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Show Lewis atld Clat·kc's Ex,.lre dL' tw' n, & c. tain Clarke when be first arrived and h known among t1Je Sboshonees b t{ e was afterwards The diseases incident to tl ! lC name of Cameahwait. d · liS state of life b pose to be ft.~w. and ehicfly the I' . 1 . ~nay e sup-were pat•ticulal'ly anxious to asc ·t ~su t of accHients. We knowledge or the vcncrc~ll <1' m dam whether they had any c lsor cr. After · · · means. or the intet'})I'Ctcr and Iu .s 'f' mqmrmg by WI c we lear t th sometJmes suffered ft·om 't d ' c n at they . . I ' an tiJat they t WJth Jt: nor couJU we dJ' scovcr whn t was tJ m· os usually die possible that this disease I ' , IeH· remedy. It is . . . may •ave rca.che.d th . CircUitous communications with tl I . em In their termcdiate Indians· but th . ~~ w ntes through the in- . ' c SJtuatwn of the Sh h so msulated. that it is not pt·obabl tl . os onecs is ed tbem in that way a d tJ • . e Iat It could have reach-among the Rocky m'ot nt . te exJstcnce of su<·h a disorder b . m ams seems ratl emg aboriginal. ' ter a proof of it CHAPTER XVll. The party, nfter procuring horses from the Shoshonees, proceed on their journey through the mountains-The difHculties nnd dangers of the route-A council held with anothct· b.anu of the Shoshonccs, of whom some account is given-They arc reduccu to the necessity of killing their horses for foodCl\ ptnin Cl:u·kc with a small party precedes the main body in cluest of food, and is hospitably t•cceivc<l by the Pier ced-nose lnclians-AtTival of the mnin body nnJOn gst this t ribe, with whom a council is hehl-They r esolve to per· form the t·emninllct· of thcit· journey in canoes-Sickness of the par ty-They dcscPnc\ the Kooskooskec to it.s junction with Lewis t'i"ct·, Aftet· passing seve· ml dnngct'OII~ r apids- Shm·t description of the mannct·s nnd dress of the Piercctl-nose Indians. August 27. WE were now occnpie(l in determining our route and procuring hot·scs l't·om the Indians. rrhe ol<l guide who had been sent on by captain Clarke, now confirmed, by means of our inteqH·etct·, what he had alt·eady assct•ted, of a road U\) Bea·ry et·eek which would lead to Indian establishments on another branch of the Columbia: his reports howcvea · were contl'adicted by all the Shoshonees. This representation we ~scribed to a wish on thci1· part to keep us with them <luring the winter, as wt.•.ll for the protection we migh,t afford against their enemies, as fot· the purpose of consuming our merchandise amongst them; and a the oltl man promised to conduct us himself, that route seemed to be the most eligible. \V e were able to procure some horses, though not enough for all OUl' purposes. 'l'his traffic, antl our inq uit·ies and councils with the Indians, consumed the remainder of the day. August 28. The purchase or hot·ses was resumed, anti our stock r~\iscd to twenty-two. llaving now crossed more thau once the country which separates tbc 'k.ead waters ol the Missout·i ft·om those of the Columbia, we can designate the easiest and most expeditious route for a portage: it is as follows: . •• |