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Show Le-wis cmd Cla1·ke'~ E~]Jedition At Portage creek captain Clark.- r.omplctru the earhe, in whjch we deposited whatever we could S])ar·c from our baggage; some amm1:1nition. provhious. hooks. the S]><'<·imens of plants and minerals, and a dt·aught. of the river fr·om its entrance to fort Mandan. After closing it he broke up the encampment, and took on all the remaining baggage to the high plain, about three miles. Portage <'r·eck has risen considerably in consequence of the J•ain, ami the water had become of a deep crimson colour. and ill tasted; on overtaking the canoe he found that there was more baggage than could be carried on the two carr·iages, and thcn·fot·e left aomc of the heavy articles which could not be injul'ed, and proceeded on to Willowrun where he encamped for the night. Here they made a supper on two buffaloc which they killed on the way; but passed the night in tlJC rain, with a )Jigh wind from the southwest. In the morning, Saturday 29, finding it impossible t.o reach the end of the portage with their present load, in con~equence of the state of the road after the raiu, he sent back nearly all his party to bring on the articles which had ber.n left yesterday. Having lost some notes and remarks which he had made on first ascending the river, he dctcrmi- . ned to go up to the 'Vhitebear islands along its banks, in order to supply the deficiency. He there left one man to guard the baggage, and went on to the falls accom1>anicd by his servant York, Chaboneau and his wife with her young child. On his arrival there he observed a very dark elould rising in the we~t which threatened rain, and looked around for some shelter, but could find no place whm·e they would be secure from being blown into the river if the wind ~hould prove as violent as it sometimes docs in the plains. At length about a quarter of a mile above the falls he found a deep ravine where there were some shelving rocks, under which he took refuge. They were on the upper side of the ravine near the river, perfectly safe from the rain, and therelore laid down their gWis, compass, and other al'tieles whieh ifp the .Missou?'·i. they carried with them. The shower was at first moderate, Jt then increased to a heavy rain, the eflects of whidt they did not feel: soon after a torr·enl of raiu and h<lil descended; 1h e rain seemed to full in a solid mass, anti instant].y collect-ing in the J•avine <'amc rolling down in a dt·cadt'ul cUJ·rent, cat·r·ying the mud and roeks, and cve1·y thing that opposed it. Captain Clarke fot·ttmat.ely saw it a moment before it reached them, and iJH'inging up with his gun and shotpouch in his left hand, with his risl•t clamber·rd up the steep bluff, pushing on the Indian woman with hct· <·hild in her arms; her husband too had seized her hand, and was pulling bet· up the hill, but he was so t.enificd at the danger that but for captain Clark, himself and his wife and thild would have been lost. So instantaneous was the rise of the water, that bcfot·e captain Clarke had reaclted his gun and began to ascend the hank, the water was up to his waist., and he eould scarce get up fastct• than it rose, till it reached the height of fifteen feet with a furious current, which had they waited a moment longer would have swrpt them into the river just above the great falls, down "hich thry must inevitable have been precipitated. 'l'hcy reached the plain in safety, and found Yot·k who had separated ft·om tl1em just befot·e the stot•m to hunt some buffaloe, and was now returning to find his master. '!'hey had been obliged to escape so rapidly that capHtin Clarke lost his comJ>a sand umbrel. la, Chaboneau left his gun, slwtpoueh, and tomahawk, and the Indian woman had just time to grasp her child, before the net in which it lay at her feet was caa·t·ied down the current. He now relinquished his intention of going up the t·ivet• and returned to the camp at Willowrun. Here he found that the party sent this morningfol' the baggage, had all re· turned to camp in g•·eat confusion, leaving their loads in the plain. On account of the heat they generally go nearly naked, and with no eove1•ing on their heads. 'l"'he bail was so la1·ge and driven so furiously against them by the high winu, that it knocked aeveral of them down: one of them particulal'ly was |