June 12, 1804

Today Lewis and Clark met three trappers, including Pierre Dorion.  Pierre Dorion was hired by the Corps of Discovery because of his experiences living with the Yankton Sioux Indians.
Journal entry by Clark

12th of June, Tuesday 1804
Set out early    passed Some bad Placies, and a Small Creek on the L. S. Called plumb Creek at abt. 1 me.    at 1 oClock we brought too two Chaussies one Loaded with furs & Pelteries, the other with Greece buffalow grease & tallow    We purchased 300 lb. of Greese, and finding that old Mr. Durioun was of the party we questioned him untill it was too late to Go further and Concluded to Camp for the night, those people inform nothing of much information
Colcluded to take old Durion [X: (who went accg)] back as fur as the Soux nation with a view to get some of their Chiefs to Visit the Presdt. of the United S.    (This man being a verry Confidential friend of those people, he having resided with the nation 20 odd years) and to accompany them on

 
Journal entries from:

Lewis, Meriwether, Clark, William, et al. September 4, 1806. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Ed. Gary Moulton. Lincoln: U of Nebraska Press, 2002.The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 2005. U of Nebraska Press / U of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries-Electronic Text Center. 5 Oct. 2005 .  http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?_xmlsrc=1804-06-12.xml&_xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl