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Show Lewis awl Cla1•ke's l!.~t']JCtlitivn the village r1iscovea·ed yrstcrday, and rt.•turnrd wit.l1 a lar~t supply of bt·mul a ncl t•oots. Scrg(·~m t Ord "' n Y and h\ o men were also dc's1mtcbed to Lewis's river, about half a day's J'i~e io the south, where we t.'Xpeet to obtain salmon. whieh <ue said to he very abundant at that phwe. The three mrn ''ho had attempted to go to tlw Quamah flats, returned witl1 five deer; but altho\lgh thry had )li'OC<•cth·d some c.listanC(l up Collins's ererb.. it contintu•d too drrp fo1· thrm to cro~s. The Indians who ~wcom}lanicd thr <·hie(', we1·e so nnxiom; to hale the operation or sweating him I)erformc:cl undt.·r Olll' impcction, that W(' 'lctermim·d lo gratif~· tht·•n hy making- a sc. (}On(\ attempt. 'l'hr hoh· wa~ thrrd'ot'l\ enhn•hc,l, antl the father of the chief. a. \cry good Jookinh oh1 man. "rnt in with him, and held him in n propf'l' JlOsition. ~l'his st1·on' evidt•ncc of feeling is dil'Cctly op}lO"liie to tho l'<'ct•iv(•tl opi· nions of fhc inscn.:;ibility of savages. nor· a.rr we }(•ss stn~ek by the ldrulncss and auention J>aid to tlte siel man oy those lV110 arc u1w.om1eett•d "it h him. which ~U'<' the moro surpt•ising. as the long illness ofthr<'t' yt•ars migl1t l>c suppo~rtl to exhaust thci1~ s~mvatby. '' c could uot produc:e as complete a perspiration as we desil'ed, and afl f't' he was takrn out, he romphlincd of !:Suffering con~iil('J'ablc pain, wltieh we 1 elicvc'l with a few drop!S of laudanum, and he then rested well. 'The next morning, 'V Cllnesday 28, he was able to uso his arms, and ft·l·h better than he has d. one fot• many months, and set 111, durin~ the g•·ratcr Jlart of the day. , 'Ve sent t.o t.he village ol'Tunna<~hc:mootolt fot· hrcacl an~t l'Oots, aud a. pat'ly of hunters srl oat to hunt u11 a Heck, about ejght miles above us. lu the evt'uing, another party, who had been so fortunate as to find a fo1·d acJ'oss Collins's ereelt, ret.urned f1·om the Quam2h fla.t s with eight dee~·, of which they saw gt·cat numuers, t.IJough there were but ft~w bears. Having now a tolerable stock of meat, we were ne· "pied during the follow in; day, ffJ) l11e JUtssotu·i. sos rlnn•schy 29, in various en~agcmrnts in ihe ea.mp. 1,he indian t.>hiel' i!:! !>!till a·apidly rc<•ovt••·ing, antl fo1' tbc fit·st time dm·ing tlw last tv.dH• months. had st•·cn).;th <·nough to wash his fal'e. \Ve hacl intended to •· '(Wat the swe~atin~ to-dar, lmt as tho w•·athcr was cloud).'' ifh occ«u;ional rain, we de-linctl it. 'l,h j.-, opet·ation, though vioh·nt, seems highly cr. fica<'ious; r,,.. om· owu man, on wbont lht• (·xpet•ilnrnt was first m:uh·, is t'<'<'ovrriu;.; his st1·c·ngth vc1·y fast, and the l'<'S· toral ion of the chief is wondel'i'ul. He continued to improve, ami on the l'oHowin~ uay, J.i'1·iday so. al'll'l' a. vrry violent sweating, was ahle to naovc one of his lt:~s and thi~hs, t~nd some of J1iii toes; the fin-~ crs and arms lwiug- almost entirely t'f'storcu to theh· for·mer stl·ength. Par•ties were sent out as usual to hnnt and trade with the Indians. Among olhcrs, two of the men who ]tad not yet exchanbNl thcia· !otO<•k of IUCI'Chandisc for roots, rosscd tlac rive•· fo1· that lHll'i o:se. iu om· IJoa.t. Hut as they l.'cached the oppositt- !:lhort•, the violem•c of the currcttt llrovo tlae boat lH·oad~ide against some t rccs. and she immediately filled ami went to tlu· bottom. \Vith dHliculty one or the mC'n was sa,cd, hut the boat itself, with thl'ee blankets, a .b lankct-<•oat, and thch· sma.UI,iHauoc of merchandise' were u·rt.wocauly lost. Satunlay. 3t. Two men vi~itcd tho Indian village, where they pm·<•hascd a d•·c-ssctl fwa.r· skin. of a uniform 1•alc rt cldisb brown t.:ololll·, whi<•h the Jndians oallcd yaclmh in contJ·adislinc ·tion to lwhhost, OJ' the white UC~\1'. 'l'l&i:s remal'f~ indu. ccd Ui to itH}uir·e mol'c parti<.'ula•·1y into thdr opinions as to the ~eve1·al sp1·cirs of l.war·s; aud we thcrcfm·e (H'oduced ~u tbc skins or tlaat animal which we had kiHcd at this I>lacc, and also one very nearly whitt•, which we had purehased. The nathes inuncdiatdy chtsst.~d the white, the deep and the pale gl'izly 1·ed, the gri:dy dark brown, iu ihort, all those with tiJe cxtt·cmities of lhc hair of u white or fros ty colout·, without regard to the eolout· of tha g1·ound of the foil, nndt r \h._ nanu~ •1' kuhattst. ri'hey a sut·~ 11.s, tlu~t |