t.

_February 10._ Hoisted the American flag in the fort. Reading
"Shenstone," etc.

_February 11._ The Sweet, Buck, Burnt, and others arrived, all chiefs of
note, but the former in particular, a venerable old man. From him I
learned that the Sioux occupied this ground when, to use his own phrase,
"He was made a man and began to hunt; that they occupied it the year
that the French missionaries were killed at the river Pacagama." The
Indians flocked in.

_February 12._ Bradley and myself with Mr. McGillis' and two of his men
left Leech Lake at 10 o'clock, and arrived at the house of Red Cedar
Lake at sunset, a distance of thirty miles. My ankles were very much
swelled, and I was very lame. From the entrance of the Mississippi to
the strait is called six miles, a southwest course. Thence to the south
end, south thirty, east four miles. The bay at the entrance extends
nearly east and west six miles. About two and a half from the north side
to a large point. This, may be called the upper source of the
Mississippi, being fifteen miles above little Lake Winipie, and the
extent of canoe navigation only two leagues to some of the Hudson's Bay
waters.

MANILA IN 1842

LIEUTENANT CHARLES WILKES

[During 1838-42 Lieutenant Wilkes commanded an exploring
expedition which was the first ever despatched for scientific
research by the United States. The instructions given by
Congress to the Commander said:--"The expedition is not for
conquest, but discovery. Its objects are all peaceful; they
are to extend the empire of commerce and science; to diminish
the hazards of the ocean, and point out to future navigators
a course by which they may avoid dangers and find safety."
The narrative of the expedition was published in five volumes
in Philadelphia, 1845. The extracts which follow are from
Vol. V., chapter VIII. From 1844 to 1874 the Government of
the United States published twenty-eight volumes reciting in
detail the scientific results of the expedition.]

At daylight, on the 13th of January, 1842, we were again under way, with
a light air, and at nine o'clock reached the roadstead, where we
anchored in six fathoms of water, with good holding ground.

A number of vessels were lying in the roads, among which were several
Americans loading with hemp. There was also a large English East
Indiaman, manned by Lascars, whose noise rendered her more like a
floa