. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 1^; THE MISSOURI RIVER JOURNALS 133 r- re nd ind pes are iiate pens Aubs, inter, in the t Fort borse- vere in vt home were so , handle jpt ftom ihop, at^^ ;ng.\athe. they he- ,ere dead, [same ^Nay, and ^our the river, 4opes can- then they Louis, had ty, and ^vas . tnounting I'icoC of tbe killed by aj ' t returned. August 7, Monday. Provost, Bell, and La Fleur started after breakfast, having waited nearly four hours for Bou- cherville. They left at seven, and the Indians were curi- ous to know where they were
. Audubon and his journals [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 1^; THE MISSOURI RIVER JOURNALS 133 r- re nd ind pes are iiate pens Aubs, inter, in the t Fort borse- vere in vt home were so , handle jpt ftom ihop, at^^ ;ng.\athe. they he- ,ere dead, [same ^Nay, and ^our the river, 4opes can- then they Louis, had ty, and ^vas . tnounting I'icoC of tbe killed by aj ' t returned. August 7, Monday. Provost, Bell, and La Fleur started after breakfast, having waited nearly four hours for Bou- cherville. They left at seven, and the Indians were curi- ous to know where they were bound, and looked at them with more interest than we all liked. At about nine, we saw Boucherville, accompanied by five men, all mounted, and they were surprised that Provost had not waited for them, or rather that he had left so early, I gave them a bottle of whiskey, and they started under the whip, and must have overtaken the first party in about two hours. To-day has been warmer than any day we have had for two weeks. Sprague has been collecting seeds, and Har- ris and I searching for stones with impressions of leaves and fern; we found several. Mr. Denig says the Assini- boins killed a Black Bear on White Earth River, about sixty miles from the mouth; they are occasionally killed there, but it is a rare occurrence. Mr. Denig saw the skin of a Bear at their camp last winter, and a Raccoon was also killed on the Cheyenne River by the Sioux, who knew not what to make of it. Mr. Culbertson has given me the following account of a skirmish which took place at Fort McKenzie in the Blackfoot country, which I copy from his manuscript. ''August 28, I834. At the break of day we were aroused from our beds by the report of an enemy being in sight. This unexpected news created naturally a confusion among us all; never wa»«a set of unfortunate beings so surprised as we were. By the time that the alarm had spread through the fort, we were surrounded by the enemy, who proved to be Assin
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