook our 
canoes with the hunters, that had gone on ahead, and 
killed three deer. In the evening we encamped in a 
handsome bottom, and a hunter killed another deer. 
Tuesday 2Qth, We set out early, and had a pleasant 
morning ; passed Teeton river, but saw no signs of 
the Teeton band of the Sioux nation. In the evening 
we passed Landselle's fort ; but found no persons in- 
habiting it. At dark we ensaniped after coming 
about sixty miles. 
Wednesday 27 in. We again had a pleasant day 
fthd embarked early : proceeded on till we came to 
the upper end of the Great-bend, and there stopped to 
hunt.* As our hunters saw no game, we in a short 
time continued our voyage round ttie bend ; at the 
lower end of which we killed an elk. As we were 
passing an island we saw a gang of buffaloe feeding 
on it ; when we halted and killed three of them, and 
encamped on the island for the night. 
Thursday 2S(/i. We had another pleasant day j 
* In a former geographical note (pa. 6S) we stated that 
lh« place where Mr. Thompson, Astronomer to the North 
West Compiwiy, took his observations hi the year 1798 to 
escertaijv the latitude and longitude of the northern bond of 
the Missouri, was near the longitude of the Mandan villages. 
If what ?rlr Thomson called the northern bend is the same 
with what Mr Gass calls the great bend (of which there 
ij^ppe.ars little doubt) the longiUide of the Mandan villages 
will be between two and three degrees west of the northern, 
or great bend; or in about longitude 104 degrees west of 
London, 29 degrees we&t of Philadelphia, 11 1-2 degrees 
Y/est of the mouth of the Missouri, and nearly 20 degrees 
east of tlK- mouth of the Columbia. This will still shew the 
great errors of those maps of Lpuisiana, which place the 
Mandan villBges 20 degrees west of tlie longitude of the 
corf^iuence of the Missouri and Mississip])i ; and less thati 
12 degrees east of that of the a^outh of the Columbia. 
