Three years among the Indians and Mexicans . y a pal-lisado, or picquet, about fifteen feet high. I found attached to it avery pretty garden, in which were peas, beans, sallad, radishes andother vegetables, under the care of a gardener, an Irishman, whoshewed it to me with much self-importance. I praised his manage-ment, but expressed my regret that he had no potatoes, Oh! saidhe, that does not signify; we can soon have them; there is pleantyjust over the way. I did not think the man was serious; but onmentioning the circumstances to Mr. Lewis, he told me that therereally were potatoes at an E
Three years among the Indians and Mexicans . y a pal-lisado, or picquet, about fifteen feet high. I found attached to it avery pretty garden, in which were peas, beans, sallad, radishes andother vegetables, under the care of a gardener, an Irishman, whoshewed it to me with much self-importance. I praised his manage-ment, but expressed my regret that he had no potatoes, Oh! saidhe, that does not signify; we can soon have them; there is pleantyjust over the way. I did not think the man was serious; but onmentioning the circumstances to Mr. Lewis, he told me that therereally were potatoes at an English Fort in the river St. Peters, onlyfrom two to 300 miles distant. Bradbury, Travels in the Interiorof America, Liverpool, 1817, p. 143. Bradbury was at the fort in1811. The Mr. Lewis spoken of was Reuben Lewis. Bradbury, whorode from the Arikara post to the fort in 1811 says that it was sevenmiles from the third Minitaree village; Chittenden says that it wastwelve miles. According to the map the latter seems to be correct. [i8o9] 33 H. formed. A stock of old and worthless traps hadbeen brought up the river, apparently to be put offon the Americans. They offered us these traps, 34 [1809] which we refused to take. They then endeavored todeprive us of the arms and ammunition belonging tothem, in our possession, and they succeeded in gettingfrom most of us all the guns and powder of theirsthat we had. Mine were taken from me with theothers, by order of the partners. I do not know thatall of them consented to this nefarious proceeding; Ihope and should have expected that several of themwould not sanction such conduct. But I heard of noprotest or opposition to the acts of the majority,who behaved toward us with a want of principle andof honor that would shame most gentleman robbersof the highway. They seemed determined to turnus out on the prairie and among the Indians, with-out arms, provisions or ammunition. Our situationin that event, would have nearly realized the one im-pl
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