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Show 14! JOUHNAL. t~J the chan ~e. o[ ~1iet. Tbe valley is 1eYcl and llg-htly timbered \\ lt 1 Jd11l! .~nd spruce trees. The ~oil is thin except in ·u,tlo.: sn1.t!I phlins, whet'e it i of the fit·st q~!d lity. The ucij:,cent country aj_>pear · mnch' the S<llliC ; except tltctt on the river iL is l>l'okcn with hill'> and sonH.: rocks. In tilt valley thel'e arc o-t·eat quantit~C'"' of se rvi ct-bc~rry . bu ~bes . In the eve~1 ing we a tTived at the catHp ot out· hunters on a l'ivet· 41bout 100 yunb broad, a bra11ch of the C()lumhia. ~'he n<Ati~es say it is two cbys tn<u:ch to the gt·eat riVet'. VVl! l!llC'-~I'.1per! on a ~ma li ISb.nd ,,·ith Olll' htmtl:rs wi~o had kilkcl 5 cleel', which W<~S <\ Yel'y pl ·a~mp· cl.Ttlllbhncc to us; as the Indinn prori· sjons did not J~.t \:e witiJ us. Cai)tltin Cl.trke <~",, re all ~ the ~ick a d'J"le of R U!:>h's Pills, to sev whJ.t effect that wouid have. V\r e found sante of the natin::s htre upon tlte rivet' ns,.ing. • lVedne8da'J 25!.h. A fin~, pleasant, wnrm moming. fhe hunten; went out early and C"ptaiu ChH·ke l'ode ont to see if 1here Wel'e ar1 y trees to be found large .er,oug·l'. f1)r canoes. The nH::n in g·eneral :1ppear to b.(; g-ettmg- much l>t:t tn· ; but Ccl.ptaill Lewis is very hiCk and takin~~· m~·dicine ; and myseif and two or three of the m..:o arc v~,. t ver·v unwell. The climate h.:re i" wa.t·m ; <H>d tb · .. 1~.\t t0 (;ay was as ~n~at as we hc,dexpcn~ncec!.<~t ::IJ) llll'.~dnt·illg t he sun1mer. The .w art er ab.o. ts svlt ~d:cl wa.·m, and J1erhaps cause<; om· l1,H. L:>p?bH~un mor.: th.tn lT'Y thir, ~ eisc. In the evening C::tptalll Ch·.rh· i dlll'lled to catll p, ba dng discovered a plJce abnnt' 5 or 6 rniles clown the river, where a larg-e br,dtcll con1e~ in on tbe nonh !:iide that '"jll f'lrn.i~l, tin, J-:t· l.tl.'gc enouf.:h fot· out· purpose. Out· 11UI1LeJ·s al<.,oc 1111c ll1, and harl killed 1 othing- bntasmall p <.tn! hct· ~tnd •I !' ht:~l -~..! llt. The man who h«d rem:.tin· eel rat tl::.: fi":-,t \ iilug·e came up. , 'lli?.v s /,:'J 26,' /z. The.: mort1ing- was fin e ; ancl at' o cloc.~ \I ·.l.:iL Ulll' camp ; proceec!ed clown tile river about 5 rmks to the f01·ks ; and pilcbed our camp in JOURNAL. at:handsome small bottom opposite the point. A number of the nati\'es came down in small canoes, and encamped dose to us, fat· the p01·pose of fishing ; and while we were c:ncamping we: sctw a small raft coming down the north iot·k loadctl \vith fish . 'I'here appears to be a kind of shec:p ill this country, besides the Ibex or mountain sheep. and which have:: wool on. I saw some of the skins, which the natives had, with wool four inches long, and as fine, white and soft as any I had eve1· set.n. I also saw a bufl'aloe robe with its wool or· fur on as tine and soft as that of bea' 'Cl'. Captain Lewii procured this, whjch lve con· side red a curiosity, in exchange for anoth01r bufl'aloc robe. This band of the Flatheads have a greclt many beads and other articles, which they say thty got from white men at the mouth of this river; or where the salt w.tter is. 'fhey have a large stock of horses. Their buflaloe robes and other skins they chidly procure on the Missouri, when they go over to hunt, as there are no lmffalot: in this pal't or the COllUll'Y and very little other g-ame. The most of the men of this band are at present on a wat· expedition against some nation to the north west, that had killed some of the it• people ; as we: understood in our imperfect commu. nications with them. \Ve arranged our camp and made pt'epa r...ttions for makit>g; canoes. lriduy 27th. A fine warm morning. All the men, who were able were em played in making- canoes. About 10 o'cloc:l{ the man came in "ho bud gone to look for the horses, be had found one of them and killed a deer. I 1~d 111uch rcli<.:vecl from my indis· po~ition. In the e\·ening; the gre~1ter part of the w~ar 1 arty came in, and sorne of the pt incipal men r:tmc <Jnwn to out· can'[J. \ e could not l.llHkrstancl what thc>y l~ad done, as we conlrl c,nJy cmwu·se by signs. ~Ie· uals wert: given Ly the Cowmur..uini Officers to::> or I |