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Show '.)6 Lewis anti. ClltJ'ke's Ea'}Jetlttwn f J 1 . t b ceo whieh we luul received l'rom small sacl~ o n< tan ° a ' . tht' Shoshoncrs. The next mornmg, . 1 t·. ted them to a hrNtl:fast on elk :Frtday, 1St'' we 1 Ccl . 1 . l . 1 tl cy seemed vct·y foml, an<lltavmg pnrelm-rucat, o w uc ' ' , 1 . t 1 . s of the lueervia, am\ two •·o •cs setl ft·on• them wo s on. . ·', {' tl c sl·in of an animal about the size of a cat, they maue o 1 · " • • tr left us. Two huntet·s retul'ned wif h th~ plcasm~ mtc_ J-f 1 . 1 . "" 1. ·,ned ci'""htern elk about stx uuJ<.·s (r(.'OCe 0 t U~Jl' 13.Vtng " "' . ~o ff. 0 ur I 4 '· • t(> rise.' l'ol' though it ra.ms all day we HitS uq;m • . 1 1 . . ·tnd 'l.l'C l'(~}·oi(•cd to find that the lwau~ contmuc our a >OUt c.; . • • • • . . l . . ,. 45 into excellent boanh;, more than ttlul ba s~un pmc sp h . . . two 1" ce t .m .· 14) ltl the evenin"' three lndmns came m a \\H l •· , , :-:, canoe with proVJ!.: II.O ns .L ln d .c-,\.•. 'tns for sa' le, anll spent the night wiHt us. . Satut·day, H... Again it rained all day, but hy workmg t tl 'vc fiuishcrl the walls of our huts, and nearly cons an y . 1 .1 J c for out· pt·ovisions. 'rhc constant rams comp ctcu a wus ' . have completely spoiled out· la st suJ>ply of c~k; hut notwtth-stancling 1hat s<'arrcly a man has been dt·y for a gt·(•at num· ber of days, the sick are recovering. Fou t' men were d.cspatchetl to guard the elk which wm:c ldllcll y(~stcl'day, till a larger party joined them. Aecorlhngly, Sunda.y 15, ('.aptain Clarke with sixteen tn(m set out in tln·cc canoes, aml having rowctl fo1· tbl'ec miles up the rivet· turned u1• a large creek ft·om the right, and after going three miles further landed about tltc height of the tide water. The men were then despatclu•d in small pal'ties to bt·iuoo in the elk, eadt man returning with a quarter of the ani.:al. In bringing the tltia·d a.nd last load, ncal'ly hal!' the men missed their way, and did not return till aftct· aught; five of them indeed were not able to find their way at all. It had hecn cloudy all day, and in the night bcgau to rain, aml as we had no covrr were obliged to sit up the greater pat•t of the night, for as soon as we lay down the rain would come under us, and compel us to rise. It was in'tkcd 3 most uncomfortable situation, but the Jive men who joined us in the morning, ul) lhe Jtlissozu·i. 9)' Montlay 16, had been more unlucky, for in addition to tl1e l~iu whidt had }Wut·ed dowu upon them all night, they had no fit•e, and dt·cnchcd anc..l cold as thry were when they u·cachcd us, exhil>itcd a most distressing sight. They had left tlacit· loads where they slept, and some men were sent ancr them. while oUuws wercdespatehcd after two more elk iu another bend of the ct•cek, who at'tet· taking these Jast on boar·d, proceeded to our camp. It t•ained a.nd bailed during th(' day, ancl a high wind ft·om the southeast. not only threw down tr·ees as we passed along. but made the •·ivct· so t·ouglt tlmt we pt·ocreded with gt•cat risl~. 'V e now bad the meat house covet·cd, aud all out· game cat•cf'ully hung Ul> in smaU pteccs. Tuesday 17. H t•aincd all night, and this morning there was a high wind, and hail as well as rain fell; anll on tho top or a mountain about ten miles to the southeast of u~ we obscrvtd some snow. 'rhe gt·eatct· paa·t of out• stores is wet, and oua· leathern tent is so rol teu that. the slightest '&ouch makes a rent in it, m1d it will now sc;u·ccJy shl'ltt·r a. s1wt large enough foa· oua· beds. ,,. c wct•e all busy in finishing the inside ot' the huts. The after part of the day was cool and fail·. But this respite was of vea·y bhort dut·ation~ lor all night it continued raining and snowing altcl:'natcly, aml in the mot·ning, Wedncs<.lay t8, we had snow and hail till twelve o'clock, after which it changed to t·ain. '!'he air now became cool and disagt·eeable, the winll high and unsettled, so that. being. thinly dressed in lcatbrr, we were able to llo \'ery little on the hou ·cs. Thursday 19. The 1•ain continued all night with short intervals, but the mot•ning was fair and the wind ft•om the southwest. Situated as we arc, out· only occupation is to Wot•k as diligently as we can on our houses, and to watch the changes of the weather, on which so much of our comfort depends. We availed ourselves of this glimpsr gf sun· c;hine, to send across Meriwether's )Jay for the boa1·ds ol' an l'or... n. ~ |