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Show 27·1 lwfot•c Hw nrxt fuJI moon. that is, the fil'i\t of .Junr: thou~h of ht• ·s plaN' Ott• til:w f'o1· ct·ossing· at a sl i11 p;1·eatcr (lj tancc. 'l'o u~. who a.t·e dl'sit•ous ol'rra<•hinh' the plaine; ol' tlac Mis. sout·i. il' fot· uo otltc·t· l'<':l !:wn. fot· thf' pt~t · po ~c of t'n,joyin~ a good llll'al. thi-; intcl lip;r·twc wa.H h. uo Jllf'rtns we1c·onu•, autl gave- 110 ··c•l :sh (C) I ho l't·maiutlcr or the hm·se!:. illc·d at Coltc.'t·'s c1·rek. whic·h fortnt~d oue s upp('J', pal't ofwhudt had alt·cady b('('ll ot ll' tlinlWI'. Oh"iPI'Vingo. how(Wl'l'. so.n ·de 't', and ~ ~t·eat appt·:u·:,ut·(.' of mon·, \H' dctea·tuint•cl to make <Ill attempt to b'l'l ~ ,> me of' tlu•t,l. a.ncl thet·c·lin·o. aJtet· a cold nighl's l'('st., Tlnu·~.Ja.). ~, IIIO SI or the.~ hunt('t'S St't 0111 at ll:lyli ~ht. .By d('vcn o'clo •k IIH·y all rdurlted, with four dN'l', and a thu·k of an uncommon kind, which. with the remains of oul' ltOJ'Sl'• fol'mrd a stock of pt·ovi~ions !:mch as we had not lately pos!wss ·eel. \ Vithout um· L'adJities of pt'O<.'III'ing suuhi~t.etH'C With g'IIIIS. f he natives of this COUllll'Y must often su{'. f(a· vca·y scn•r·dy. Dul'iug Ja:st wintm· they wca·c so murlt distrc sst~d l'o1· food, tlmt thl'Y wrt•c ohli~t·d to hoil and rat. tlu.· mo ·s growing on the pirw tt'(•cs. At tho same per·iod thry CUt UO\VIl ll{'aJ·}y all thl' long ~ JcaJed pin<'S, \\ hicft WC ob S<.'I'H'd Oil tiH• gt'OUHCI, for· the {llll'JlOSe of colJceting its srcd. which resemble in si7:e and shape that of the J:u·ge sunfiowca ·, aud when a·oa.:;tc.·u or hoilcd. is nutt·itious and uot disa).) l't'cablc to the taste. At the pt•escnt season tht•y peal thi~ pine tl'l'C, and ca.t the inuc1· and sUI'<'tdcnf bark. ln th~ CJ·c~k ncar 11 ' , they also pl'o ·m·c t I'Out hy nwans or a falling t•·ap. con' ·tt·udcd on the same plttn \\ ilh tlwsc common to the uitcd ~f atcs. 'V t' t;avc ~ ecshnrpnhkct~ and his pcoI) l' ~OillC or (Jlll' galliC and hol'!S(.~·he c r, be. ides the cnt•·ails of tlt l' d<:(.'l', aud fota· fa\\ ns whieh we f'ouHd in ~ i(lc of two oftiJt'lll. ThPy d id uut rat auy of it pel'f'ectly nnv, but tlw elltl'ails ha<l ' 'er·y liU le eooking, and the fawn.· wci'O hoilrd whole, at~d th · hide , hail', an1l cntt·ails all co11 ·um<'d. 'J'hc ~ho s ho nce was utl'l·mh·d at not having a s mudt , enison as he wished, an1l t•d'tlscd to iutequ·ct; hut a~ we took no notice ol' laim, l1e l.lcciLmc very officious in the course of a few hours, and flJJ t lw JUissouri. ma.tlc many efi'orts to reinstate himsc·lf in our favout·. 'J'hc mother or the 'J'wist<'tlha.ir. ancl ~c.·cshu('pahl,.<·enok now dt·cw n sketch, "hi<·h we pt•r.servcc..l, of all thr wa.tnl'S \H' I)l of tltc Roc.lcy mo11ntains. 'l'h<'y make thr mnin sonthrt·n JH'aneh of Lewis's rivet·, mnc:h tnOI'O (•xhm~ivl' than I Ill' ot htr·, and place ~ ~rcat numbe•· of Shoshont•(' villa~t'. on if s weHtcrn side. lletwccn t.ht·ce and l'our o'dcwl in the <tftrt•noon we set ont, iu <~ompany with ~C'<''ihtu•pahkt·<·ook and otht•t• Indi:ws. 1ho IH'otiH'I' of the 'r'"ist,·llhait· h:l\'i t t !~ lc·l't us. Our route was nv a high !;t<'<'(l hill to a. ]('YI'I plaio. " it h tittle wood, tht·ou~lt "hidt we passed in a !lil·~etion v:\l·alh·l tot he i'iVCI', fol' fom·milcs, wht'n WC' u1ct 1he ' l'wist<·dia.t,ia· ami ·,ix of his people. To this daicf wt~ had eon!iclt•tl out· ho1·sesaml a :p~wt of out· sacltllcs, last nutumn, and we Ht<'rrl'or·e f'orJtw<l Wl'y nnfa.voul·abl<' conjC'c•t ut·es 011 find in~~ that he received us with great colclucss. ~hm·Oy art c·1· ho l.w~:1n f o sp<' d in a.,. ''Y loud, ang•·y mannct·, ancl was ansWf'J't.'d h) Nr<.·shnc}> ahl\c~cook. 'Ve now discoveJ·Nl lhn.t a ' 'iolcntqll&\1'1'<'1 had a l'isr.n !Jet ween these chit.•f's, on the suhjcet, as we al'tc nval·ds tJild(•r·stood, of our laol'scs. Hut as we t'onlcl not ll':ll'n the cause, nnd wel'e d<'sit·ous of t<'rmina.ting t ltc dispnt<.·. we intci ·poselJ, and told them we should go on to the fit·ot '''atcr auc..l encamp. \Vc the l'cfot·c s<'t out, follow<·.d by all thl·lndiaus, and havint t·ca.t·h rd, at two m.i)cs tli ·tanee, a small stn·am, t•unning to 1hc rit;ht, we eneampecl with the two cltit•fs a.nd thl'ir little bands. fot·ming scpal'atc camp~, at a clistancc ft·om t•ach otlter. 'fht'y all a.pJWUI'ccl1o be in au ill humout·, a.ntl a,s we hatl aln:acly ltl'al·() J'('jHH'to that the In di:ms IJad diseO\'ct·ed anc.l ca.t·t·ied ofl'oul' s~d Hrs, a.nd tha.t the hot·scs wcl'c V(~t·:v muc·h sealteJ·c·cl, we hcgan toUt' uneasy, lest thm·e slwulcl. he too mu(:h fouutbtion fol' tlte 1'rpo1·t. '" l' Wl'L'C (lJcref'oro au~ious to •·cconcile t.lw two ddcl'~ ns soou as }lOssihl~, urul dt• siJ'l'Cl the ShC) shone~ to int ~ t'}H' ·t fot· us, while we attempted a. mct1iation; but he pct·cmptot·ily re l'nscd to s1wak a wol'<l: he ubs •t·v<·d that it wao, a (lmu•t•cl hr.· tween the two c1Jai c• t'", an1l h1' hall tlll' l'l:l'u·c· uo l'ig-ilt to int er~ |