[Footnote: Law, in his "Vincennes" (p.

32), makes the deeds of the drummer the basis for a traditional story that is somewhat too highly colored.

Thus he makes Clark's men at one time mutiny, and refuse to go forwards.

This they never did; the Creoles once got dejected and wished to return, but the Americans, by Clark's own statement, never faltered at all.

Law's "Vincennes" is an excellent little book, but he puts altogether too much confidence in mere tradition.