Note:The Oto and Pawnee villages were about 40 miles away, up the Platte River, and contained about 2,000 people. For more information about these two nations in 1806, see Lewis's report to Thomas Jefferson, document AJ-090 in our American Journeys collection of digitized exploration narratives.
Wendesday July 25th
Continued Hear as the Capts is not Don there Riting. ouer men Returnd whome we had Sent to the [Indian] town and found non of them at Home, but Seen Some fresh Sine of them.
