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Show ·n,c p<!l'1.> st ill pursue t hcil' route towa rds the Koo~lloo~kcc ou ln}l'SC~!Icl. with \Vollnwolloh guillcs-charnctei' of the country-the qunma~h and othet Oowc rint; ~ht·ubs in hloom-thc party r cnch the l\:innoocnim creck-th~ \hi'c, with an ol1l acquaintance called the lli t;horn I nlliau-thcy ani\'c at tl1t' ~IIOUI.l-. of the Koo~kooskcc-sin gulnr custom among the Chopunni&ll womcn, lilftculty >.~f llltrcla asiu3 11rovisioua from the nati,•es, and the new rcsol't of t he vnrty to ()btain tltcm-lhc Cltopunuish style of urchitccturc-captaih Clarke turns phy11ici:m, nnu pc rfot·ms severn! e:-.pct·imrnts with succcs9 upon the uativc><, \llti ch \llcy l'C\1 :u·d--au iustnncc of thcit· honesty-the dislrcs~ c.f the Jnui:~.us fot· wn~t of proJ\~ioua during the winter-the ptu'ly ftnall~ meet the Twistcllhnit·, to \\'lJom wus entrusted their horses dut·ing their joUJ· t.cy clown-the qunn·cl betwCI!ll that chief nml another of his uatiou, on the ~u bjcct of his horsc:;-thc causes llf this coutrovcrsy stated at. large-tile l\I C• I. hie[:; t:cconcileu by lhc interfcreucc of the varty' aud the horses l"C!>tOI'CU(' xtnwrdiunt·y instance of Indian hospitality towards str:\llg-ers-a council hcl1 ~ ith the Chopunnish, ancl the object or the exlll''lition cxpluinctl iu a H~l;) Liruuitous t•oute of CXIllanution-tlac p:tl't)' again llcrform medical currs-l111 :\IIS\\o t:r of the Chopunnish to the speech llcltvc l·cd ul the couucil, conlirmet \ 1y a singular ceremony of ac<luicsccncc--thcy 1n·omisc faitllfully lo follow the ndvicc of their visitcrs. Friday, .1\-Iay 2. 'VE llcspat<·heu two hunters ahead; but i11c horse we had ycstcl'day pul'chascd ft·om the Chopun· nish, although closely l10hhlcd, coutl'ivcd to ln·cak loose in the night, ant\ went bad.. to rejoin his companions. lie was ]IOwe,•cr ovc.~rtakcn aud Ul'ought to us about one o'clock, an1l we then set fonvarcl. }""'o1· tlu·cc miles we followed a hilJ~· 1·oad on the north side of the creel~, opJlOsite to a wide bottom, wl1crc a lH'anch falls in from the southwest mountain!;, whicl1, though covel·cd '' ith snow, arc about twenty-five miles distant, and do not a}lpcal' high. '\'c then entered au extensive level bottom, with about fifty acres of land "ell covered with pine nea1· the creel\., and the long-leafed piue Lewis anti Dlat·l~e's ExpeLlition, &c. 265 occasionally on the sides of thr hills along its banks. After ~rossing the creel< at the distance of seven milr l'r·om our QaiD\l, we rcpassefl it seven miles further, n •at· the jmwt iou of one of its ut·anchcs t"rom the nor I beast. 'l'hc main strt•am ).Hwr. hcat•s to the south, towards the mountains wher·e it 1·ises, and its bottoms then become n:u·row, as the hills ~u·e l1ighcr•. 'Vc folJowctl the COUl'Sl' ol* this nor·tht•nst br·ancb in a direction N. 45° E. fQt' eight and tlu·ec qual'tcr miles, when having mu.de nineteen mill's, we halh•ll in a little bottom on the not·l h siuc. The creek is hcr·c about fout· yards wide. an1l as far as we can perceive, it comes ft·om the east, but the' r·oad here hu·ns from it into the high open plain. The soil of the countl'y seems to improve as we advance, and this at'ternoon we see, in the bottoms, an abundance of qua.mash now in bloom. \Ve killcfl nothing but a duck, thou;;·h we saw two deer· at a di stance, as well as many sandhill <:r·ows, cul'lews, aud othet· bil·ds ·common to the prair·ies, aud there is much sign of both ben:~ vcr and otter·, along the creeks;. The thr·ee young \Vollawollahs continued with us. Dur·in~ the day we obse1·ved them eating the inner part of the JOtmg succulent sh·m of a plant vca•y common in the l'ich lands on the 1\tissis!!ippi, Ohio and its bl'anclles. ]t is a lar·gc (•o:u·sc plant, with a icrna.tc leaf, the leaflets of which at·c thne-lobcd. ~md covered wHh a. woolly pubcscenct', whilt~ the flower aml f•·uctification l'Csemblc that or thr pa.t·suip. On fasting this J>lant, we found it agt•c •able, anti cat heal'lily of it without any inconvenienl'c. Sa.turtlay, 3. 'Ve set out. at an early hour. and crossed the high }llaius, which we found mot·c ftn-tilc and less s:mdy than below; yet, though tho gr·ass i~ tallm·, tluwe arc 'fCI'Y few aromatic ~ln·uus. Aftct· 1mr·suing n cout·sc N • .25° E. fo~ twelve miles, we rcnchcd the ,Kinuooeuim. '!'hi~ ct·ecl< •·ises jn tho south west mouutains, ami tbough only twdve )'at·d~ wide, disehaa·ges a cousidcl'abh.· body or wat.rr into Lewis's J'iver, a few milc'l ahove the na••t·ows. lts bod is JlcbiJled, ' 'olJ. Tr. lftn |