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Show Lewis awl Clw·ke ·~ E.l'J)ell.ilion greater proportion of tl1cir apparel is brought by tiw nations to the northwest, who come to tratlc fol' })Oundcd fish, coppet·, and beads. Thcit· chief fuel is st l'aw, southernwood . an(l small willows. 'rhe bear-grass. the bar-k of the eetlar, ~nd the silk-gt·ass arc employed in various articles of manufacture. 'fbe whole village was filled with rejoicing to-day, at having caught a single salmon, which was considered as the harbinger of vast quantities in four or five days .. In order to hasten their arrival, the Indians aceordin~ to eustom, dt·cssctl :fish aml cut it into small pieces, one or which was given to each child in the village. In the good humour excited by this occurrence, they parted, though reluctantly, with fouL' other horses, for which we gave them two kettles, l'escrving only a single small one for a mess of eight men. Unluckily, however, we lost one of tbe horses IJy the negligence ol' the person to w}wsc charge be was committed. 'l'he t•est were therclorc hobbled and tied; but as the nations here do not undcrsfand gelding, all the horses but one wel'o stallions, an'd ibis being the season whon they arc most vicious. we had great difliculty in managing them, and were obligt•tl to keep watch over them all night. In th~ aftct·noon captain Clarke set out with four men for the l•:nceshul' village at the grand falls, in order to make fu1·thcr attempts to pt·ocurc horses. Sunday,20. As it was obviously our intcrrst to pt•esorvc tho good will of these people, we passed ovct• several small thefts which they have committed, IJut this mo1·nin•,. we lcal'nt that b ~ix tomahawks ami a knife ba(\ been stolen dut·ing the night. W c addressed ourselves to the chief. who sccme·d angry with ]a is people and made a harangue to them, but we did not recover tllC articles, and soon after, two of our spoons were missing. 'Ve therefore ordered them all from our camp, tlu·catning to beat severely any one detected in purloining. '!'his hm·sbncss it-ritated the~ so much that they left us in an ill-humour, and we therefore kept on our guard against any insult. Be· Up llzc Jtfiss'om·t. ~1de.s this knavery, the faithlessness of tke people is into~ let·able, frequently aftm· l'ccciving goods in exchange for a 'horse. tbey t•cturn in a few hours and insist on revoking the baq;ain, ot• receiving !Some additional value. \Vc discovered too, that the ho1·sc which was missing yesterday, had been gamhlccl away by the fellow from whom we had purchased bim, to a man of a difl(went nation, who l1ad carried him oif. Besides these, we bought two more horses, two tlogs, and some chapel ell, and also exchanged a couple of elk skins for a gun belonging to the chief. This was all we could obtain, for though they had a great abundance or dried iish, they would not sell it, except. at a price foo exorbitant for our finances. 'V c now round that no more hgrses could be pro ~ cured, ami tl1Crt.·fot·c prepare£} for seUiug out tll-morrow . One of the canoes, for which the Indians woultl give us very little, was cut up for fn~l, two others, together with some elk skins antl vicces of oJd iron, we bat'tcrcd for beads, and the remaining two small canoes wc1·e despatched early next morning, 1\fonday, 21, with all the baggage which could not be oarrietl on ho1•scback. 'V c had intended setting out at the same time, but one or our hol'scs bt·okc loose during the night, and we wcl'e under the necessity of sending several men in search or him. In the meantime, the Indians, who were always on the alert, stole a tomahawk, whieh wo couhl not recover, though several ot' tl1em were searched. Anothet· fellow was detected in earrying off a I,iece of iron, a.nd kicked out of camp: captain Lewis then, atld1·es~ing the Indians, dcJ clared that he was not afr·aid to fight them; for if he ehosc, he might easily put them to death, and burn their village; tlaat he did not wish to tt·eat tbem ill if they did .not steal; and that althongb if he knew wh81Jad the tomahawks he woulcl take away the horses of the thieves, yet he would rathc•· loose the Jlroperty altogether thau take the hol'se of an in4 nocent man. 'l~he ehiefs were present at this harangue, hung their heads and macle no 1•eply. At ten o'clocl~ the |