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Show Lewis and Cla1'kc's Ex1>cdition ,vhltPs below the point: we purchased ft·om them thirteen l'<'d rharr·, a fish which we found very excellent. After some time tlwy went on board the boat, and croised the rivet·, which is hct·o five miles wide, through a very lteavy sea. Tuesday, 12. About thrcu o'clock a tremendous gale .or wind arose. accompanied with lightning, thumler, and hall: at six it became light for a short time, but a violent rain soon b~gan and lasted dut•ing tho day. n.uriug f his stol·~ one of our boats, st-cured by bring sunlt With gt•eat quanta· ties of stone. got loose, but d1·ifting against a rock, was l'ecovercd without having reeoived much injury. Our situation became now much more dangerous, for the waves were drhren with fury against the rocks and trees, wh ieh till now bad afforded us refuge: we therefore took advantage of a low tide, and moved about half a mile round a point to a small brook, which we laad not observed till now on account of the thicl~ bushes and dl'iftwood which concealed its mouth. Here we were more safe; but still cold and wet, our clothes and be<lding rotten as well as wet, om· baggage at a distancet and the canoes, our only means of csca1>e ·from this }llace, at the mercy of the waves: we were, however, fortunate enough to enjoy good health, and eYcn had tbe luxury of getting some fresh salmon and tlu·ce salmon trout in the b1·ook. 'l'hree of the men aUem}>ted to go round a point i our small Indian canoe, but the hi~:;h waves rcndc•·ed bet quite unmanageable; Utcse boats requiring the seamanship of the natives themselves to make them live in so •·ough 9. sc a. 'Vcdnesday, 13. During the night we had short inter~ "'rals of fair wcathct·, hut it Legan to rain in the morning~ and continued through the day. In ordeL· to obtain a view of the oouutry below, captain Clarke followed up the course of the bt·ook, aml with much fatigue, and after walking three miles, ascended the Jirst spur or the mountaiws. 'l'hc whole lowe1· countJ·y was covered with almost impenetrai.Jle thick· Up tilt Missomi. 75 et!l of small pine, with which is mixed a species of plant re .. sembling ar1·owwood, twelve or fifteen feet high, with a thorny stem, almost interwoven with each other, and scattet ·ed among the fern and fallen timber: there is also a red b(wry, somewhat like the solomon's seal, which is called by the natives, solme, and used as an article of diet. 'I'his thick growth rendered travelling almost impossible, and it was rendered more fatiguing by the steepness of the mounfain, ·which was so great as to oblige him to draw himself up hy means of the bushes. The timber on the hills is chiefly of a lat·ge tall species of pine, many or them eight or ten feet in diameter at the stump, and rising sometimes more than one hund1·ed feet in height. 'rhc hail which fell two nights since is still to be seen on the mountains: there was no game, and no traces of any, except some old signs of elk: the clout.ly 'vcathcr prevented his seeing to any distance, and lw t hcl'efore returned to camp, ancl sent tht·ce men in the Indian canoe to tl'y if they could double the. point and find some safer barbour for our canoes. At every flood-tide the cas b•·cak in g•·eat swells against the rocks, and d1·ifts the tt·ces among our establishm<>nt, so as to l'Cia«ler it vet·y insec nl'<'. 'Vc were confined as usual to dl'icd fish, which is our last resource. Thursday, 1'1. It rained without intermission during Ia t night and to-day: the wind too is very high, and one or our canoes muc~ injured by being dashed against rocks. Fi"·e Indians f1·om below came to us in a canoe, ami tht·ce or f hem having landed, informed us that they had sef'n 1 he men sent down yesterday. At tbis momrut one of them al'J'ivNI, ncl in{'ormcd us that these Iudians had stolen his git; and basket: we theJ·efoi'C ol'dc•·ed the two women who remained in the canoe, to restore them; hut this they refused, till we tht·eatcncd to shoot, when they gave back the articles, and we then ordct'etl them to leave us. 'l'hey wm·c of the " 'ahkiacum nation. 'rhc man now inl'ol'med us that tht·y ha.d gone rouml tlte point ai fat• a~ the high sea wonhl !'nflC•l' |