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Show , ·1SO )Jc·.£•is awl. ( 'lm'kc's Ea·petlittoJt aftt•t•r.oon b~inb· wet, we (lei r1·minNl I o rrmain wilh ML·. ~l~Clt'li:HI dt~t•in~ the night: anr) tlle.•·••fore. afiPt' s 1~ntling ou flvc hnn(f'I'S al1rad. spent the evt•ning in inquiries after oc( llll'I'<'JH'<'S jn the PniiNI States dnl'iug out· ahs<'nc<'; anfl by eight o'clo<'k tH~xt morning-, Sa(tJt'(lay.t:>, OV<'I'Iook the hunlet•s; but ou~vhad killt•dnot~ l in~. rnar wind llCinp; now too hit;h to pt·ocerd sa fpfy·t ht·ou~h tamhrt· S(tl(·l' in <'V<'J'.V part of rhc channc-1, wr la.n<l··!l. and sent thP small <.~:-tno<•s ahPad to hunt. Towat•th Pvrning we over·tonk Hu·m. and <·twampf•d. not lwin~ ahle to atlvance mol'<' than •·jr~t.frf'n miJ< .. s. The wf'afh(•t· was vr1·y warm, and f1l<' t'U"iht:'s in tiH• bottoms so high an(l thiek that we ooul<l Sl'at·<·eJ.v hunt, but Wf'I'C J'oJ>funatt~ enou!-)h to ohtain four· d<'er· and a f111·k<•y, whif•h, with flaP laootiur.; owl, the tornmon huzzat·(l. c·t·ow. and hawk, W<'l't' the only ~ame we saw. Among llw li!tdH'I' is file cottonwoo<l, syeanwt·e:, ash, mullwny. pappaw, walnut, hit'koP.Y, pt·i<·kly ash. st>vrt·al s~t·(·ics of elm, i ltrr·mix<·<l with gt·cal qna.nU.ties of gr;qwvmes, and ( ltJ'('(~ kind . or pras. Sunday, 11•. " 'e l'<'Stmwd om· journ<"y, antl this tw·, g a part off he t·ivt•t· tu whit·h the Kanzas l't•sor·t., in m·d~ w t•oh tho boats of tt·adeJ·s. we hell! Olll's(•l\•ps in rcaflitwss fo fiJ·•~ upott any )udiaus who . JJOu)d ofi(•r II:-\ lite sJibltt('S( indi~uity, as we no 1on~et· nN•<kd tJwit· ft·ieJHl "ih ip, aud found that a tone Of ftt·mness and <f<·ei ·ion is t ftc hPst possihll' IHI't hod o(' ma)\ ing pr·opt·r· impi'<'S!-.iOn 011 t he~t\ {h·l'houtt·a·s. 'Ve. howe:vct·, did not encounft'i' any off h<'m; lJut just IJt•iow the old Kanzas village met lht·ee fl·c-uling lwafs l'a·om St. Loui • on tht:'ir way to the Yankton · and ~lahas. AfteP lraving them we saw a numbet· ofd<'<'l', of '"hil·h wr killed iivt•, an<l t•n(•autpt·d on an island, fifty-thl'cc miles l't·om out· cucampuwnt of last cvenint;-. l\'lonclay, 15. A tron~ ht·r<~z<' ahcafl pr·rvrnt<'cl us fr·om a~vatwing .mo1·e tha.11 L'oa·IJ - IIIII<' utilt·!:l to the neighhoul'l10od o.l llayeabm ca·cPk. The a·i\'l'l' Kauz~ts is vt•a·y low at this time. .About a milo below 1t we hmcled to viuw the silua ... Up the JJiissouri. 431 "(jon or a high hill, which has many advantages for a tt·ading }louse or fort; while on the shot·c we gathered ga·eat quanti~ tics of pappa.ws, and shot an elk. The low grounds arc now delightful, and the whole country cxhihits a rich appear·ance; but the weathet· is oppa·essively wat·m, and descending as rapidly as we do t't·om a cool open country, between the latitude of<~t6 and ,J,go, in whi<'h we have been for neal'lytwo years, to the wooded })laius in 38 aml 89°, the heat would be almost insuffet·able were it not for the constant wind~ fl·om the south and southeast. Tucsclay, 16. 'Ve set out at an eat·ly hour, but the weather soon became so warm that the me11 rowed but little. lrl tho course of the flay we met two t.t·adiug pat·ties, on tiu•ir way to the Pawnees awl Ma.has, and artet· making Jifly-two miles, remained on an island till next morning, 'Vct\ne!:!day, i7, when we passed in safct) th(' island of 1hc LitHe Usage village. 'l'his },lace is considered OJ the navi~atot•s orthc 1\lissouri, as the mosl dan~cl·ous part or it, the whole wa.tea· being eoutpa·cssctl, for two milf•::,, "athin a narrow channel, <·t·owded wdh tiutbrr, iuto which lh{· \tOleuce of th<' ('Ul'I'Clll is eon!:!la.OtlJ Wa ·hill!; tltl' hauk!:!. ,\t the distance oi thit·ty milt·s \\e wet a <.mpta.in ~1·l:l<·llan. J..tdy of the Unilcll ~tales· <U'III). w1th "Jwm "c eneampt•tl. He infot·mcu ~~~that the gt·thl''al opinion in the LniH·<I Statc!was that we w<·a·e lo~t; lhc la!:lt a<·t·outus whidt l1ad I.Jrcu beaJ·<I of us being l'I'OIH the .~latHlan \' .llah<' . ~'a pi ain M'(;I-.·Jlan is on his way lo attempt a Ill'\\ Lt·adc witll the Indians. His plan tS to esta.IJ!ish h.m-.el.' 011 the Platte, and aftertJ·ading n·ith the Pawtwt·., a 1d Ottoc..·s~ pt·nail ou !,OillC of their chiefs to accolllpan.; hi au to ~a uta. Ft·t·, \\ ht••·e he hopt'S to oLtaiu pet·tni:,~iou to t'Xl'h<uabe hi.- llH't't'handi~c for gold and silvci·, which i'i then· in aiHindauc'i·. 1f this IJc g•·antcd. lac can tt·ano,;pul't his gootls on mult•s autl hu1·:,cs f1·om the Platte to soUle l>:.tl'l ol' Louisiana, cunH·nat.'JJl to the Spanish s ·ttlcmcnt , whet·c he md.y be met uy the lra~ dcrs from New ~lexieo. |