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Show men reiurnrd with the hm'Sf', and soon al'h·r. an Indian wh<. bad 1womiscd to go with us as fa.•· as the t;lwt)urmish. C~\me ,vith two hors(•s, one ul' which he 1•olih•ly offt·J'(.''l to ca1Ty our t.a~gage. 'V(~ therefore loadt.d nine hol's('s. and giving the t.rnth to ll•·atton. who was st1ll too !,ick to walk, about ten o'dock left the Yillngc oft be st~ disagt·(~cable prop) c. At one 0·c·loc~k we cH'rivNI at the village of the Enceshurs, wh('l'<.' Wt' found <>aptain Clat·kc, who hacl been complt•tt·ly unsucticssful in his at tt·mpt s to pm·chasc lwrses, the Enccshu1 ·s being quite as unfl'iendly as the Hkilloots. ~~~ol'tuoately, how<'V('I', the fellow who had sold a. hul'se, and af'trrwarcls lost him at gambling. hc\longNl to this village, and \Ve insi"'ted on taking the kdtle and knife which had been ;iven to llim f'oa· tlw horst'. ifhr did not rrplae(' it by one of equal value. ]J(' pa·d'crt·cd fbc lalter, and hr·ought us a vc•·y ~ood horse. Being here joined hy the canoe!!! and baggage acl'oss the p01·C.age, we halted haifa mile above the town, and took dinner on some dogs, aftet· which we JH'oeecded on about four miles aud cncamJ>Jrd at a village of En<'<.\shurs, consisting of nine mat huts. a liUio below tht rnouth of tho Towahnahiooks. We obtained l't'om these people a couple of dogs and a. small quantity or fu<'l, fol' whit~h we were obligetl to give a higlH't' pt·ic•~ tl1an usual. We also bought a horse with a back so much injut·cd, t.lmt he ('<Ul scal'ceJy be of much service tQ us, but the t•rict~ was some trifling aa•ticlcs, which in the United States would cost alJout a. tJollar and a quartet·. '1'hrd• ·ess, the manuer·s, and the languaf!;e of the Enceshurs diHct• jn no respc.ct from those of the Skilloots. Like them too, these Eneeshur·s arc inhospitable and paa·simonious, faith~ l(•ss to their engagements. ami in the midst of povc1·ty nnd filth, retain a degt·ee of (Wide and arl·ogance which render om· numbca's oua· only protcetion against insult, pillage, auc,l even murder. We aa·e, howcvcw, assured by our Chopuu~ nish guid~. who ap11eat·s to he a. v<.~t·y sincere, honest Indiaw, thut the nations above will treat us with much m"ro hos~ pitality. • Up tlte .Mis.-;ozu·l. Tuestlay 22. 1'wo ot' our horses broke loose ia the night and stt•aggled to some distanee, so that we were not able to retake them and bt>gin our maa·eh bc fot·c seven o'clock. We l1ad just reached the top of a hill neaa· the village. when the load of one of the hors<'s turned. and the animal taking .ft·i~ht at a t•obc which still adhered to him, ran furiously towa!' ds the village: jn!it as he came there tlw. rohc fell, aml an Indian hid it iu his hut. Two men went back aftct• tho hoa·se which they soon took, but the robe wa~ still mis~ing, and the ltHiians d<>nicd having Sl•cn it. 'l'hesc repeated acts ot' knavery now exhausted our patience, and captain l.~ewis the1·efoa·e set out f'o1· the villag<~ , llet<wmined to make them deliver u1• the robe, ot· to bul'n the Yillage to the ground. 'I,his llisagreeable alternative was t•cmlca·ed unncecss:u·y, for on his way he met one of our nwn, who had found the robe in nn lmlian hut b.id bchintl some baggage. We t•esumcd out" t·oute, anti soon aftct· halted at a hiiJ, ft·om tb"' top ot' which we cnjoyecln commaruling view of the 1·an;e of mountain!; in which mount Hood stands, and whid1 continue south n.s faras the eye can rench, with fhC'i1· tops <:overed with snow. mount llood it sdf hear·s south 30° west, and th~ snowy summit ot' mount Jcffcr·son south :10° west. Tt.lw~~ .. ds the south and at no gt·cat dista.ncc we di.,c:e t•n some woody country, ~Lnd Ot>}lOsite this point of view is the mouth or the 'l'oWahnahiooks. '!'his r• iyea· t·eceivc:;, at the distance of eighteen ot• t"cnty miles, a hranch ft·om the l'ight, which take!:! ils rise iu mount Hood. while the main stt·eam com<'!f in a cou•·se ihHn the southeast, and ten Ol' fil'tt·en miles i!; joined lly a sc~ ~ond fwanclt from mount Jcft'crson. I•'r·um this place we p1·o~ cceded with our baggage in the centt·c, escot·ted bot Ia IJcfore and behind by those of the men who wft'~ without thl~ cat·e of horses, and having c1·os~cd a plain eight miles in ((Xtcnt1 t'cachcd a village of Enccshui·s, consisting of six house!'. lle•·e we bought some dogs on which we dined near the YilJage, and ha.viug 1uu·chascd anotht•r horse, went up the river fo tn· m'les rurthe1·, to another .Ence.shw· ,-i:Uage of st-venmat , .'OL. Jl, K k |