BOURGEOIS - Toronto Public Library

FIRST EXPEDITION-1804.
The trading party meets with the" Lewis and Olarke "
expedition.-The Americans disliked by the Natives.­
The Mandans despise beaver hunting.-Kindness of the
Natives.-The American officers-The Mandans, as husbandmen.-Alarm
in the Mandan camp.
SECOND EXPEDITION-1805.
0001 reception by the N atives.- The Kind Old Ohief.­
Arrival of the Rocky Mountain, or Cm'beaux Indians;
grand festivities and speeches.- Difficulties with the
Corbeaux; the Old Chief gets the" white men" out of
trouble.-Mr. Laroque leaves for the Rocky Mountains.
-Origin of the Corbeaux, or Crow Indians; their language.-
Splendid harvest.- The return; sufferings in
Prairies.
SUPPLEMENT TO SECOND EXPEDITION.
The Great Festival of the Sun; cruel follies and excesses.­
Generosity of an Enasa chief.--Enasa hospitality.
THIRD EXPEDlTION-1805.
A war party of the Missouri Indians.-Death of a runaway
slave girl; cruel rejoicings.- Wholesale slaughter of
buffalos.-Mr. MacKenzie is abandoned by his men.­
Terrific snow storm in the prairie; great suffering.