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and encamped at the Mouth of Ioway. The boundary [[lies?]]
and encamped at the Mouth of Ioway. The boundary [[lies?]]
of the Sioux and [[Homahood?]]
of the Sioux and [[Homahood?]]
30th Saturday.
Rained all night, the water up 4 inches. Found a
new species of large [[auice th?]] Wild Turkey.
Musquitos very troublesome. I am [[unclear?]] by 8 o'clock
and we hope for a dry day. Whip-poor-will and
night before last night Hawk been flying in good
numbers

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25 Sep Monday. Rained and blowed hard all night. wet and dirty. Started 1/4 past 10. hoped? Base hour? Gland? and laudy? at 5 for the night. 26th Tuesday. Cold and cloudy. Started early. Shot at a Pelican hoped? Harly Jack Riuss?at ll. abundance of Wily Geese Bell Killed a young Pelican. weather fairer but cold. Sprague Killed a goat. but it was left. Camped a few miles above Vermillion River. Harris saw Raccoon tracks on ?il? River. Raccooon tracks 27th Wednesday. Antilopes.: crossed out Cloudy but Calm, many Wood Ducks. Saw more Raccoon tracks. unclear?the Vermillion River at 1/2 past 7. My Badger got out of his casein the night, and we had to light a candle to secure it, which was effected by one of the men throwing a Buffalo Robe over it. We reached Fort Vermillion at 12 and were Kindly received by Mr Pascal: previous to this we met a Barge going up unclear? and commanded by a man named Sybell. and found out good old Huatas? Michaux on board. He asked me to take him down, and I unclear? him 20 $ per month to [[unclear?[[. we got 2 Barrels of meat? Sweet Potatoes, 2 of Corn, and fine young fat cow. 28th Thursday. Beautiful morn.. gave our order on the Company for the amount of our purchases. pay 11$ for the whole. I met here the young man who brought us the young Buffalo Calf at Fort George whose unclear??? Antilopes. File:Undelined Antilopes are found very scarce within 25 miles, after which we unclear? geese. left at 8 and landed 15 miles below on Elk Point. Cut up and startled?the cow. Hunted all hands?. Prouett? saw 5 Large unclear? Elkunderlined but the order being ?itive? east to unclear except at Malas? I saw a Indigenous? Large Buck who stood before us within 5 or 6 steps that my gun snapped and away he went, running toward the River and reached the Bank, and running across with its great antlers flat and on each side of his back. Its neck when I first saw the animal appeared as if about the size of a flour Barrel. Harris shot a female turkey. Bell and the others saw plenty of these but did not shoot at any as Buck Elk were the order of the day. The fall I had a few days previously on my Knee rendered me almost lame. 29th Friday. Rained almost all night. We crossed the River and encamped at the Mouth of Ioway. The boundary lies? of the Sioux and Homahood? 30th Saturday. Rained all night, the water up 4 inches. Found a new species of large auice th? Wild Turkey. Musquitos very troublesome. I am unclear? by 8 o'clock and we hope for a dry day. Whip-poor-will and night before last night Hawk been flying in good numbers