Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-19

\. spssia,saa' o IT.: and again found should
s,,ilyI P :, move valuable to the e0m"u-
II tsl5 iarsstiga'i0 .,.;v. part of
Ioa Ill 'l, mr. private journal, The other
,uia Cl; y, soa 'inclosed 10 q separate TIN
4 you VIII ! u,o will serve to give you
ll a.; 51s' of our progress and trans
9o's, ,;.,,,ch 4 cauo. with three' per-
's'l o' sIsoos. from the extreme navi..
tout .I,P o. shs Missouri or the portage
tPoi is;s ! river and the Columbia r;vers :
' s., ~, nav first happen; by the return Of
ab'f al 7 !saIl send you ny Journal and
aaaos = ,wo of the best kept by my
.. 81 s % 's ssas Journal Kept BY one Of
.. la,s' 70 captain -ssod6sre at Fort
s.sau ord.r !, much as possible to null
tai ! = .s S,a Of saving something, we
p4 ~ .,r,oed our men TO keePJournais'
\, even Of them do 50; % whom 10 I'M. l,ls
wv g give every: assistance N our
w.. transmitted tqthe secretary at war
!. n Affirmation rela,iveto the geography
En- Z. . so u we possess; together with,
Wv d the Indian nations coasalalng
s.s relative to them, on those
49,, with nth which | conceive it important
lda' s, ", should be Informed.
s. r.f.r.ncs to the muster rolls forward
5 h. war department.. you will see
: -. Of the party; in addisionto which
4 =. Two interpreters, one negro man
.s,,',o CAPTAIN Clarke and one Indian
s ',, wife 10 Que of TIE interpreters, and
g,,dau man, whom wetake with. aiview
...o,e peacebetwcen the Snake indians
"A hose il this neighborhood, amounting,
/, ~, with ourselves TO 50 persons; by
h means If heinerpreters and Indians,
4 shall Be enabled probably to converse
li,b au,h. Indians we shall meet on. the,
Isi,,oun, Ihave forwarded to,the seere.
law 1t war, my public accounts rendered
II 10 the present day; they have been much
|Our.r DELAYED than had aay idea that they
koaId have been when | departed from the
Illinois; bas this delay under the circum-
|lances which I was compelled to act, has
|,u unavoidable. Thsprovislon perogue
|aiaercrew could no; have been dismissed
hume to have returned to ST. Louis, last
aI without evidently in my opioion ha-
aiding the fate of the enterprise in which
an engaged, and therefore did mol he
tate to prefer the censurs thar may have
nsurred, BY the detention ofshcss papers,
that Of risquiag many degree the sue
ess Of the expedition. The detention of
ISea pagers has been source of serious
Iisqules aaaanxiesy to ne, and the recol.
'sctlcn Of your particular charge upon tina,
ssa5ssi ha' made it:ti!l mare poignant
AN fully aware oErthe Inconvenience
Talch must have arises TO the war DEPART
n'rstron the want of these vouchers,pre.
siaa' % tie last session of congress; but
aosO aversltw was out of my power 10 de.
Use Fro9 this, place we shall send the
'Ig and crew early tomorrow morning,
si'ao = toproceed as expeditiously as
, 4 St.;Louis, by her we;send our
sIa which | trust wilkget safe to
.asa' Osi crew consists of ten able bodied
asa armed, and provided with suf-
! stock OF provisions to last them 20
: |. LOUIS; nave but little doubS they will
!, ,l.a a'sI On BY Die SiouSs, bar they have
VIZ, rSS themselves to US that they will no,
r., ~, salie there is man of them living.
'a'.n olsgags is allembafked on board six
!. ,' :. .Aa'ss, add TWO perogues; we shall
,,,.s (. es!ae same momeDs thar we dis
49, 49, ~ barge, ore or perhaps both of
4 NJ. s'oSSusa we shall leave at the falls of
1, sa's0url; from whence We iasend con,
DONE = ~ voyage IN the canoes and a Pc
rs ss !. SKINS, the frame of which was
as.' a hafper's ferry. This perogue
- -" 10 a sltnaiicr. thar vii, enahis ,s RI
n ,...., the course Of a few hours; as
i he s are now small, and the curren,
u ,r,,. ssf more moderate, we calculate