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Show of the Columbia. and also our old pilot who bad comlul'.1ed us duwn the t•iver to the Culumhia. They both advit~c(\ us to ra·oss ht.·re. and a.s ·~ml the KooskooRkee on the northeast sid". this being lh • !iltoa·tr.st and best l'Ollte to the f01·ks of that a·iver, wh(•t·e we should lind the Twistedhai1·, in whose char·gc we l<'ft om· horses, and 1 o which plaet> they pt·omiscd to show us the \\ay. 'Vc did not h('sita.tc to aet·t·pt this ofl'l'r, anti tlH'I't.~l'oa·c et·ossed witl• the assistance of thne canors ~ but a~ 1 lw ni~ht was com in~ on, wr pur('hased a little lvood and some roots of <•ow s, and enc:unpcd. though we had made only fineen miles to day. The cvrning proved cold and di sa~•·ecablc, and tht· natives crowd<'d •·ound our fire in such numlwrs that we could srarcel_y cook o1· even keep oursrlves wa1·m. A f 1 IIese houses of (;hopunnisla we oi.Hi('l'Vl'd a sill all bu l with a siugll.' fil·e. which we ~u·c jnformed irt appropl'iated for wonH'n who aro umlcr·r.;oinr; the opet·ation or the menses; tht·a·e they :tl'C ohligt)tl to retreat; the mrn arc not }lcrmiHt~d to a.p1n·oach within a certain di&tauco of tbr.m, null "hen any thing is to lJl' convt~yc.·d to those de crtcd l'e· males, tl11.' I•t•t·~on throws it to thcn1 forty ot· fil'ly paces off, and then retit'l' S. It is singular. inc..lm·d, that amougst tho nations of the wilderness, thca·c shoulll be found customs and ritts ~o nearly rcscmbliug- those of the Jews. 1t is scat·et·.ly nece::,saa·y ,to alluuc mot·o pat·ticularly to the uncleanness ol' Jc,nsh females and the t·ilcs of pu•·iiicatiou. ~ion day 5. 'V c collectec.l our horses, and at seven o'clock set fonvarc..l Hlonc; foa· " 't'ahkoonut, whose people r<·si<lcd above on the W('~t side of Lewis's a·iver, continued his route l10mcwal'd wlwn we cl'os:.;cd to the huts. Ou1· road was act·oss tht" plains for· four and a hall' mi1t.·s, t.o the eutl'anco of the Koo~l"ooskec. \\' e t ht•n procecdcclt'll that river, ami at five miles L'cacbed a. laq;c mat house, L)Ut could not ln·ocm ·c any 1n·ovisious ft·om the inhaiJitants, but on l'caching at\otlwr thr·ec miles IJe~ und, we wet·c suqu·iscd at the libct• ality of an Indian, w Lto ga.vc ca1,tain (;lad<.c a vc•·y elegant Up the JJiissouri. ~;ray mare, br wllif·h. all hr rNtucstt·'l wa~ a phial of t>ye"' atm·. Last Ullnmu. whilr we wel'l' encamtwd al 1 he mouth of the Cho(Unnish s·iver. a man who t.ompla.int~d of a paiu. in his knee tntl tlligh. was bs·oup;ht to us in hopes ort•cceiving t•cliei'. The man wa ~ to nppmlra.ncc rct.•.ove•·~d ft•otD Lis di~ot·dcl\ thou~h he lHld not wa.lked for· somn time. nut. that we mi!#ll not disappoint them. captain Clal'kc, with muuh c(wcmoay, \V'ashml and t·ubbcd his sore limb, and gave birn !lome voh.tile Uniment to continue the operation, which. cif her caused, or rathm~ did not pr(~vcnt his recovet·y. The man gratcfuliJ ei1·eulatcd our prai · ·s, anll om· fame as physicians was inct·cascd hy the emcaey or ~;()In(~ (•ye-water which wt~ gav< them at the same time. 'V<~ arc by no means. displcu.s('d at thi~ new resource l'ot· obtaining subsistenee, as they will give us no twovi sions without merchandise, and out· stock is nO\¥ very much reduced: we cautiously abstain ft·om giving them any but harmless medicines, and as we "annot po&si~ly do haun, our· pt·t.·scriJ>tions, though unsanc. tioned by the faculty, may IJe useful, and at·c entitled to somo J•cmuneJ'ation. Fon1· m!Jes beyond this houliO we came to auothc1· lat•ge one, centaining ten families, where we halted, and made our dinna· on two dogs and a small •1uantity o(' •·oot~, whiclt we uiu not procure witbout much difficulty. 'Vhilst we were eating, an Indian standing Ly, and looking with great dt!risiou :..t our eating dogs, threw a IWOI' halfstat ·vcc..l lHtppy a.huost iuto calllain Lewis's Jllale~ laughing hl'at•lily at the humour or it. {;aJH ain Le\\ is took UJ) the aniuml and Hung it with grl•at fm·cc into the fcllo\l'S ftlce, aud sci~iug his totnahawk. tht•t·atcued to cut him down if be ..Ia•·ctl to l'el>~at stwb insolence. Jle iuuuediatdy withdt·cw, aJlparentJy much mortifict.l, aud we continued out· 1·epast of dog very t.{ uietJy. Here we Jtwt out.· old (.;hopunnish guide, w ilh his family, and soon afterwards our of our horses, 'vhich had been scpa1·atcd from the 1•estin the clnuge ofthe 'I'wistec..lhai•·, and been in this ncigbiJoua·hood foa· several · ,~•'ki! .• wa~ ca.u~ht ;md r( ~t-.r·od to ut-4. Aftel·c..linnN' we pre· |