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Show i.n irginia. Our men as well as the J ndians amused themselves witlt going into the bath; tho 1at.tcr, according to thcit· universal custom, going first into the bot bat.h, where they remain as long as they can bear the heat, then plunging into the creek, which is now of an icy coldness, and repeat. ing t.his operation several times, but always ending with tltc wal'm bath. CliAPTEH XIV. l'ht' party procee1l on thci1· journ ~:y with their Indill.n guides, and at let~ gtj. ag1·ee to cli•i,le, to take sc..-ernl t·outes, and to meet ag3in nt the mouth of Yel low~ tone river-the r·ontc of rnptaiu Lewis is to pursue the 11103t direct road to the fulls of the \lis!louri, then to ascend Maria' s t·ivet·, e"':plorc the country, ami thcu to dcsccndlthat ri\el' to it!! mouth-cnptain Lewis, nccor<.lin~l y, with 11ine men proct>ed up the eastern brnnch ofCiarke's rh er :\nd take leave of their lrulinn guidt•a-dcsct•iption of that hrnnch and character of tl1e surrounding country-<lcscl'iption or the Cokah•hi6hkit ri ver-they atTive at the l'iclgc di". tding the Missrnu·i from the Columui11 rivc•·s-mcct oucc more with the buffa\ oc aud brown hear-immense herds of hufli1loc discovered on the borden~ Qf \lcdicine t•h·er-thc ptu·ty cnc:1mp on \ Vhitcb(•at· islnnds-singular adventure thnt befcl M<Nci l -eapt:~in L t•wis, with th1·cc of l•is party, proceed t.o t"\'jllf're the sour·cc of Mar·in's ri\cr-Tan~y r ivu· clt·scribcd, he reaches th 4l divitling line of thrst· t wu streams-general cl.a ractcr· of the sun ottndmr COllllll'y. 1\lomlny, 30. 'VI~ despatched some ltUntc •·s ahead, and were al)()ut setting out., wlwn a tle<"r came to 1itlk a t the !lprings; we ldllcd if, aud beinp; uow provi(l<.·d with mrat for dinner, procccclcd along the llOl'lh side of (he Cl't'Ck, SOUl C.· t imes in the bottoms, and oYer the steep sides of the ridge, till at the distance or thirteen miles, we hahtd at the cntt• ance of a. small stream where we had stop ped on the 12tlt of September. If ere we olJscr vcd a r oatl to the r ir;ht, which the Indian: iufonn us leads to a fine cxtcm,i rc v~ llcy (J:t Clarke's t·ivc•·, wher·c the Slmlecs or Oothulwots 0£.:-casionnlly t•esitlc. After l)ermitt.ing om· h ot·ses to gr·a~e, wo went on along a road much better than nny we bavc seen since entering tho mountains, so that before sunset we made ni net(' en miles, and reacl1etl our old encampment on the south shlo or the ct·cck near its entrance iuto Clarke•s river. J I t 1 he course of the day 'H' killed six dt·-ct·, of "hit h thcl'e ~u·~ VOL. Ji. [ 1l |