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Show 11~ Lewis anil Cla1•ke's ExjJeditiun Saturday, tf. A party was sent out to bring in eome elb killed yesterday, and several were despatched aftct' oul' Indian canoe, which drifted away last night; but, though the whole neighboul'hood was diligently searched, we were unable to find it. This is a serious loss, as she is much superior to our own canoes, and so light that four men can carry hm· readily without fatigue, though she will carry from ten to twelve hundred pounds, besides a ct•ew of four. In the evening the Cat.hlamahs left us, on their way to barter their wappatoo with the ClatsOllS, for some blubber and oil, which these last have procuretl from the Killamueks, in exchange for beads and other articles. Sunday, 12. Our meat. is now becoming scarce; we, thet•cforc, determined to j rk it, and issue it in small quan· tHies, instead of dividing it amons the four messes, and le;n . ing to each the care of its own provisions; a plan by which mucb is lost, in consequence of the im1n·ovi<lence of the men. 'rwo hunters had been despatched in the mornin~. and one of them, Drcwyer, ha.() before evening, killed scveu elk. 'Ve should scarcely be able to subsist, wet•e it not fot· the exertions of this most excellent hunter. 'l'ho game is carce, and notJ1ing is now to be seen, except ell\, which to almost all the men, arc very rlifliouH to l>c lll'OCured: but Drewycr, who is the otft;pring of' a Canadian F'rcncbman, ·and au Indiau 'voman, has 1)assed his lil'c in tltc woods, and unites, in a wonderful dcg1·ce, the tlextrous aim of the fron· tier huntsman, with the intuitive sagacity of the Imlian~ in pursuing the faintest tracks through the forest. All our men, bowe·-rct·, have indeed, become so expert with the riUe, tbat we arc ncvet· under all}ll'ehcnsious as to food, since, whenever there is ga.mc of any ldnd, we arc almost certain ofprocuring it. Monday, 13. Captain Lewis took all the men who could 1le spared, and brought in tho seven elk, which they had found untouched by the wolves, of wl1ich there arc a few in the neighbourhood. The last of tl1c candles wltich we Up the Missom·i. 115 bt•ou~ht with 11s being exhausted, we now began to make other~ of elk tallow. From all that we have seen and learnt of the Chinnooks, we have been induced to estimate the nation at about twenty-eight l10uses, and four hundt·cd souls. They reside chiefly along the banks or a river, to which we gave ~he ~amo name; ami whic}t, running par·allcl to th~ Heacoast, waters a Jow country with many stagnant pomls, an<l then empties itself into Haley's bay. The wild fowl of these J>Onds, and the elk and llcer of the neighbourhood, furnish them with occasional luxuries; but their chief subsistence is derived fl·om the salmon and other fish, which arc caught in the small streams, by means of nets and gigs, OJ' thrown on shore by the -violence of the tide. To these arc added some roots, such as the wild liquorice, which is the most common, the sbanataqne, and the wappatoo, brought down the river by the t1·adc1·s. 'fhe m(>n arc low in stature, rather ugly, and ill made; t heir legs being small and crookcll, their feet large, an" their heads, like those of the women, flattened in a mo~t I disgusting manner. 'I'hcse deformities are in part conceal-ed by l'ohes made of sca.-oUer, deer, elk, beaver, or fox skins. 'rhcy also employ in thcil' dt·css, robes of tl1c skin of a cat peculiar to this country, and of another animal of t.he same size, \vhich is light and durable, and sold at a. lti!;h price lly the Indians, who bring it i'l'om above. In addition to these arc woa·n blankets, wrappers of rctl, blue, or S{JOttctl cloth, and some old sailors' clothes, wl1ieh were ve. ry hi~hly prized. 'rhc greater part of the men have gunt, 1wwdc1', aml ball. The women have, in general, handsome faces, but are low and displ·opol'tioncd, with small teet. and large legs and thighs, occasioned. tn·olml>ly, by st.l'ands of beads, or various strings, d1·a wn so tight above the andes, as t.o prevent the circulation of the blood. 'rheir dress, like that ot' the 'Vahkiacums, consists of' a short robe, and a tissue of cedar bark. Theil' h~tir h~ng~ looqely dmvn the Ahoulder~t nnd |