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Show 350 Lewis and Clm·kc's Expc£Lltion Thursday, .24, but the sky soon clouded ovct~, and it rnineid during the rest of' the day. 'Ve were therefore obligrd to remain one day longct• for the puqwse of comp!ctin:" our observations. Our situation now became unpleasant l'eom the t•ain, the coldness of the air·, an<l the total absence or all game; for the hunters could find nothing or a la•·ge kind. and we were oiJligcll to subsist on a. few 1,igeons and a kettle of mush made of the remainder of our bt·ca(l or cows. '!'his supplied us 'vith one more meal in the morning, Friday, 25, when fimlin~ that the cold and raiuy wrathcr would still detain us here, two of tlte men were despatched to hunt. 1.'hey rctul'nctl in the evening with a fine I.)Uck, on wltich we fared sumptuously. ln their cxcu1·sion they ltad gone as far as the main branch of Mari~L' s river, at the distance Gf ten 1uilcs, through an o1•cn extrusive valley, in "hieh were scattered a gt·eat number of lodges late)) cv~cuatcd. The next moJ·niug, Saturday, 26, the weather wa! still cloudy, so Umt no ob· scrvation could be made, and what added to our fli sappujutment, captain Lewis's chronometm· stopped y esterday i'rom some unknown cause, though wliCn set in moti on ahain it went as usual. 'Ve now despail·cd of taking the longitude of this place; and as out• staying nuy longer might endanger our r·eturn to the United States tlut·ing the p•·c cnt srason, we, therefore, waited till nine o'clock, in hopes nl' a change fwcather; bnt seeing no prospect of that kind. we mountfld our horses, and leaving with reluctance ou•· position, which we now named Camp Disap1>ointmcnt, directed om· course across the open plains, in a dit~ection nearly south· fast. At twelve miles distance we reached a branch of ~faJ'ia's river, about sixtJ -five yards wifle, which we ct·ossed, and continued along its southern side for two miles, where 1t i3 joined by another branch, nearly equal in sizr f•·om the !OUthwest, a.nd far more cleat· than the nol'th lwauch, which is turbid, though the beds of both are composed of' pebbles. \Ve now decided on pursuing this 1·iver to its junction with l.Tp the JJ!issouri. 3il tbe fork of Maria's river, which we had ascemlec.l, and then cross the country ohli(Juely to '['ansy river, nn(ldo sceml that stream lo its coufiucncc with Maria's t·ivet·. 'V c, ther efore, crossed and dc!iccnded the rivc1·, am] .tt l'r mile below the junction, haltctl to Jet the horses g•·a7 . u .'r rtiJc bottom, in which were some Jndiau lodges, tl1. f :1 t p : ·· to have bceta inhabited during the la.st winter. V¥e h·· · · discern more timber than the counh·y in gcucral {HJ scsses; for l>esidcs an urulct•gJ·owth of rose, honeysuckle, a.ntlredl>erry bushes, and a SUI :til quan( ity ol' willow t imbcr, t.hc three sprcics ol' cottOll WOOd, the na•~•·ow-lcaf'cd, the bro:-ul-lcafcd, ami the spc~ Ci('S known to tlw t'ol Umbia, though lat' I'C seen fot• the first time on tlae l'1issouri, a1·c all unitt'd nt this place. Game too, a11pcars in grcatet· abundanc<'. 'V e saw a few antelopes and wolves, aml killed a huck, besides '\' hich we saw . also two or the small bunowing foxes of the plains, about the size of the common domestic cat, aud of a r eddish IH'O'\ n colour, except the tail, which is Olack. At tl1c distance of tht·ee miles, we a scended the ]JiJls close to the l'i\ ct· side, whHc Dl'cwycr p1 r sncd the valley of the r·ivct· on the opjwsitc sitlr . "Put S('al'ceJy hatl captain l..~cwis rcaclu·d the l1igh plain, when lJC saw about a mile on lais left, a collection of about thit·t:v hoJ·scs. 11 c i mmcdiatc•h· halted, and ~Jy the aid of his spy-glass diseov<'l'ell umt. on~~ half of the hol'scs were saddled, and that on • }u~ <'minencc abo yo the hot scs, several lndiaus wc•·c Jool\. ing tlowu Lowat ds the river, {>L'obably at Drewyer. T his " as a most mwct~ come sight. 'l'heit· IH'Obahle uuml>c•·s rcndct·<'d any t•on(cs t with them of doubtful j ·sue; to attcmj>t to escape would only invH~ }Hil'suit, aml uu•· hot·sc!:i wcr·c so ha.d that we must ccr tainly be ovcl'takcn'· besides whid1 , HrcW.H 'I' <•oulcl not y(' t Lo awat·c that the Jndiaus were ut·ar, nncl jf' we t·an he would most. probably be sact·ificrd. " 'e tlu••·c.. ro re dc tcrruiucd to make l.he best of our . it uation, :uul .ulvaucc t ow~u·ds them in a fr·irm]J) manner. 'l'hc..• 1lag '\ hich we 1Htd l>rought in cas<~ of any such accitlcnt was tht•t·<" fot·c disJ>laycd, ami we con- .. |