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370 JOURNAL OF ALEXANDER Ross

On the Men Traps Guns Horses Books

Mr. Montour 3 15 3 10 2

Vieux Pierre 3 15 4 11 3

Martine 4 14 5 20 3

Charles Gros Louis 3 16 4 10 2

13 60 16 57(?) 10

Jacques _1 5 3 7 2

Antoine Valles 17182

Clements 2 8 2 22 2

Prudhomme 2 12 4 10 2

Cadiac 4 11 4 7 2

Creverss 3 8 3 8 2

Geo. Louis Gros 3 12 3 9 2

John Grey 27272

Charles Loyers 26252

Antoin Paget 2 12 2 7 2

Robas Cass 4 16 4 13 2

Francois 2 9 2 11 2

Indian 2 9 2 10 2

43 173 ( ?) 50 181 34

Engages 11 33 12 50

Total 20 lodges 54 206 62 231

Many of these people are too old for a long voyage and very indifferent trappers. Iroquois, though good trappers, are very unfit for a Snake voyage, being always at variance with the whites, too fond of trafficking away their goods with the natives. More harm than good to our expedition. 1824, February, Wednesday llth.

All hands being assembled together and provisions scarce, we lost no time leaving Prairie de Cheveaux. Proceeded till we reached Prairie de Camass 3 and put up for the night. Sev-

3 Camas Prairie, to the eastward from the Horse Plains; the Indian trail went across the hills by way of this prairie, instead of around by the river as the railroad now runs. This trail is clearly shown on map in Stevens' Report, Pac. Ry. Report, Vol. 12, Part i, also an engraving showing this prairie.