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Show Lewis and Clw·Tcc' s E;tpcdition ·we "ould all remove our camp this evening; but the raiu 'vhich had continued during the night Jastrd an nrxt oay. anfl was aecom1mnicd by so high a wind ft·om the soutura t and south, that we darcc.l not risk our canoes on the water. It was high watct• at eleven o'clock, whf"n the SJH'ing-tidt> rose two feet higher than the common fiood-tidcR. )Vc J>aS· sed the day around out· fires, and as we al'c so sit uatcd tha1 tbc smoke wil\ not immediatt>ly leave the (•amll, we m·c ver~· much incommod<•tl. and om· ryes injur·cd by it. None''. has ~et been t•rc<·iv •ll l't•om ca}ltain Lewis, and we begin tu ltave much mH·nsinc~s ('or his safety. Thursday, Ucccmbrt• 5. It rained during the "holt nig11t, and this m01·ning tho •·ain and high wind compelled u 1 to remain nt out· camp. Bcsid~s the inconvenience ot' being thus stopped on our •·oute. we now found tba.t all out• stores and bedding al'C again wet with ruin. The l1igb water was at twelve o'clocli. and rose two inclu~s beyond that of yestt•rday. In tl1e afternoon we wea·e t'('Joict'd at tllc return of' m\l)tuin Lewis, who came in a canoe with tht·ee of his men. the other two be-ing left to guard six elk ami live deer which they had killed: he had examined the coast, and found a rive1· u short distance below. on which we might en· camp during the winter, with a suflicieney of elk for oul· subsistence within 1·each. This int'ot·ma.tion was y(•ry satis· factory, and we decided on going thithet• as soon as we could move from the point; but all night and the following day. Friday 6. it 1·ained, and the wind blew bai'(J l't·om the southwest, so that the sea was still too rough for us to pl'lt· cced. The high-tide of to-day rose tbia·teen inches higher than it did ycstet•day, and obliged us to move oul' camp to a high situation. Ilct·~ we remained waiting for bettrr woa· iJ,,.,. ~~i about claa·k the 'viml shifted to the noa·th. and the ---~' eky w~\s ch·at·. \V c had now some pl'ospect of being able tt leave om· situtttion, and indl'cd although some rain fell in the c!mrsc of the night, the next morniug, Up the .Jllissouri. 9J. ::;~ttnrflay 7, was fail'; we thorcl'o,·c loaded our canoes, and proceeded. But the tide was against us, and the wavo very high, so that we wel'e obi iged t.o proceed slGw ly and cautiously. We at length turned a point, and found out·sches in a deep bay; hcl'e we landed fot· breakfast, and wert~ jftincd by the party sent out three days ago to look for the six elk. Iu seeking for the elk they had missed their W<ly for a day an«\ a haH~ and when they reached the Jllaee, found the elk so much spoiled that they ln·ought the sldns only of f'onr or tJu~rn. After breakfast we coastctl round the bay, "hich i ~ about fou•· miles across, anti receives, besides several small Cl' eks. two rivet'S called by the ln"ians, the one Kilhowana~ ltel, tho othCI' Netul. 'Ve eallcd H Me1·iwetlwr's bay, fn11n the clu·istiu.n name of captain Lewis, wllo was no doubt the first white man who sm·veyed it. As we went along the wiml was high from the northeast, anti in the micltllc of the day it rained i'or two hout·s, and tht·n cleai·cd ott: On J't'aching the south side of the bay, we ascended tlw Netul for three miles to the flt·st point of highland on its we~tt.wn bank. and formed out· ea.mp in a thick gt·ovc of lofty 1•in~s. about two h undr·cd yat·ds from the water, and thirty feet noo' c the level of the high tides. Sun<la~r 8 . rnliS seemed the most clligible spot fot• our winter establishment.. ln ot•tlcr thm·efore to find a. place ror making salt, aud to examine the country furth01·, cu.ptain Cla•·ke set. out with five men, and pursuing a course south, 60° west, over a dividinll• ridtl'c tln·ou•"b tlticl {line timhct· 0 v ' b , much of whicb had fallen, passed the heads of two small brooks. In t.he ncighhoul'llOod of the c the laud was swampy ami overflowed, ~md we waded kucc-dcep till we CiUIIC to an opcnl'idgy pt'Ctirie, conwcd with the 11lant. known on our ft·ontier by the uame of sacacomrnis. Ilet•c is a. creek about ~ixty yards wide, and running towat·ds point Athuns; Uu·y pas. ed it on a smallt·aft. At this place they diseovel'cd a laq.;c hel'd of elk, and after pursuing them fot· three miles ovet• lJad swamps and small ponds, we killed one of them. 'l'JH~ |