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Show l1ewis and Clcu·ke's Expedition over •isitcd its pr·incipal bN\uches; for the Great Lake J•i ·rer menf ioncd by ~fr. Fidlca·, if at all connected with Clarke's river, Dlust be a -very inconsiderable branch. To this t·i· ver, moreover·, which we have hHhrrto called Clarl\c's t•i· vcr, which 1·ises in the southwest mountains, we rcstorecl the nam<' orrrowahnahiooks, the name by wlaieh it is known to the Ence~;hurs. In dress ancl appr.al'ancc these Skeet. somisb were not to be distiut;uish r •t fl'om the Chopuunish, but their lan~na~o is ent ir<'ly diffi·l'cnt, a cia·cumstance 'vhich we did not Jcat•n till tlwit• dcpa a·t urc, when it was too late to procure ft'om 1hem a. voc·ahulary. About two o'<'lo<·k we <'olleeted onr horses and S<'t out, accompanied hy 'Vcahlwonut. wah ten or twelve men, aml a man who said he was the ht·other of' the TwistcdhaiJ•. At lotu· miles we ca.me to a sing;le house of thr·ce families, hut we coulcl not pr·ocm·c lll'ovisions of any kjnd; aml iive mil<>s fm·the•· we halted f'or the night neat• another houic, built liko the re!il, of sticks, mats auu •h·ied hay, anu containing six Jh.milies. lt was now so difllcult to proeui'C auy thing to ent that our <!hicf dependence was on the hot·se which we rc· ccived yesterday for medicine; hut to our· gt·eat disappointment, he broke the rope by whi<·h lac was confln(~tl, made l1is es.c ape, and left us SUIJPe•·lcss in the rain. 'fhc next mornmg, 'Vcdnesday 7, 'Vcahkoonut aml his party left us~ and w0 Jlrocccded up the river with the bt·o hc1· of the Twistcdhail' as a guide. 'l'hc Kooskoosk(:l" i!:i now l'l ing fasf, tho watt'l' is clear and cold, and as all the socks and shoals at·e no\~ covered. the navigation is safe, notwitlwtanding tbo J'a}Jidi· ty of the current. The timber begins abo'ut the neighbourhood or Coltcl"s creek, and consists chiefly of long·lmtfcd pine. Aftca· going four miles, we reached a house of siX falllmes, below the entrance of a small creek, whcr·e our guiclc advisrcl us to CJ•oss Chc river, as the a·ot!IC was brtter, and the game more abundant ncar f he mouth of the Chopun· Up the JJ1issouri. ub;h. 'Ve thcrcfol'C uuloadt>d~ and hy tnl"ans of a single ra. noe, passed to the :;outh ~ ide in about four houJ·s, dua·ing which lime we dinetl. An Imlian of on(' of the house now ])J'OUJ;ht tWO canistC1'S Of' pov. dcl', whirh hiu dog had dis~ cove1·Nl undct• ~··omul in a. bot tom som<~ mih·s uboY ·. 'Vc immediately knew t llem to be c he sam~ we had bUI·i<·d last. autumn, and as he ha<l kept tlwm !:lafcly. ancl had hont'sty <•lwugh to l'Cl111'11 thnn, wu 1'4'W~u·dt.~d him inad<·quatt·ly. but as well as w • cuuhl, \~ith a sted foa· sta·iking fire.~ . 'Ve set out at three o'clock, and pursued a. difl1cult and !:ltouy road l'oa· two miles, wh('U we left tlH~ l'iHl' and a scended tht.• l•ilh on the l'ight, which beg in tu l'esemhlc mountain!:!. llut when we t•c·achcd the h ·ights, we saw bd'oa·c us u. uca.util'ullevcl colmtJ·y, p~u·tially ot·uu.tucntcd with the Joug-leafcd j)ine, and supplied with a.n excellent l)astut·c ol' thick g•·a~ s, and a vat ·icty or hea·baccous plants, the abuudu.nt pl·oductions of a clark r·ich soil. In mauy parts ot' the plain, the cat·th i~ thrown up into little mounds, by some animal, whose hauits most •·csemblo those of tile salama.ndcl'; but although these tl'acks al'e scattered ovet· all the plains fl'om the 1\lississippi to tho l,acific, we have ncvcJ', yet IJeen al>lc to olJtain a sight or the animal itself. As we entel'cd the plaiu NeeshnqJahkcc, the Cutnose, evcrlook us, and a.l'tct· am:OlHJI~Uaying us a l'cw 111ilcs, tut·ned to the right to vi!iiL some ufhis people, who wm·c 1ww gathel·ing l'Oots in the plain. Having cl'ossecl the plain a little tO the bOuth ot'c•ast, we deSCCildCd a long steep bill, at tfJC di~tanec ol' iive miles, to a ('1'4.•ek !,iX J&ll'll :1 \~ide, \~ hich CUlptics itself into the Kooskooskce. 'Vt: ~!,ccncJed this little sta·cam fo1· a mile, ancl t•uea.m}J('tl at. anlndian estalJJi:,hlllt'llt uf six laouscs, whid1 se<'m to have heen receuUy evacuated. llet·e we wct·cjui 1a·d by .Nccshucpahl.a·c, and tl.le l:Hwshouce who had intcl'(ll'eted l'ot· us on Ow Jirth. l?l'om the plain W<' ohscJ·vetlthat tlw sput'!:l uf the Hocky n1ountains a.1·e stiJl pt•rf'cctly covct·cd w i til l)llU w. which lhe Indians inform u'l )., so tiet•[) that we lwll not IJc al.llc tu {Jass vor.. TP. |