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Show Le1.Vis and Cla1•kt' s Expedition on fish and wappa1oo roots. 'Ve found, however, as we hoped, some elk ffi(•at: after dining on some f1·esh fish and 1·oots, which we purchased ft·om them at an immod(•rate price, we coasted along a deep bend of the rive a· towards the south, and at oigl1t ('ncamped under a high hill; all thf': ''ay ft•om the village the land is bigh. and has a thiek gt·owth of pine balsam. and other timber; but as it was still raining very haa·d, it wai with difficulty we procuretl wood enough to make fire • Soon after we landed, three Indians t't·om the Cathlawah village came clown with wappa•oo roots, some of which we purchased with fish-hooks. At da)libht the next morning, W cdnesday ~7, eleven more came down with provisions, skins and mats for sale, but the prices were too high for our reduced finances, and we bought nothing. As we were 1•reparing to set out we missed an axe, which was found undel' tbe robe of one of the Indians, and they W(WC all pt·ohibitcd in consequence from followiug us. 'Ve went on in the 1·ain, which had continued through the night, and passing between a number of islands came to a small river, called by the Indians Kekcmahkc. We afterwards came to a very remarkable lmob of land, projecting about~" mile and a half towards Shallow bay, and about four miles round, while tho neck of laml which connects it to the main shore is not more than fifty yards wide. We went round this tn·ojcetion, which we named }Joint William; but the waves then became so high that we could not venture any farther, and we therefore landed on a beautiful shore of pebbles of various colours, ami. encamped near an old Indian hut on the isthmus. In drawing our canoes in sh01·c, we had the misfortune to make a split two feet long in one of them. 'l'his isthmus opposed a formidable bar·ricr to the sea, for we now found that the water Llelow is salt, while that above is fresh and well tasted. It r·ained hard during the whole day; a continued all night, and in the morning. lip the Missouri. 81 1.,hursdny 28, be~an more violently, attended with a 1aigh wind from the southwest. It was now impossible to pro-C(' Cd on so rough a sea. W c therefore sent several men to bunt, and the rest of us remained during the day, in a situation the most cheei'less and uneomf(H'table. On this little neck of land we arc exposetl with a miserable covering, which docs not (lcserve the name of a shelter to the violence of the winds; all our bedding and stores, as well as ou1' bodies are completely wet, our clothes t·oUing with constant exposure, and no food except the dried fish brought from the falls, to which we are again reduced~ The hunters all returned hungry, and drenched with t•ain, having seen neither deer nor elk, and the swan and b1•ant too shy to be approaehPd. At noon the '"ind shifted to tho nor•tbwest, and IJlew with such trcmendou9 fury that many trees were blown down near us. This gale lasted with short intervals during tho whole night; but towards morning, Friday. 29th, the wind lulled, though the rain conti. nued, and the waves were still high. Captain Lewis took the Indian canoe, which is better calculated for rough wea thm·, and with five men went down to a small bay below us, where we expect to find elk. rrhree other men set out at the same time to hunt in different directions, and the ·est remained round the smoke or our fires drying leather . ' m oJ·d<.•r to make some new clothes. 'rhe night brought only ·t continuation of rain and hail, with short intm·vals of fair weather, till in the morning, Saturday, 30th, it cleared up about nine o'cloel<, and. the sun shone for seYet·al hours. Other hunters were now ~cnt out, and we passed the remaindet· of tbo day in drymg our merchandise so long exposed. Several of the men com1•lain of disorders in their bowels, which can be as~ oribcd only to their diet of pounded fish mixed with saltwatct•: and they at·e thcrefote directed to use tor that pm·· pose, the fresh water above the point. The bunters had |