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Show Lewis a1ut Cla1·ke's Expeditiou of the nation below the great nar,~ows. 'Ve m~ulo use of thi~ opl>ortunity to attempt a r econciliation between tht-m and oua· two chiefs, and to put an end to the war wlaida had distm ·btd the two nations. By representing to the rhirfs the evils which tbe war inili<•t('d on them, and the W'\nts and privtttiuns to which it subjects them, they soon bream•· disposrd to conciliate with each other, and wo had some a~(·~ :;on to be satisfied with thr. sincerity of the mutual pt·ot'cssions that the wat· should no longcl' continur, a.nd that in fuhtt•e tht'Y would liv(' in praN~ with t.•ath othr1·. On concluding thig negociation w • prot.•rNh·cl to invest the chirl' with the insignia of eommall(], a medal and some small ~u·tieles of clothing; aftc1· whic•.h the violin was produred. and om· men tlanced to the g1'cat delight of the Indians, who remained 'vith us till a late hour. Fa·iday, 2n. " ' e walket.l down with scver·al of' the ln-t. linns to view tlw par·t of the na.r·r·ows which they represented as most daugc•·ouq: we round it vet·y diftieuH, hut. a with our large canoes the \)OI'lage was impracticablt·. we concluded on c•ar•·ying our most valuahle articles by land, and tb('n hazarding the passage. 'Vc ther(·forc r ctlll'nNl to the village, an<\ after sending some of the 11arty with our best stores to make a portag(', and fixed others ou the •·ock to assist with ropes the canoes that might mee t with any t)jlficulty, WC began the tlesCNll, in the presence of ga•eat numbers of Indians who had collected to witness this exploit. rl'hc channel fnr three miles is wot·n through a hard I'ouglJ black rock from iifty to one humll·ed yards \\ide, in which the water swells and boils in a tremendous manner. The three first canoes l'SCaped vm·y well; the fo.urth, however, had nearly filled with water; the fiftlL passed tluouglt with only a small c1uantity of water over her. At half a mile we had got through the worst pat·t, ancl havin~ r·eloaded our canoes went on very wdl fot· two and a hair miles, except that one of the IJoats was nearly lost hy r·unning against a rock. At the end of this channel of three V11 the .MissotL1'i. miles, in which the Indians in form us tlwy cai<•h as many salmon as they wish, we reached a deq> ba ·m or IJt.'ntl of the river towards the t·ight, neat· the cntl·;uwc of which a t·e two rocks. We ea·oRRcd the basin. \\hich has a quiet and gentle eurt•cnt. and at the diqtanec of a. mile {\·om its commencrmcnt, and a. little below whcl'c the rin't' resumes its channel, a·cachcd a rock whieh divides it. At this place we met our old chiefs. who. when we began the poa·tage, had walketl down to a village hrlow to smoke a pipe ol' fl'it·ndship on the renewal of peace. Just after our meeting we sa.w a chief of tbc village above, with a 1mrty who ha.c.llwen out hunting, and were then crossing the t·iver with thei~ horses on their way home. 'Ve landed to smoke \\ itlL this chief, whom we found a. bold looking man of a. pleasing a.ppea. rancc, about fi {'ty ycat'S of age, and dr<~sscd j n a war j~\ekct, a ca.p, leggings ancl muccasins: we presentcll him with a medal a.nd other small arti<•lcs, and he h'a.vc us some meat, of which he ha.d been able to procm·c but little; for on his route he had met with a war p:uty of lndia.us ft·om the Towahn.ahiooks, bdwccn whom there was a battle. \Ve her(~ smoked a parting pipe with our two faithful l'a-it~nds, the chiefs, who had aeeompani('U us from the heads of the river, and who now bad each hout;ht a horse, intending to go home by land. On leaving this rock the river is gentle, !Jut strewed with a great number of a·ocks for a few miles, when it becomes a bcauttful !-itill stt•cam about hair a mile wide. At Ilvc mile · ft·om the large lwntl we came to the mouth of a creek twenty yards wide, heading iu the range ui' mountains "hiclL run S. S. \V. ancl 8. ,V. fot· a long distance, and diselwrgmg a. considet·ablt.~ (luantity or" atcr: it is ca.ll<·d by the l~tlh:..'IIS Qurnett. ' Vc halt<:d IJdow it uncler a bi:,;h 1wint of rud ... s on the left; and as it wa.s uccrssary to make some CCle:stial UbS{~l'V:lllOtlS, WC fOL'tnCd a. Cltlll{) Ull the top of tlWSC l'Ocl\.S. This situation is vcrfectly wt•ll cah·ulatct.l for (ICfence in case the l mlians should incline to ~\Hack us, foa· the l'OCk!o! form a SOl't of natural furtiiication With the aid of OL. IT. o |