McKenzie, Charles. The Mississouri Indians, 1809. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0009
[In a different hand; on different paper]
Second Expedition
1805
Cool reception of the Natives. The Kind Old Chief. Arrival of the Rocky Mountain or Corbeaux indians; grand festivities; Speeches. Difficulties with the Corbeaux[.] The Kind old Chief gets the "White Men" out of trouble. Mr Larocque leaves for the Rocky Mountains. The return, sufferings in the Prairies[.]
In the course of our first Expedition to the Mississouri, having seen Several Rocky Mountain Indians, we made enquiries regarding the State of their Country, its trade &c[.] We learnt that beavers were as numerous in their Rivers as Buffaloes and other large animals were in their plains or meadows, which account was confirmed by an old Voyageur lately from that quarter[.]
In consequence
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