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Show is 50 Lewis and Cla1·1~c's EXj)Cdition In many places we had nothing to guide us except the branches of the trees which, being low, have been rubbed by the burdens of the Indian horses. 'l'J~e road was, lili:e that of yesterday, along strcp hill si,Jes, obstrudcd with fallen tim. her, ami a ga·owth or e ight different species of I>ine, so thick• ly strcwetl tha.t the snow falls fa·om them as we pass> and li:ccps liS (•ontiuually wet to the skin, and so cold, that we arc anxious lest our feet should be frozen, as we have only thin moccasins to drfcud tlwm. At noon we halted to let the hot·ses feed on some long grass on the south side of the mountains, and endeavoured by making flt•es to keep oUt·sclvcs warm. As soon as the l10rscs were refreshed, c·al>1 ::tin ()Iarke went ahead with one man, and at the distance of six miles reached a stream fa·om the right. and pl'epared Jit·es by the time of our al'l'ival at dusk. \Ve here encamped in a piece of low ground, thickly timlHwed, but scarcely hu·ge enough to permit us to lie level. \Vc had now made thi1·tecn mile • \\rc wct·c all ver~• · wet, cold, and hungry: but although before setting out this morning, we had seen four deer, yet we could not procure any of them, and were obliged to JdJJ a second colt for om' supper. Tuesday 17. Om· ho1·ses became so much scattered dul'ing the night, that we were detained till one o'clock before they were all collected. We then contjnued our route over high l'ough knobs, and several drains and s1nings, and along a ridge of country separating the wate1·s of two small rivers. The t·oad was still diffic ult, and several of the horses fell H.ntl injured themselves vc•·y much, so that we were unable to advance more than ten miles to a smalJ stream, on which we encamped. \V c had kiJJctl a few pheasants but these bcinl)' insuffi- • , l) CJent f'or our subsjstence, we killed another of the colts. This want ol' provisions.., and the extreme fatigue to which we were subjected, and the dreary pr·ospects before us, began to diSI)irit the men. It was therefore agreed that cap-lip the JJlissuuJ·i. 451 tain Clarke should go on ahead with six hunters, and endcavout• to kill something for the support of the I)at·ty. lle the~·cfoa·c set out, Wcdnesda.y 18, early in the mot·ning in hnpcs of finding a level <~ouut•·y fl'om which he might send ba.ck some game. His route lay S. 85° ,y, alont~ the same high dividing t•idge, and the road was still vct•y bad; but he moved on rapidly. and at the distance of twcnt.v rnilrs was rejoiced on <liscovea·ing far off an ('Xt.cnsivc plain towar·ds the west and soutla west, bouudc·d by a. high mountaiu. lie halh.•d a.n hour to let the horses cat a. lit tl<.~ g&·ass 011 the hill sides, and then went on tweh'e an•l a. Jwlt' nailc·~ fill he rcachecl a. Lwltl creek' t·unnin~~· to the Jcrt, on whida la c cncamllCd. To ..., this sta·c:un he gave the H'I'Y appl'Opriate tlilllll~ or Huu-gry et•cck; fo1· haYing l•l'ocurcd no game, th('y had uothiu;; to eat. In the meantime we were dctainccl till after eight o'clock by the Jos ' of OllC Of OUI' hOI'SCS which had Strayc<l away ancl could not be round. \Ye l ht•n 1wocceded, but havinoo soon fiuishcd the rcmaindct· or the colt killed yesterday, f~lt the want or provisions, which was more sensible from om· meeting with no wa.tet·, till tow:u·ds nightfall w~ found some in a ravine among the hiJJ s. Uy pushing on oua· horses almo 't to thcit· utmost sll'cngth, we mauc eigh-teen miles. \Ve then melted some snow, ami supprd on a. little por-ta. blc soup, a few canistct·s or whidt, wilh about twenty wcir~"ht of heal'S oil, aa·e ouL' 1,nly l'cmaining means or ~ . ~ subsistence. Oul·_guns al'C scaa·ccly of any SCl'VlCC, or there is no living creature in these mountains, excc11t a few smau 1 )hca.sant ·, a small species or gt·ay squil'l'el, and a blue bil'd or the vulture kind about the size or a turtle dovo or jay, aud even these m·c diflicult to shoot. . 'rhursday 19. Uaptain Clarke procet·llcd up tho creel,, along which the road was mot·c steep and stony than any he had ye.t passed. At six miles distance he reached a small |