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Show the cntt·ancc of a hu·ge ct·cck, twenty yat·ds wiclc, to whit:l1 "'t• t.•·arc the name of Seaman's e~·eek. We had srrn no Ir1• ·:> dians. although near the camp were the concealed flr·cs or a w~u· I>:u·ty, wl10 had ll:lsscrl about tno mon()Js ng·o. Sunday, 6. At sunrise we continued our· coua·se ca tw: wtl alon;~ nw river. At seven miles dist•wcc we Jmssetl the not·th fol'l( of tho Cokalahishkit, a. (lccp and rapid 15h'(•am, f01·ty-five yards in width, and like the main branch itself somewhat tm·bid, though the olher stt·cams of tlai:s eountr·y arc dcat·. Scvtn miles fut·thcJ• the river enter the mountains, and hct•c end those extt.~nsivc 1n·ait·ics on Olio; ide, thou~~h they widen in their cout·se towards the outheast, and form an Indian route to Dt·:wlwru•s J·ivl"t·, ami thence to the 1\iissom·i. From the multitude of lmobs irr ·egularly sca.ttm·ed thl'ough them, captain lA'Wis c:dlcll this tWilntt·y fhc Pt·ait·ic of the Knobs. 'l'h<'y abound in game, a~ \\C SaW goats, deer, great lllltllbei'S of the lmncnving squi&·l'e) ·,some curlews, becmaa·tins, woodpeckers, ploYt·a·, rohins, do..-os, ran~ns, bawks, ducks, a. ''at·icty of spa.t'l'ows, ami ycsteJ ·day ohscrvcd swans on 'Verner's crct•f<. .A moug tlH' planfs we ohscrved the southern wood, ami two other s.[W ~ics of sht·ubs, of which we pa·cservcd Sj)<.'t~imrns. On entering the high gt·uuntls we f(,llowed tile com·sc of the l'ivct• through the nan·ow bottoms, thi<•kly 1imbrrctl with pine aud cottonwood intcrmi.xcd, ~•nt.l varic:'gatcd with the boisrouge, "lJich is now in hlootn, the common sma.ll blue flag and }H'PIH.'r grab~; aud :-. t tl1c distance of three and a Lalf miJ(·s, 1 ea(·hed the two f(H·ks of the rivc1· mentioned by the lmliau . . They U!'C ncar·ly equal in width. and the road itself hm.·c i'OL·ks and follows mwh of them. 'Vc followed that which led us in a(lirt•ctiun nor·th '{5° cast, over a steep high hill, thence along a ,,·ide bottom to a thicld.r wooded side of a hill, where the Jow groundii are narrow, till we reached a large creel\., eight miles from the forks and twenty-iive from our last encamllmcnt. Here we halted fo1· the night. In the course of the day tho track of the ln- 33'1 lians, whom we supposed to he tlw Pahkc~ ·• continued to gt·ow l'•·rHhCl', and we passed a Humbr1·of ohllocl~es and en· campmcnts. At St'V<'H o'do<'k tlu· m•xt. mot·ninp;. )fonday, 7, we pt·ocrl:cl ·tl tlu·ou~h a ht~autil'ul plain on the nol'th side of'the •·ivet·, whieh see111s hei'P to ahonud iu brav<.•r. The lt>W gt·outHls poss<'ss lllllt·h titnh<·•·, aud the hill.., arc covct·cd (•hit•fly with pil.<•h pine, thai of IIH' lon~l<• al'cd kiud Jaa, ing disappt·arNI !-lilH'<' \H' ll'l't tiH· PJ·aidc of the Knolls. \t the tli ... t;IJH't' or t \n•Jve Ill ih·s \\<(' ,,,ft the l'ivct· Ol' ralht••· thP t·l'et·k. anti h:nillj1) t'ot· l'ont· wiles ct·os ctl, in a tlit't'diou not•lll 15° c•a"c. f\\o l'idhc·~. n~ain llh·uek to tlt<' l'if!;ht. whieh wt· f'oliO\\('d tht·mq.;ll a na.t·row l10Uom. <·ovc-t'('cl wiHt low willuws alHI g,"l'ass. aucl ~•hundantly supplit•cl wifh both dect· and hea vca·. Aft1·t· sc·vcn miles we t·cat'l•cd Ute foot of' a •·itl{.;'c'. '" hi<·h we asc~ t.·tHII'cl in a dia•cc•tion n01•tlt 45° <':1 . t, (IJJ'Oil~h a low ~ap of' ea-;y a '('('Jlt ft·om the westwal'll. and on cles<·<·mling- it W<'l'l' cldi~htc·d at di!!covcl'ing that this was Che dividing •·icl~e hct\H't·n chc waters of the Columbia anti tho c of' the MiHsotn·i. F1·om thj gap the For·t moun cain is auout t" euty 111iles in a nodhca (l'l'll di•·rction. \Vc now wotJntl tl11·ough the hills aml hollows Of' the mountains. passing SCVf..'l'a] J·ivuJets. wJdc•h run to the rit;ht, and at lite 1listmwe of ui1w milt.•s ft·om th~ gap encamped. aftet· making- lhil·fy. t\H) miles. " 'e pro~ ('Ut•ctl sonw hl"avct·, :wei f his mor·uin;; saw some signs and tt·acks of hufl'alo(', ft·om wl!i(·h jt s<·<•ms 010 c animals do somrtim<·s pcnct•·atc to a hort uistauce wjt h in the moun~ tains. Tul"sday, 8. At 011·ec miJes fr·om our <·amp we l'c~whecJ a !\h'ram, issuiug ft·om the mount a ins I of he southw<'sf. f hough it Only COII{aiu · Watt•t· fOI' a. wi<.hft of tltirly feet, Jt't ltS bed is more than tht·cc times Omt wiclch, aucl l't·om I he ~lpp<'Cil'· ance or the roots and (t·ccs in Ow nrighholll·jng- bottom, must sometimes run with gt·ca.t violcuc<'; we calJNI jt Ocarbot• n's river. Half' a milo furtht.•t· wt• ohM·t·vt·d fnHn a hci~ht the Slti~hequaw mountain, a J1i~h insulated JllOUD· 'or .. u. |