[William Clayton Journal] We have had no disturbance from Indians. We started at 6 o'clock and went on 5 miles to get better feed. We then halted for breakfast. The remainder of the days travel was mostly over Dog towns. A United States soldier came up to the wagons and went with us a few miles. He says there are 90 of them on the Island, surveying and looking out a place to build a Fort. We traveled 17 1/4 miles today then camped near a low bench of land where is plenty of grass and water, and willows for fuel. A number of the soldiers came over to camp. They say the Pawnees are perfectly enraged and savage and that the worst band of between 4 and 500 are on the north side the Platte about 40 miles below . . .
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
[George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
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