ABSTRACT
Camp 10 Ms. above the river Plate Monday, July the 23rd, 1804—
a fair morning—Sent out a party of 5 men to look to timber for Ores two other parties to hunt at 11 Clock Sent, G. Drewyer & Peter Crusett ½ Indn. to the Otteaus Village about 18 ms. West of our Camp, to invite the Chiefs & principal men of that nation to come & talk with us &. &., also the panis if they Should meet with any of that nation (also on the S. Side of the Plate 30 ins. higher up) (at this Season of the year all the Indians in this quater are in the Plains hunting the Buffalow from Some Signs Seen by our hunter and the Praries being on fire in the derection of the Village induce a belief that the Nation have returned to get green Corn) raised a flag Staff put out Some provisions which got wet in the french Perogue to Sun & Dry—I commenced Coppying may map of the river to Send to the Presdt of US. by the Return of a pty of Soldiers, from Illinois five Deer Killed— one man a bad riseing on his left breast. Wind from the N. W. [By William Clark, Co-captain of the Corps of Discover (Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals edited by Gary E. Moulton. All errors are original.)]
