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Show 104 JOCR1\AL. an<l c.lr.1 • .in I t'\lS hacl to bleed him with :1 pcnknif::-, } :.1Yi 1~;; ·:·,1) ;)tbu· instrument ctl ~!1is _camp. C.1i,tain C: .~ 1\.t,; P1~.l":>11 red the l en ~-~th of thiS !)•)l't.\f:;l.! ac~uL. l ·h· ~ nd found it to b~ 1 S t11l!c:;. 1!-.! ctbO illC,.l SUr(!~ l ~he hei .~·ht of the L· lls, nnd f~>und Lh~1 .1 in a rli~tance of l r mi:es 3G2 fen 9 incLe·1. '1 l1e first great pitch ~8 feet, the scconJ _1 9 [ ' et, t1\e tLirJ ·17 feet 8 inches, the font th 2G It Lt; :mel .\ lllllll:Jel' of small pi tel cs, amountin:_s al tof)·;.:thcr to 3 62 fe ·t 9 inchts. Tlmrsdm; 27th . A fine dr.y. The men w~ nl back for the rcmaiuing canoe and ba~;~.;~..;. Till.! si c !~ man is become bett~.;J'. This lJ101'lling some d!~ C'tme close to cJmp ancl we kil!eJ two of th e c1. 1:) ti1e afternoon a clrcd.dful I :lil stonn c .• mc on, wh1ch i«s:cc! h.df an bout·. Some of the lmnps or i(C Lh:~t fell wt::ig·hed 3 ounce<>, and measured 7 inches in circnm· fer~nce. The ground W ~ts ccvt:rcd wili1 thern, as W!~ite as snow. It kept cloudy during the evcnin~ and ::>ome rain fell. At nig·ht the two huntet'S th<.t \rtnl up the rircr retm·ned. They had kilLtl while oul 9 elk and 3 bears. Fn.day ';;,8!11. A fine 1norning-. There are but G persons now ~t this camp, but aU busy about the boat; some shavin~ skins, son c sewiu3· them ~ ~)fj·ethcr j and sora~ prep•u·i:..1g; the wood part-. SatunlaJ 2 Jt/l . \ V c h<tcl a YCi'Y hQrd gust of wind ancl r"\ill in the morning· ; but a iinc forenoon after it. Captain Lewi'l ancl n hunter went down the rin:l' •• bo:.rt 7 n~iles, to s<.:e a Yery large sprir1g which rise:> 0ut of the b~ml· of the ~1is5out·i on the ~outh :;ide. ln the afternoon there was another htavy sho-.,.vt:L' or n.in, and after it a fine e\·ening. C:1ptain Lewis came to camp, but drenched \Yith rLtin. Sunday 30th. A fine moming, and hc'.tvy dew, which is Yery rare ia tbis count~-y. The rn<.:ll witlt the canoe and bagga~c did uot return, as \Vc cxlL~~ t'.:d. , :'! fowlr :; l ~t .I'd:', 1 S0.5. A. fine d<w. ~n the af-t e ~!l')0'1, {'aptain ClC,ti'kc au~.l :h~ n1en. ('am, Y~ it:1 a:l the ba;;! ·"_;;e except some tlwr h. cl kl't r:ix mi~I.!S 'J: ,·k. 1 nc h <~ il t'1<:l f'tll C•'1 th~ .27'tb hurt ' .. umc l); ih1~ men 'try badly . C:tllt.liil ( l.lr 1.;:e-, t:~r..: ira:.._ rp:·cte r ,_ aJ,d til~ ~qnaw ancl c hild, !1:1d gone t > ~ce tht> ~p!·m.; at tl e 1~111~; a 1rl wh ·:)tit~ ·tnrm ber; :t!' , th:.y look hclt.:J' ur: dcr a h.mk t.t the mouth o ;~ 'l • u:1; Gttt in ir\e min (ltt''i th-:re lv.:s S~\·en fc. l 1-\:\t :::· in the l'l111; awl they \lt!l'e \'ety rear b il s· 5\\li): (l',>ay. Th"y lost a g·m, an umbrc:lb :mel a. ' n;·veyca '::;comf>..! ss. ~mel b ;u cl~· ( ·,f:dl')c' . ith their hH·s. '.1'! e.r:day '2•ul . • - Ji11e r~wrninc.?,·· The f~ur.,.·eyor's ~ompa%, \\ nich b·;ri !):: ·;, lost W<'.~ fc i.1~rl trJ cia·,·. The mLB \',{; !!~ G"!t r(Ji' d (.; :-:H~ -~ :q~c Tl'- ~ .i h h,>l t>cen left on the "dy, rt'H1 1;0L in .~: tL the wi1o: :: of ir, .md c .tl10e!3 S ..tf't:. In the c-..·cni:-~ ;.s·, the most of the corps crossed over to an isldnd, to att~ck and rout its monarch, :1 hl'r-e • ) brown beae, that held posseso.;ion and s~t:!iJ l d to .. lery all that would attempt to besL;~e 1-:im tllcl'(;. O'.ll,· troops, however, !-- tormcd t rJe pltcc, ~-! vc no q 1arter, nncl its commander fell ()11 • 'H n1 v r_t lll'n .. d the same evening; to c~n:r.1p witl,o .~t l: ..... i~g Hllf 1·~<1 ~n$' loss on their sidEt. 1Vt•dnesday Jl'cl. A fine morn!n~;. I W:l~ 5o eno-age( l '' ith tb<.! boat, th <tt I had n ,~ vi .!ted t '1 ..: ':t!!s. 0 I th,~r f(,re set out"' ith on· of l. c 1, U 1 to d .1y fol' that purposl!. l found the 2nd p: ~c i1 the mo:;t i)canti ''11l, thour-;h not lhe highest. .About a mil<- l.Klow th ·upper pitch, the largest an.cl mo"t l)l ,tllt1l'nl ~pring- ri-;cc:; out of the hank of the :\li , ...; <.'tll·i on t.lc ::.~utb ~1de that I ever beheld. YV e ha{l t. li i!ilt ~lJO \' ct· f)f nin. Dnrin~ this cxcur<ii m I ~ ~\1' mCJI'~ Ltd't:t'o'? th ;p I h::.d seen in any d<n· pt'• \ iuus: WC kiilu1 7 r,f I ·''lll ht:forc lve retut·ned to ca1np. We also sa'' 2.> wolvt.s in one :~:mg· or· pnck. Tbun(:a'J 4tlz. A fi.Qe day. A pal't of the n1en W'.:re |