Journey from St. Louis to the Borders of Settlements along the Missouri, April 10 - April 22, 1833
Entry into the Missouri – St. Charles – Gasconade River – Portland – Osage River – Jefferson City – Marion – Franklin – Boonville – La Mine River – Pierre à [la] flèche – Grand River – Fox Prairie, where the Missourias were annihilated – Dangerous voyage – Bald eagle’s nest – Former Osage territories – We are stranded on a sandbar 9 miles from Fort Osage along Fishing Creek – Fort Osage – The Osages (Wassaschi) – Bluewater River – Violent thunderstorm – Liberty – Kansas River – The Kansa [Indians] – Indians recently settled here from the East – Dangerous situation – Little Platte River – The Iowas – Cantonment Leavenworth