Journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States, from the mouth of the river Missouri through the interior parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Containing an authentic relation of the most interesting transactions during the expedition,--a description of the country,--and an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate, curiosities and vegetable and animal productions

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12& JOURNAL. c~ught fomc small fish. in the night .. The nati·1es t<\kc thdr fisll h: spean?g thenl : . thetr spears for tLi's purpose are poles With .bones h~~d t~ ~the end of them, with w h1ch the:y s.tnke the fi:,tL I hey b,\\'e uut four guns ~n the uatwn, . and catch p;oats a.nd some othct· amma1s by runmng them c.own '\ llh 1 10 rs<:>s. The dresses of the women are a kind of shi.fts made of the skins or these goats and mon11lain 5 heep, which come clown to the mic.lt1k of the l<.:g. Some ofthcm hare robes, but others none. Some of the men haYe sh~rts and some nre witl out any •. })orne also have robes made of bcaYcr and buffalue sh.ins ; but there are few of tile for::uer. I saw ont: ,-11ade of ground ho£" skins. Satl .. rday 24th. \ V c had a pleas :;:~;t t 1o··ning ant; ~nme cf the men went ol.:.t to hunt. The rin·r at this pl::u.:c is so confined by the mount~ ·ns that it is nc•t Jnore than 20 yards "'ide, and very r:..pid. The n".:~u 11 • tains on the sides are not less than I OvCJ feet bi ,.,.h and ·ery ~teep. There arc a few·p~t es growing- m;-.,thct11 '\Ve caught some small fish to day, and our hunter!' 1diled 5 prairie fowls . These \\'Cl'G all we had to ~ubsist on. At 1 o'clock Captain CIGrke :mel Li· party returned, after having been duv,rn the t irtr :.\\>OUt 12 I?iles. They found :t was r.ut pos:1iblc to !"'O down either by land or .... , at~r, "' ithot1t n drh risk ,_~nd troulle. The water i·.:i so r~pid UllU t H! bccl or ti~c ri.ver so rocky, that going; by \r:.ttcr appc~~l't dim­;> tactlc~ble; aud the .mouutain~ ~o ~~mazingly l!i~l1. ;,teep and rocky, that lt seemctl :tmpossiblt to Po alon?; the l'i~·er by land. Our guide speak~ of a \':<..}- tu st::., QY gmng up th_e south fork of this ri vcr, gdtin~; ou to the mounta~ns th3t way, and thcu tUt'I1l'l1'" to the l . )) sout1 west ag;am. Captain Clarke t herefore wrote a lettel' to Captain Lewis, and dispatched a l!lan o!l' 11ors~back to _nicct ltim ; and we all turned b:1ck lJP the n ver ~'\:_;um, poor and uncom ro~tablc ~nou ih· ~~- JOCI..KAL. I2 t ,,.e had nothin o- to e·•t ·.,n.l tl . ~ ... ' c• u H:rc IS n . proceeded up about S miles , . o P, 1m c. V L r st for the nin·11t ' di,d Stljtl>crkss 'rci;l lo ~· . .sun. day '25th. \Yc set Ollt c. d 1 J\- 'T d 1 I fi mot·mn~· ; passed the T nui·m c . . <l ' lH a me tls a little dried salmon . .. 1 amp,'~ lwrc they g-ave OYCl' the mountains So' dllC l pmci.. ~dc.;d ht~ , k ag~in · .... me lUIHei·'5 " <:tncl ,,bou t '1 o'clnc lr ~,'(' ( t \vent ()11 ahe~d v ~ " ' ' . ' I ( ) 0" ~I' t I ' [; ' . nntl cnce:u 1ped in they· 11 .. ~1, . lc om motmtam ~ 1 l 11 ... l \ · \\ o rr ell , 1 ant a, th~.; rcc,t to li;:,IL · \\.,.. " . 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