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Show ·wltich is thir•y fc•~t dcov at twcscnt., anc.l ncY<'t' lrss tl1an teu. Tlwsc trcc·s <•oultl never have ~t·own in their prcs('llt :tate ~ for they :we all ' 'Cl'Y much doat.cd, an•l nonr. oft hem Vt'~(' . tate; so that the only reasoual>lc aeconnt '" hic·h <'an be gir~ en of t.his phenomenon, is, that at some pct•iod, which thr: ap}tearancc of tho t.r<'e5 indu~cs us •o fix within twent~ ycai'S, t.Jw l'OCks ft•om the hill sitl<'S h nvc OUSh'UCt('l\ thenarroW !lass at the rapids, and c~Lns<·d the t·ivct· to Sllrc;ul thJ·out;h the wootls. 'f'hc mountains which border as f:w as tht' Sc1mh·lu·e t·o<·'k, al'c hi~h and brol<.an, and it romanti(' views aecnsional1y enlivened by hl'autiful easeatles rushint; from tlH~ heights, and fm·ming a lh'('ll contrast with the fh· ·• crt.lars nnll piaw ·, which daJ'l\.<'n I hcia· s itl(~ S. F'•·om tlac Sc pulehrt~ ro(~k, whf•t·c the low conn~ I') bc;;ins, I he lon;;-l(•afccl pi1w is tho almoe,~ l':Xelu!,tVc ~··owth of timhn; but om· pre ~ sent camp is tlte lasf 'lpnt w lH• J•e a sing"lf• tt•f'c is to be secH on the wule plaius, w lt ida :u·c now !-l{H'I"afl before us to t hr foot of tlw ftot•l, .v. mouutain!.-!. J t ir.; , ltowcvc•·, covered with a rirh vcrdul'C of grass and herh'l, .·omc in 'hes in height, wltich form~ a deljghtful and cxhil;u·atin~ prospect, after being coufinccl to the mounlains and thick forests on the sea coast. The climate too, fhough only ou the border of t.lH· plains, is hca•e ' rea·y di.ffcJ•ent f't•om that wo have lately cs~ Jlericnccd. The air is drier aml more pure, and the ground itsclt' is as free fa·oro moistm·c as a· there hatl been no raiu for the last ten days. Around this })lace arc many escn lent plants used by the Indians: among which is a curmnt. now in bloom, with a yellow IJlossom like that of the yellow cul·t·ant of the 1\li~souri., from which however it tlitfct·s spc· cilically. '!.,here is also a. species of hyacinth growing in the I•lains, which presents at this time a pretty flower of a pale l>lue colour, and the bulb of which is boiled or baked, ot' driell in t.he sun, and eaten by the Indians. 'rbis bull>, of the I>resent year, is white, ila.t in shape and not quite solid, and it overlays and presses closely that of the last year,. Up the Jllis.c;oud. wbicu, thou~h much thinnct· ami witlu••·Nl, Js equally wi,le, a ntl SI!IHIS fol·th ft·om its ~id 'S a llUlllUCl' or small l'iHliel<·s. Out· hunters oht.aint~d one of t.hc lon~ ta.ilcd i)(·<·r with Jw young horn!-~, about two inches. and a large blad~ Ol' dark ln·own pheasant, such as we hall Sl'CU on t.hc upper part of the Missouri. 'l'hey also l.n·out;ht in a huge gray st]Uit-4 1·el, and t" o others rc ~.;cmbliu~ it in shape, but small,·•· than t·hc common gt·ay s<tuinel or t he• Unit('(l ~:Hat('S, and of a vied gt·ay and yellowish ba·owu colour. ln a.t.lclition to t.his same, tlwy hall !:i{~ll some au(.c\0\H!.S, and the tl'ad~s of several black bear, but no appearance of elk. 'l'h<~y had seen no bit·,ls, but fouutl tha·ce eggs of the tlarty-colom·t·d corvus. TJwugh the salmon has not yet appeared, wo have seen less sc~n·city t.ha.u we appr·chemlcd ft·om the rcvol'ts we hnd hcal'tll.tclo'¥. At tho 1·apid!;. the natives subsist cbicJJy on a few white salmon o·out., wlticb they ta.l{e at thi!; time, and considtwablc quant ities of a small in(liflcrcnt mulld of.' an infcl'iot· quality. Beyond that place we sec none except da·ied fish of the last season, no1· is the 1stuq;con caught by :.my of the nativt•s above the Columbia, their whole storcf> c~n si sting ofl'(JOts, and fhh either dr·ied Ol' })ouuded. Captain Ularkc ha.d, in the meanlimc, been cmlea.,,ouring t.o tun·ehas<' horses, without succe8s, but they promised to tt·ade with him if he would go up to the Skilloot "illage, above the long mu·rows. Ile thm·cfot·e sent over to us for more mrrcha.ndise. and then accomt,anict.l them in the even· int; 1 o that place, whct•c he 1msscd the night. 'I'he next day, 'J'hut·sclay 1 r, he sent to inform us that he was stillunahh~ to tnu·chasc any horses, but iutcndcd going as far as the .Em•cshur village to-day, whence he would return to meet us to-mol'row at. the Sl" illoot village. In the evening tLc pl'incillal chicr or the Ch illuckiHrquaws eamc to see us, accompanied by twelve ol' his gation, and hca•·iug lha.t wr wanted horses, he Jn·omi~(~d tn mrct ns at the nar1·ows with some for ;alf'. |