Editor's Note:
The expedition consisted not only of Cass, Doty, Schoolcraft and the men named in yesterday's entry, but also of 10 soldiers to provide protection, 10 French Canadian voyageurs to paddle and portage supplies, and 10 Indian hunters to provide fresh game. [Doty listed the Indians who set out from Detroit, and the English meaning of their names, on the last page of his notebooks:]
Mac-a-tawa-sim, Black Dog. Potawatomi. Disch[arge]d at Grosse point.
Wy-ang-ding, Sources of the Winds. Chippewa.
0-shash-e-ba-qua-to, Many Openings in the Clouds. Chippewa.
Wy-amg-boye-au-sha, Scattered by the Wind. Chippewa.
Wau-bon-e-qiiet, Pale Cloud. Chippewa.
0-me-ze-ke-ke-zchie, The Rays of Light Sriking the Earth.
Chippewa.
Mani-tou-waba, The Devil's View. Ottawa.
Ke-wa-cho-skum, Ottawa, chief.
Haep-san-ze. Ottawa.
James Riley, a Canadian, and Joseph Parks, a former Shawnee captive, came along as interpreters; a voyageur named Roy was their lake pilot, and a soldier named Baptiste the cook. Schoolcraft and Major Forsyth were in the governor's canoe. Schoolcraft says (p. 50): "We had three canoes in our little squadron provided with masts and sails, and a small United States pennant to each, so that the brigade, when in motion, and led as it usually was, by the chanting canoemen, had a formidable and animated appearance."
Location: Grosse Point, Mich.
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The wind continued strong from the N. E. and the swells were very high so that we remained encamped during the day. The men were occupied in gumming and fixing the canoes, and it was found necessary to arrange many other things, as the tents &c. In the morning the Governor returned to Detroit. Thermometer at 6 A. M. stood at 56.
