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Show SS6 Lewis and Clcu·kc's E.Xj)Cdition a.t the distance of thirty paces, as captain Lewis shot him in the lJclJy. lie fell on his k•u·es and ri•,.ht dhow~ but. l'aising himselfa.littlc, fh·cd, and then c•·a.wled hchind a I'<wk. The shot had ncal'ly IJern fatal, fol' <~aptaiul.ewis, wJw was. ba•·chradc.. ·d, felt the wind of the lmll Yet·y di tinetly. Not having his ~hut-pouch, he coultl•wt 1·cJoacl Ia is •·illc, and having only a. single Joacl al o fot· his pistol, Jw Owught it 1110 t JH'udent not to aU.ack the ludians, ancl (he•·d(ll'e retired slowly to the oamp. He was nwt by Dt·cwyct·. who hear·ing the I'cpor·t of the ;)'un , had con1e to his as ·i;o;tancc, leaving the }'iclds to pursu · the Jndians. Captain Lewis Ol'dCl'ed him to enll out to thrm to dt·!·dst f1·om tl1e JHH'suit, as we could take th<' horses of the f udia.n · ill phwe of Olll' OWn, but they WCI'C at lOO gt•cat a distance to hem· hi Ill. Jle Uaet·efot·" t'elul'!lcd to t110 calllp, aml whilst he wn~ saddling the hor!ics, the .Fields rctui·ued with four of our own. haYing followed the Indians until two of them swam the &·ive•·, two ot.het·s a ·cerulctl Ow hills, so that the horses became dis{,erscd. 'Yc, hO\\CVCI', WCI'e t•atllCl' gainCI'S by thi~ contest, fOl' WC took foul' of tho Indian ho1·scs. and lost only one of our own. llcsides whicJJ, we found in the camp four shields, two bows with quivers, and one of the guns which we took with us, and also Uw flag which we had pt·escntcd to them, but left the medal rouml the neck of the dead man, in ordm· that tlwy might IJe informed who we WCI'C. Tile l'CSt or theit· haggagc, CX· cej>t some buflaloc meat, we left; and as there was no time to he lost, we mounted ou•· ho&·ses, and after asN·ndiug the t•ivct· hills, took our course Uu·ough the beautiful level plains, in a dj&·cction a little to the south of cast. 'Ve had no douut hnt that we should (}c immediately pursued by a mueh la•·ger· party, and that as soon a!J intelligence wa.s given to tlw band neat· the BPoken mountains, they would hasten to the mouth of Maa·ia's river to intercept us. 'Ve hope, however, to IJc there lwl'cwc them, so as to fo1·m a junction with our fr·ieuds. 'Vc thct·cforc 1mshed our ho1·scs as fast as we possi(.)ly could; and fortunately for us, the Indiftn Up the .Missowl'i. hot'!5C3 were very good, the plains perfectly level, and without many stones ot· prickly ]lC~u· s, mHl in fine OJ'(ler lfol' ta·avelling after the late rains. At d;.;ht miles from out· camp \\'C passed a st&·cam fol'ty y:u·ds wide, to which, from the occmTcncc of tho morning, we gave the name of BnUJe river. At tht·ce •/cloek we rmwhcd JloHe river·, five mile! above whet·e we had formel'ly Jm sed it, aml having now oa.mc (.)y estimate si:xty-tha·cc miJes, halted l'ot· an hom· and a half to rcf'J•cslt oul'lwr·scs; thcu (lllt'SHNl our journey scv ntccu miles fm·Uwr, when, as the ni~ht came on, we killed a 1Jufialoc, aml again stopped for two hours. The sky was nO\Y O\'Crclouded, IJut as the moon ;.;a.ve light enou~;h to show us the rouh·, we <wntiuuccl along thJ'Oll~h imn•<'nsc 1ael'ds of Jmffaloc fm· twenty miles, and then almost exhausted with· l'ati~t&e, halted at two in tiJC mo•·uing, 1\londay, 28, to t•est om·~elv(• s ancl the IHH'S('S. At daylight we awoke sore and scat·ecly ahlc to wtand; hut as our owu lives as well as tho ·c of oua· compauions depended on our pre. siug f'onva1·d, we mounted our horses arul set out. The JUCil WCI'C d ·sit·ous or eroiising the Missouri, at the Groh !:Sj)l'ing, whm·c nose river ai>proachcs so. neat· the river, and passing down the southwest side of it;· and thus avoid the couut&·y at the ,junction or the two rivct·s, through which the enemy would most 1n·ouably ptu·sue us. But as this circuitous route would (~Onsumc the whole day, and the Indians might in the meantime attack the canoes at the point, captain TJcwis told his party it was now thci•· duty to risk thcit· livos fot•ttheiJ· friends and companions; that he would pl'oftecd immcdi:\tcly to the point, (o give the alat·m to tho canoes, and if they had not yet. al'rived, he would raft the Missouri, and after biding the l.Jaggag·e, ascend tho river on foot. Lhl'ough the woods till he met them. lie told them also that it was his determination, in case they wct·e attacked in crossing the Ill a ins, to tic the bl'idlcs of the hot•ses and stand together till they had either routed thei•· cneruics, or· suhl theit· Jives as dcal'ly as posgiblt~. 'I'o this they all assented, |