Louis. He
was accompanied by eight men as far as Fort Osage, about one hundred
and fifty miles below Nodowa. Here he procured a couple of horses, and
proceeded on the remainder of his journey with two men, sending the
other six back to the encampment. He arrived at St. Louis on the 20th of
January.
CHAPTER XV.
Opposition of the Missouri Fur Company.-Blackfeet Indians.--
Pierre Dorion, a Half-Breed Interpreter.--Old Dorion and His
Hybrid Progeny--Family Quarrels.--Cross Purposes Between
Dorion and Lisa.--Renegadoes From Nodowa.--Perplexities of
a Commander.--Messrs. Bradbury and Nuttall Join the
Expedition.-Legal Embarrassments of Pierre Dorion.--
Departure From St. Louis.--Conjugal Discipline of a Half-
Breed.--Annual Swelling of the Rivers.-Daniel Boone, the
Patriarch of Kentucky.-John Colter.-His Adventures Among the
Indians.-Rumors of Danger Ahead.-Fort Osage.-An Indian War-
Feast.-Troubles in the Dorion Family.--Buffaloes and Turkey-
Buzzards.
ON this his second visit to St. Louis, Mr. Hunt was again impeded in his
plans by the opposition of the Missouri Fur Company. The affairs of
that company were, at this time, in a very dubious state. During the
preceding year, their principal establishment at the forks of the
Missouri had been so much harassed by the Blackfeet Indians, that its
commander, Mr.
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