Finding that those people gave no provisions to day we deturmined to purchase with our Small articles of merchindize, accord we purchased all we could, Such as roots dried, in bread, & in ther raw State, Berris of
red Haws & Fish and in the evening Set out and proceeded on to the 2d Village 2 miles dist. where we also purchased a few articles all amounting to as much as our weak horses Could Carry to the river

Capt. Lewis & 2 men verry Sick this evening, my hip verry Painfull,

the men trade a few old tin Canisters for dressed Elk Skin to make themselves Shirts,

at dark a hard wind from The S W accompaned with rain which lasted half an hour. The twisted hare envited Capt. Lewis & myself to his lodge which was nothin more than Pine bushes & bark, and gave us Some broiled dried Salmon to eate,

decended to the Mississippi and down that river to St. Louis at which place we arived about 12 oClock.

we Suffered the party to fire off their pieces as a Salute to the Town. we were met by all the village and received a harty welcom from it's inhabitants &. here I found my old acquaintance Majr. W. Christy who had Settled in this town in a public line as a Tavern Keeper. he furnished us with Store rooms for our baggage and we accepted of the invitation of Mr. Peter Choteau and took a room in his house of Mr. Peter Cadeaus Choteaus we payed a friendly visit to Mes. Choteau and Mr Ogustus Chotau and Some of our old friends this evening.

as the post had departed from St. Louis Capt Lewis wrote a note to Mr. Hay in Kahoka to detain the post at that place untill 12 tomorrow which was reather later than his usial time of leaveing it