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Show 322 as thry were dii·N•lclL Af'ler halting, we wrnt on to Fi h c reel, the· braurh ol' Ilun:;ry ererk, wht·re we hall slept on the nineteenth instant. ]{t•J'(' WI~ OVel'tOOk tWO of tho !)arty who ha<l ;;one on with the Indians, aml had now IJeen fot·tnnatc enough to pcrs u~Hh' them to wait fo1· ns. Durin!) theil· ~1.ay at ColHus·s el·t.•t.•l , they ha.d killetl a single deer only. aml or thi . tlwy had ht'('ll VCI'Y liOl'l'al io tho Indians, whom tiH'Y wet·t~ ln·ev:1 ilin~ 11\lOn to l't'llla.in, so that thry Wel'l\ witlion( provisions, a.ntl two ol' t)H' Ilt had set out for anoth<'&'ln·an ·h ol' llungr) crr ek, where we shall m<'ctthrm to mo1'l'OW. ln the cvrning the lntlian , in ordrr as tllry sajtl to br·ing fai1· \\Catht·r· fo&· ou1' jom·n<·y, Ref fit·•, to the wond::i. As these t't n-;ht chidly of tall fit· t1·ces, with Yel'Y numerous dr·ird lH'anthcs, the olazc was alnwst instantaneous, and as the il:-nut· nwunt ,.d to tlw ~ups or th~ highest t l'~·rs, resembled a StJlclltlid (lisplay of fit·c -\\od-.s. ln the morning, "t'dnr~da.y. 25, one of om· guidt~s ('omplaiurtl of being sick. a !'ymptom by no mrans plt:asant, fo1· si •t .. ncss i · g{·nera 11y with an 1 ndian the [H'olcxt fot· abandoning an cntcrJll'ise whit:h he di ~likcs. He lu·oruised, howt•ve•·, to OVl'l'· tal'<~ ns, atHl we th •t·cfot·e left him wHh his two companions, and set out at an caa·ly hour. At <·Ieven o'clock we haltell for dituH'l' at the l.n·aneh of fiun~t·y m·eck, where \VC found our two men, "ho }~<l.d kill('(\ nothing. Here too wo wc1·e joined, rather oncxpcdt•dly by om· guides, who now appearctl dispo 'l' tl to be faithful to tlu·i1· engagements. rl'he Indian was indeed rcally sick, and having no other covering cx<·t·pt a pai1· of moccasins and an elk skin tlL·esscd without the hair. we SUJli)lictl him with a bttft'aloc robe. In the evening we arrive(} at Hungry ereek, and halted for the night about a mile and a half below our encamp· mcnt or the sixtct•nth. rrhur~day, 26. Having collected our horses, an<l taken brcakl"ast, we set out at six o'clock. and pursuing our forrot t• t·oute, at length began to ascend, for the second ti.Jnr., Up tiLe JJJ iss.om-i. ~he t•itl~c of mountains. N(•a.t· Hac ~ nowy r.,gion '''e killt1l two or the small black Jllwa~unt!i, aud ouc or the sp<•t•kltd J>ht'asant. 'fhcsr birds t;cnerally inlaahit the laighrr parts or the mountninH. whet·e t.hl'y ft.•.(•d on t l1c )(·aves of1,ines and {i•·s; hut hoth o · Owm seem solitnJ'Y and sil(•ut hi•·d s,l'ol' W«' ha "'' IH' vcr hrn.t·d citl1er of them make a noi se in any Riluation, and the Indians iufo&·m us that tlwy do not in flyi u~ drum or p•·oducc a whi&·l'ing sound with tht.·i•· winJ.; . On l't':lclaing tlae top of the mountain, W<' fouud out· depu~it perl't·<·tly uHiou<·lu·d. The snow in the neighhoudtootllaa~ mt'll«'ll llC<H'ly rout· r~l· t !'Iince 1hc seventeenth. By nH'aRut·ing it actat':l.lt:'ly, and <· om}): lring it by a ma.t·k whi<·h we th<·n mad~~ ~ the g1·nm·al depth we dis<•ov<w to havr· IH•t•n ten l'et't kn iudH·s, though in some plates still r;n·atet·; hut at this time His about S<'V<'H fed. It rcquirt'd t.wo hom·s to al'J'au~;<' om· ha;;ha;~c anfl to lll'<·pat·e ~ hasty mral, aft<' I' whi1·h the ~11ides uq.;-~"d us to sl't ofl~ as we had a lou~ t•ide to make before t·eaelaing a spot wla('re there was t;J•ass fot· ou1· hot'!H'S. " 'e mounted. ~tnd following thcit· strps, sometimes <·J·osst'd aln·uptly . trep hills. ami then wouncl along tlu·iL' ~idci, n<·ar trrnu•ndous pt·et·ipi<'rs, where, had out· hot•ses slipp<'d, W<' should hnvr bt• t•n lost irJ• ceovcl'ahly. Om· t·outc lay on Oar ridg~· mountains wlai t h sepal'atc the waters of' t.lte Koo~kooskcc ancl Chopunni~h. and above the ll<·ads of all tlH· st t·eamH, so that. we met no l'lllllllllg Watel'. rfhc 'vhole eountl·y wa COIHplrt('}y (' OVC'l'~ d with suow, l'Xcrpt thatot<~ a s ioually W<' ·aw a. few square t' •ct of e::ulla, at the J'Oots of some tJ'Cl's, round wfd<'h tl1c •mow hacl tlissolvctl. We pa seu OUI' ('ClUlp of Septcmuer 18, amllate in the evening r eachetl the dcscr·tcd spot, and cnc~ mpr.tl ncar a good spt·iug of wal<•t·. J t wns on OJC strep sulr ol a mountain, with no woo.u and a fuir· ·outhel'n a spf'f't, from which the snow seems to have lll<'ltNl f'o1· about ten days~ and given place to an abundant gt·owt!J or young grass, rescmhlin~; th~ g•·et.'n swal'd. 'l'ht.'l'(' is abo another spr.cic~ of g1·as~. not unlike a flag, with a ln·o<Hl succulcrat J t•ar '" hir.h i~ conJinrd to the up})Cl' pat· (~ ot' I he ld !~ hc::~t. nwuutains. It |