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Show T.4EWIS AND CLARKE'S EXPEDITION lJP 'l"'IIE MISSOURI. CHAPTER J. fisc p:.rty proceed in c:ulo(•s-dcscs·iption of nn Tuclinn swcnting bnth and burial }slacc-mauy daugcrou~ rapid:~ pa:~t>ct.l-uatTuw c~cupc..: of ouc..: of the cauocs-io the passage dowu they nrc visited by sc,•c r·nl Indians, all of whom manifest pneifio dlHJ!<u•i1i'"'" ' ' "'•"ripti'>n nf the SoknJk ts·ibc-thcis· cls·cHR, and manner of building houscs-thPir pn1·ifi1· 1:haractcr-1.1. ;,. h11bit11 of li \ ing-their morlc of boiling salmon-vnst quantities of salmon omon~st thl· Sokulkcouncil held with this tt·ibc-the lt·rrm· and coustcrnatwn c x cstl'U by C!tpt. nin Clarke, concerning whlrh nn intcrcstin!) cause is rel:ttcu-somc account Qf the Pisquitpaws-their moue of burying the dcacl. F•·iday, Octobet· 11,1805. 'I'u1s mot·ning the wind was t'rom the cast, and the ''rafh<·t· c..'louc.ly. '' <' sc.·t ouf rat·Jy. and nt the c.iisf an<•C o(' a mile an<} a hal fi'C~U:.h('d :1 point of I'Oc.·ks in a bend of the &·ivcl' towards the leff, twa~· to wlli<:h "as an old ]ndiau house, arul a. uwatlow on lhe opposile l'anl\.. Ht•t•c the ).ills c.·autr do\\ n lO\Htrc.b tile \\ <ll(' l', atHl fo•u •<·c.luy the l'O<:ks, whieh ha\'(' t'alJt·n ft·om th<.'i•· sitles, a •·apid OVf#l" which we dt·agged the uauoes. 'V c pass ·d, a mile and a. half f~t~·Uu••·, two indian lodgt>s in a IJ('ud I O\\ ard!-. the l'ight. and at six miles ft·om ou1· camp or Ia ·t cv•·niug •·e.ached the mouth of a b1·ook on the lert. Ju':lt ahovc this stt·cam we stopped fot• bt·t·akl'ast at a laq;e t•uc..:ampmcnt of ludians on the same side: we soon began to tt·ade "ilh them fot· a ttock of provisions, and were so fortunate as to put·ch<t.sc VOL. IJ. :R |