May 16th- Council with General Harney took place on 18th- Thence De Smet went to Salem to present the chiefs to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs-Later returned to Vancouver.
June 15th left Vancouver with the chiefs for the upper mi -ions - Arrived at St. Ignatius July 16th - Left for Fort Benton July 22d and arrived there July 25th - Left Fort Benton by skiff August 3d and reached St. Louis on the 23d of September.
Distance traveled, 5,284 miles.