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Show Lctvis and Cla1·fo:e's Expedition 1\'Ionday, 25. to hunt in the Pawnre islaml, and we followed them soon after. At eight o'clock we rea(•lacd the entt·anec of fhe Chayrnne. where wr rrmainrd till noon, in ordcl' to tal~e a ml."l'idian obsct·vat ion. At tlu·e<' o'clock we passt~d the oltl Pawnee village. ncar which we had met tho Tetous in 180ti,, and cncamtlrd in a hu·gt'~ bottom on the northeast sidr. a. little Lclow the mouth of Notimbcr creek. Just above om· camp the Ricat·as ha<l formerly a largo village on each sitlc of the river, and there aro still seen the s~emains of five villages on the southwest side, below the Chaycnne, aml one also on Lahoocat's bland; bnt these have all h<'<'O •lcstroycd by the Sioux. The weather was cleat• and ca.Jm, but by means ol' our oars we made fot·ty· eight miles. Om· hunters procuJ·cd nothing except a few deer. The skit·f of timbri' in the bend alJove the Ch2t.yenne is incon idrrahlr, and scattered fl'om four to sixteen miles ou th•· south Wf' . t !,id<' of' the t'in•r. and the thiekl."st part is fa·om the cJi!'!t::tnrc of' ft·ona ft•u to six mil<·s of' the Claayrnne. A narrow hot tom ol' sn1a lt,·otl on wood ta·ccs is also on the northcast Jloint. at tlw dio,tan{'e of' rout· milt·s above the rive•·· A few Ia•·~,. tt·ccs, and a. sma 11 mHh•rgt·ow 1 h of willows on the lower· sicle hot tom ou tlac 1\llis~Soul'i half a mile, and extend a. qu:wtcr or a mih• n1, t ht• Cha~ ennr: there is a bottom or •otlon timlwr in the p•u·t above the Chaycnne. The Cha)enne dischaq.~<~s IJut a little water at its mouth, which resembles that of the Missout·i. Tuesday, 26. Al'tel' a heavy flcw we set out, and at nine o'eloek t't'achctl the cntt·ancc of Teton rive1•, below which were a •·aft a.nd a skin canoe, whi(•h induced us to suspect tlwt the 'rctons were in the noighhourl10oc1. rl'hc arms were thc1·efore pnt in pct·fl'ct ol'dcr, ami <WCI'Y thing prc1Jarcd to rc,·c·nge the slightest insull from thost" people, to whom it is 1wccssary to show an example of salutary rigour. We, how· ~ver, went on without seeing C\ny of them. although we Wct·e obliged to land ncar Smoke creel~ for two hours, to stop UJJ tlze .Mi::;smn·i. 1-L a leak in the prl'ioguf'. Ilc.·t·c w<> "aw p_Tf'at quantiti<>s of plums and gt·apt•s. hut not yt•f l'iP"· At fivc o'do<·k we passe,} I .. ouisvilh·'s fot·t. on ~rda1· blmul, twl'lvc mih•s b' low whida we cncampcfl h:wing het·u ah e to l'OW sixfy miles. lvith the wind ahead dul'iu~r the gt·caH·r Jlart of tlw day. Wednc~day, 27. Before sum·iso we set out with a stilt' cast.t,ru lwt•t·~<~ m our faces, and at the diotance or a, i(~w miles landc.·d on a samll..mr nra.a· 'Tylor 's l'ivci', :md sent out the buutet·s. a~ this was the most. favourable spot. to rrcl'uit om· stock of' meat. whicl1 "as now completely cxhaush·d. Jlut after a hunt of tlarec hours, they rt·pu&·tl·tl that no game was to he fountl in tho bof toms, the 1-;l'ass having been laid flat by the im • .ncnse number or huflldocs which had recently passed over it; and tha.t th<'y saw only a few bulfaloc buJls, wltich they dill not kill, as tlwy w<·ro quite unHt for use. Neat• tiJh:! place we obscrvNJ, hOWCVCI', tht• fir~t signs oi' the wild tut'·· key; and not I on~~ aftc1· h nded in llw Bit.;IH'ud, and J· illcd a :fine fa.t elk, on which Wt' ft·a~INI. rruwat·ds night WC h('ard the lJeJiowing of the buffaloc bulls, on the Ion Cl' island ofthlj Bigbend. 'Ve pua•stl(•d this agt·eeahlc sound. and aftel' 1\.illing some of tht- cows, t>n<·a.m ptd ou the i slaud, forty -fi vc milc!i from the camp uf' last ni~lat. 1'hursday~ 2S. \V•-- JH'OC<'tHlNl at an ea•·ly hour. having previously llcspat~hed sotn<' huntea·s ahrad, with or·dt•rs to join us at our old camp a little ahovt• Vot·vus Cl'<'ek, wltcl'e we intended rrmaining onr day, in oa·det· t.o pt·oeure fh "' sl ins and skclcfons of some animals, such us tltt• mu! ·-drrt·. the antelope, the ha•·king squirl'cl, and the magpie, '' hida we were dcsit·ous of C'ar·rJingo to the Uniti•d State~, and which we hall seen in gt·cat abundance. Aft.ct· •·owing thirty .. two miles we la.ndt>d at twdve, and fot•m('(l a camp in a high bottom, thinly timhcred and covel't"d '' ith g•·nss, and no crowded with musquetocs. Soon an cr we aa·riv('d the S<JUa\H and several oftlic men w<'nt to chc hushes n<'ar the rtvct·, and IJt•ought grPat quantities of hu·ge wrll flavout·Pd pl11nr' of three different species. |