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Show <136 1 . d .;CU:lS an Clarke's Ea:pcdilion From the forks of l1JC rhea.· nol'tlt 60o , . • to the point of a hill on the t·i·,.l t· t1 "est, flve nulcs '1 ~ 1 • trn soufh 80° nu es to a spot where the Jr • • West. ten h' h cree ~ Is ten miles w'd d . Jg lands approach within two 1 d d I c, an the :five miles to a narrow Jlart r tllun bre yards; southwest h o tc ot.tom· th . sout 70o west, two miles t o a creek on the' · ehn turmng south soo west three mil . t rJg t: thence } , es o a rocky point . t t.i cket of pines on the 1c f~ fi opposite to a ~.: •·om that plac miles to the gap where is tl .r • e west, three I . tc tountam of the M' . eavmg this fountain south 8oo • . Issouri: on dividing ridge to a rtln f, th '~est, SIX miles across the ' 1om e r1gbt · streams north 80o west f '1 passmg several small ' our m1 cs over bill d cast fork of Lewis's river h' 1 . Y groun to the ' w lC I Is here fort . t1 • Thursday !29. Captain (..;]· k . . Y yar s WHie. d ar e JOmcd us tJ · · ::.m we continued our b aJ .g am. s .trO l' hor Tnhs mornmg, fortunes of the Shosb onees make the sc,s· . elate mis- 1 . common, so that one h , . puce ugher than some powder and a I .:I se cost a pistol, one hundred bal1s, \.lll.te· another 1 kct, and in th · ' . was c langcd for a mus- IS way we obtamcd twent . thcmsehcs arc young a d . y-mne. The horses n vigorous but th and most of them I ' ey arc very poor, aave sore hac)· · roughness of the Sh h ,s In consccjuerwc of t1w ~'- os once saddle W a a raid of IoadioO' them t h . 1 • e arc tbereforc b oo eav1 y and at• . one at least for cacl c anxwus to obtain • • t man, to carry the I oo , h1mscH, or in the last mbgage, or the man resource to scr .r all our exertions we c ld ve as .~ood; but. with horses. \Ve have h _ou not provide all our men with ' ml ever, been fort . the last three days fii . unate 111 obtaining for h a su tment SU}lply of fl 1. aving killed two or tl d · esu, our hunters . uce eer every da Friday so. r-I'be weather was fi y. all our purchases, we loaded ~e, and having now made start. 'l'h oui horses, and p1•epared to e greater part of the b d journey on our acco t an who had delayed their tb un ' were also read t d en took our· leave ofth Sh Y o epart. We visit to the Missouri t t~ osbonee&, who set out on their by the old guide hisa"" e same tinlc that ,,.e accompanied ' ~our sons' and ane.•.L,. €r Indian, beg~n Up the .Missour.i. the descent or the river, along the same road which captain Clarke had previously pursued. After riding twelve miles we encamped on the south bank of the river, and as the bunters hatl brought in three deer early in the morning we did not feel the want or provisions. Saturday 31. At sunrise we resumed our journey, and baited for three hours on Salmon cr·cck to let the horses graze. W c then proceeded to the stream called Berry creek eighteen miles from the camp of last night: as we passed along, the vallies and prairies were on fire in several plaees 9 in order to collect the bands of the Sboshonces and the Flatheads, for their· jom•ney to the Missouri. The weather was warm and sultry. but the only inconvenience which we apprehend is a dearth of foodt of which. we bad to.day an abundance, having procured a deer. a goose, one duok and a prairie fowl. On reaching Tower creek we left the former track of captain Clarke, and began to explore the new route, which is our last hope of getting out of the mountains. For four miles the road, which is tolerably plain, led us along Berry creek to some old Indian lodges where we encamped fo1' the night.; the next day, Sunday, Septembet' 1, 1805, we followed the same road which here left the creek and turned to the no1·thwest across the hills. During all day we were riding over these hills,,from which are many drains and small streams running into the river to the left, and at the distance of eighteen miles, came to a large creek called Fish creek emptying into the Columuia which is about six miles from us. It had rained in the course of the day, and commenced raining again towards evening. We therefore determined not to leave the low gi'Otmds to night, and aft~r going up Fish creek four miles formed om· encamJ>ment. The country over which we passed is well watered, but poor and rugged er stony, except the bottows of Fish ct•ct~k, and even these are narrow. Two mtm were sent to purchase fish of the Iadians at the mouth. of the creek, and with the dried fish |