very particular claiming attention we lived contentedly and became intimate with the gentlemen of the American Expedition who on all occasions seemed happy to see us, and always treated us with civility and kindness[.] It is true Captain Lewis could not make himself agreeable to us[.] He could speak fluently & learnedly on all subjects but his inveterate disposition against the British stained, at least in our eyes all his eloquence[.] Captain Clark was equally well informed but his Conversation was always pleasant, for he seemed to dislike giving offence unnessarilly…[.]

The mississouri was free of ice the Second of April April[.] Then the american Gentlemen sent off their Twenty oar Boat with ten men for the United States and on the 8^th Following the Expedition proceeded up the River towards the Rocky Mountains[.] It consisted of one large Perroque, and seven small wooden canoes – containing the Commanding officers, Thirty men, and a woman[.] The woman who answered

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