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Astoria ; Moorish chronicles [chronicle of Fernando the Saint] (Works / Washington Irving)

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Book may have a large number of typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1904. Excerpt: … was once on his way up the river, renewed his open threat of shooting him the moment he met him on Indian land. The representations made by Crooks and M’Lellan of the treachery they had experienced, or fancied, on the a part of Lisa, had great weight with Mr. Hunt, especially when he recollected the obstacles that had been thrown in his own way by that gentleman at St. Louis. He doubted, due to this fact, the fair dealing of Lisa, and feared that, must they enter the Sioux country together, the latter might make use of his influence with that tribe, as he had in relation to Crooks and M’Lellan, and instigate them to oppose his progress up the river. He sent back, due to this fact, an answer calculated to beguile Lisa, assuring him that he would wait for him at the Poncas village, which was once but a little distance in advance; but no sooner had the messenger departed than he pushed forward with all diligence, barely stopping at the village to procure a supply of dried buffalo meat, and hastening to leave the other party as far at the back of as imaginable, thinking there was once less to be apprehended from the open hostility of Indian foes than from the quiet strategy of an Indian trader. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN It was once about noon when the party left the Poncas village, about a league beyond which they passed the mouth of the Quicourt, or Rapid River (called, in the original French, VEau Qui Court). After having proceeded some distance further, they landed and encamped for the night. In the evening camp the voyageurs gossiped, as usual, over the events of the day, and especially over intelligence picked up a number of the Poncas. These Indians had confirmed the previous reports of the hostile intentions of the Sioux, and had assured them that five tribes, or bands, of that fierce nation were in truth assembled higher up the river, a…

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