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Show 12 Lewis and Cla1'1~e's Expedtlion the waves increasing every moment so mnch, that we could not move f rom tl. ..... ""' po•' w1'tb safety·· we thea·efol't' .f ixed o. ur- !elves 00 the beach h•ft by the ebb-tide, aiUI ~1avmg l'Uls~d tho baggage on poles, passed a disa.gt·ccable .•uJ.;ht, the •·am dut·ing the day having wet us com1>leteJy, as mdeed we have been 1'o1· some days past. Saturday 9. ~'ortunately for us, tl1e tide did r~ot rise ~s high as out· camp dul'ing the night; but bcmg ac- eompa.m.c c.1 by 1u. 1• f")l ,..,1'nds from the south, tlw canot's, t' ,. . which we could not place hcyond its rrach. were filled wath water, and were saved with much diffinuHy: our }>osition was very uncomfortahle, but as it was impossible to ~1ove ft·om it we ,vaited fot· a change of weather. It ramed, however' , du . I 1·ing the whole cl:::~y. and at two o'clot•k tn t 1e afternoon, the flood tide r;;et in. aecompanird by a high wind t•1·om the south. which, ahout four o'clock, shifted to the southwest, and blew almo!St a gale directly f1·om the sea. The immense waves now bl'oke over the Jllacc where we were encamped, and the large- trees, some of them live ot• six feet thick, which had lodged at the point, were drifted ovc1• our camp, and the utmost vigilance of every man could scarcely save our canoes from being crushed to l>ieces. \Vc remained in the water and drenched with rain during the rest of the day; our only food being some dried fish, and some rain-water which we caught. Yet, though wet and cold, and some of them sick fl·om using the salt-water, the men are cheerful, and full of anxiety to sec more of the ocean. The rain continued all night, and, Sunday 10th, the following morning, the wind, however, lulled, and the waves not being so high, we loaded our canoes and proceeded. 'I'hc mountains on the right m·e high, eovcred with timber, chiefly Jline, and descend in a bold and rocky shore to the water. 'V e went through a dctlp niche and several inlets on tbe right, while on the opposite side is a large bay, above which the hills a1·e close on the river. At the tlistance of ten miles the wind rose from the north ~ Up the JJfissouri. we~t and the waves bee am~ sn high that we were forced to rrhn·n fol' two miles ~n n. pJaee wh 'I'(' wr- could wifh safety unload. Illwe we landed at the mouth of a small s·un, and lmviug placed out• hng~n~c on a pile of drifted logs waited until low watct·. The J'iver then appeared mot·c ralm: we thcs·eforc started, but aftm· going a mile found the waves too high fot·out• canoes and were obliged to put te slam·e. We uuloadcd Hw canoes, and having 1Jlaccd the baggage on a J•ock aiJovc the r·each of tlae tidt·, encamped on some th·irt logs whh·h formed the only place where 'v~ could lie, the hills rising stc('p over om· heads to the hri~ht of five hundred 'oct. A II ou1· ·baggage a'l well as ourscl vcs were thOt·oughJy wet with the •·ain. whil'l1 did not cease during the day; it continued violt~ntly dul'ing the night, in the cout•sc of which the tide t•cachcd the lobs on which we Jay, and set them aUoat. 1\londay, 11. rrhe wind was still high t't•om the southwest, and th·ove the wav~s against the shot·c with great fm·y: the rain too fell in tort·ents. aml not only drenched us to the: 8kin, but loosened the stones on the hill sides, which then t•ame l'Oilin;; down upon u~. J n this comfortless situatiou we l'Pmaiued all d~1y wet, cold, with nothing but dried .fish to ~mtisfy our hunge1·; the canoes iu one place at the mere) of the waves; the baggage in anothc1•, ami all the men scatt et·ed on floating logs, Ol' sheltcrirag themselves in the ere ~ vices ol'the rocks and hill sides. A hunter was despatched in hopes of fimling some fl·esh meat, but the hills wc•·e !W steep, and cov~red with undcrg1·owt h and faJieu timber, that he couhl not penetrate them, and he was forced to return. About twdve o'clock we were visited by five Indians in a canoe: they came f 1·om abov•~ this place ou the opposite side of the r.ive~·, and theh· language much resembles that of the 'Vahl\.iacum: they ealletl themselves Cathlamah ·• In pet•son they are small, ill made, and badly clothed; thougb ono or them had on a sailor's rouml ja.cliet and pantaloons, vhicb, as he cxpJained by signs, he had t·cceivc(l f om th~ VOL, ll. J, |