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Show Lctc•is mzcl Clm·kr's l~.vpec1ifion by mistaldn~ them. On par<·t•Jlin~ out the stores, tlae stocl, ·of f'at·b nt;tn "as found to consist or only on<> tn' 1 and one 1\.nitting-pin. halt' an ouner of Y<'t·miJijo.,, two ne<>dlcs, a l't>w skelll of' t hrl•atl. und ahout a ~ a.·d of a·ihand--a slr.nder Jllcan!-1 of haa·t ea·inM f01· out· subsist enc-<>; but the men have bct'J. no'" so much a<'l'Ustonwcl to ptiYations. that neither the "<ull of' m('a 1. nor the scanty fuutb ol' the flal'ty, excite the l•·ast anxit·~~ among them. Thu•·~day. 2t. \\e anlih·tl om·selvcs of tlac fail'weathct• to dry Olll' hap;;.?;agr anc.l stot·e of roots, ami heing still w1ih out meat. killc•ll one ol' onr <>olts, in(C'ndiu~ to t•cset·vc the othfr Uu·<·t~ for the mountains. In the afternoon we w<·t·c amusrf\ hy a hu·~~e pal't~· ofJndjans, on the opposite side oi' the dvcr. hun ling on horseback. Aftt• t· ridjn;,; at full spel'u down tliC sh·rpl1 i1ls. they at last dJ•ovc the ore!' jnto the rivet'. "hcl'C we obot H. and two Indians imrnediaLt·Jy pursued it on a raft, antl took it. Srvt•ral hunt<•t·s. who ftatl f~OUE' to a consillt•rahlr distanf'<' nc•ar tlaf· mountains. retua·n· cd '\it h fi vc tlet•t·. Thry had purrha.,cd also t\\ o a·('() salmon trout. whi<·h the Indians say rrmain in this l'l\'CI' dut•ing till' gr·ra1c·t· part or th<> \\inter, but a1·e not good at this sra on. a!:l it in faet apprarrd, for tht•y were 'el') mragt·r. The salmon. we und('a·stancl. arc now aniv<>d at no great clistaner. in jcwb's l'ivei'. but some da,Ys \Vill yet t·lapsc brfore they COlll(' up to this place. 'l'his. as well as the scarcity of game. madr: us wi sh to remov<> 1owrt• down; lmt on examination we found tllat t ltc·t·(· was no placp iu that dii'C<•tion eaJculatccl for a camp. and then•fot·e rt•solvecl to a·cmain in our present po~ sition. Some tuwasin<·ss has he(.'n t•xcitNl h~ a report, that two nights ar.;o a }Htrty of ShosJwnc('S had sura·ounded a Cho· punni~h Louse, on the south side of Lewis's river, but the inhabitants ha\'iDg discovered theh· intentions, had escaped without iuj11t'Y· F•·jday, 23. The hunter., were sent out to make a last effort to lll'Otmt·c }H'Ovisions, but after examining the whole CIJunu·y between Collins's cteek ami the Kooskooskee, th~ llp the JJizssow·i. 299 found notlting excetlt a few plar.asan1 R of HH' clar~ brown 1 iml. In the nwantime we wert.' vi"'itNl h) foua· ln~ltan .., "ho l llat come .&',om n vill·:H:!'e on Lfwis' ~ J•ivct·. a.t the (hsCaiH'(' of tl ... • • ., f w' o ' • 1••1-• .. ,,Ito <•ttnH' l'ur tht• tmrpos<' of yn·o<·m·iug a lit- <aay~ u ... , . . . . ilc eye-water: the C}.t •nt or OlH' mt'da<•a\lalllt' IS HO~ a ltU}c 4 • llesom ~ hut we l'l'joice at any eil•(•um ... t~w<·r "hH·h t·na.- a.I 0\1 ) ' , ·1 blt•s u~ to rrlicvc the'.'<' pool' c•t•t•ahn·r ~. and thl H·fol'l' WI-lin0' 1v waslwd theit• eyes. al'trt· whit·h tht•.v •·rtul'nctl home. b Saturda). ~:H. This vrove<l the wat'llH.:~t da) we ha.H' had since our al't'ival here. SomP of our nwn visited Hl~' 'tlla~c of the Brokcmwm, and exdmnt::;etl somt.· awb, "hH·h th~'Y. ha<l made or thr links or a snlalll·hain belonging to one o[ tbetl' steel tl'aps, fm· a plentil'ul snppl,\ ol' I'OOtS. . Besides admini;.;tc•·ing mctli('al rt.·licf to tht• \nclla.n~, we :lt'e olJ!j•"'Ctl tO dt.'VOIC muCh of OUI' time to the CC:LI'e o[ OUl." own 1· nvna lu.l s. 'fll".... ell'ald of S• ac·a .,J 'awca is V('I'Y unwell; atl(l ,vilh one of the men we have vrntm·ed an ex1wrimcnt or a VCl'Y robust natm·c. Jle has bern for some time sick, but has now recovered his Oesl1, rats It eal' t 1.l Y and dionot •l:ltS well ' but has so ~··oat a weakness in the loins that he cannot walk nor even s1. t u ptJ. "'1 l t w• 't l1 ou l ""'.X. tl·cute ll'·t .lll · After we had in vain exhaust"(f the resout·ees of our m·t, one ol' the ~mn-tct'i mcutionc.\d that he had 1\.uown 1)ersons in similar s~tu~t· tw. ns rcstot·c<l by vt. ol cnt swcat s. au d a• ~'- tile l'N}uest o ( th.e llatw. nt we perm1. Ucd the remct1 y t o h <' apt1lt ' ·cl. Fot' tins ptn11o:;c' , a hole about ('o ut• {ie et•. l•. and three in diamf'tel' t • < P . was c.lug m. the cat·tb, and 1t ea t e d we ll'u· y ,a h•l '"~' e fire m the bottom of it. The flt•c was then taken out, and an ar·ch fot·med over the Lnle by means o (. \V·I1 1 ow P0 le~ • a ntl ,,.o, rr- ed w1. th · several blankets, s.o as, t. o 11,>1-c a nerfcrt awn- I ... ~ r in· g. The patient being st.rt· ppt· d na1 i. e< J' wa - s(•ated under s · . th·i s on a bench, with a pt. cce o t' 1J oat d (' ·l1·s feet and wath. Ol l ' ~ ajuoo or watt.·r sprinkled the IJOttom ancl sides or the hole, so b I . ll ucal' Aft ('l' I'C• as to L\.et•p up a~ bot a stca111 as 1e cou t • . . · 1 · 't .. t1• ma1nrno· twenty mmntcs an t 11~ !31 u.. 00 • he \\US takrn out, l'ntmcd~u~ly pluusec1 twice in col ~t wat.rr, tlnd brought Lme.k |