Clark: September 14, 1806

Sunday 14th Sept. 1806 Set out early and proceeded on very well. this
being the part of the Missouri the Kanzas nation resort to at this Season
of the year for the purpose of robbing the perogues passing up to other
nations above, we have every reason to expect to meet with them, and
agreeably to their Common Custom of examining every thing in the perogues
and takeing what they want out of them, it is probable they may wish to
take those liberties with us, which we are deturmined not to allow of and
for the Smallest insult we Shall fire on them. at 2 P.M. a little below
the lower of the old Kanzas Village we met three large boats bound to the
Yanktons and Mahars the property of Mr. Lacroy, Mr. Aiten & Mr. Coutau
all from St. Louis, those young men received us with great friendship and
pressed on us Some whisky for our men, Bisquet, Pork and Onions, &
part of their Stores, we continued near 2 hours with those boats, makeing
every enquirey into the state of our friends and Country &c. those men
were much affraid of meeting with the Kanzas. we Saw 37 Deer on the banks
and in the river to Day 5 of which we killed those deer were Meager. we
proceeded on to an Island near the middle of the river below our
encampment of the 1st of July 1804 and encamped haveing decended only 53
miles to day. our party received a dram and Sung Songs untill 11 oClock at
night in the greatest harmoney.