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Show .Lewis uwL Vlurl~c's Expcttilw.tt the rountl'Y extends Hscl fin level plains to a ' '('ry great <lis tanec, and though not as fertile as the land nca1· the falls, pt•otlnccs nn abundant supply of low grass, which is an t'X· ·ccllent food for hor~s. This grass must indr"d be unusually nutritious, for even at this season of the year, aftcl' -wintering on the dry gt·ns~ oft'hc plains, and lteing used with gt·eatcr severity than is usual among the whites. many ot' these horses arc perfectly fat, nor have we, intlcrd, seen a single one who was poot·. In the course of the day we killed several raUleinakcs, like those of the U nitcd States, and saw many of the common as weH as the horned-lizr~rd. We also ldlled six ducks, one of which 1n·ovcd to he of a diffcJ'cnt species from any we had yet seen, being distinguished by yellow legs, and feet webbed like those of the duckiomalIard. 'l'he Pishquitpahs passed the uight with us, ami at their request, the violin was }llayed, and some of the men amused themselves wHh dancing. At the samo time we succeeded in obtaining two hot·ses a.t ncaa·ly the sanw 1n·icc!S which had already been refused in the "Village. Iu t~c Jnormng, Saturday 26, we set out early. At tl1e tlistancc of tht·cc miles, the t•iver hills become low, and rcth·ing to a g1·cat flistancc, leave a. low, level, extensive I•1ain, which on the other side of the river, had begun thirteen miles lower. As -we were crossing this plain, we were overtaken by seve~·al families tt·avclling up the river with a number of horses, and although thcit· COJII}lany was inconvenient, for the weather was warm, the roads dusty. aml tht'it•ltorse · (•t·owclrd in and broke our line of march, yet we were unwilling to displease the Indians by any act of severity. '1 he plain possesses much grass and a varict.y of luwbact~ous plants ami shrubs; hut after going twelve miles, we were f01·tunatc enough to find a few willows, which enabled us to cook a dinner of jerked elk, a.nfl the l'cmainder off he dogs put'chascd yesterday. \V e then went on sixt~n miles further, and six miles above OUl' cnmp or tho ,,inctcrnth of Oetuhcr, 6ft lJ p L1w .Jllissom·i • ~; am}lell in the rain, about a mile below three houses of,Vollawollahs. Soon aftcl' we halted, an lmliau boy took a piece of hone, which he substituted fo1· a fish-hook, and caught ·evcral chub, niuc inches long. Sund~ty, 27. 'V e were detained till nine o'clock, before a horse, whieh broke loose in t.he night, could he recovered. 'Vc tl1cn passed, ncar om· camp, a sruallt·iver, called Youmalolam, proceeded through a continuation, till at the distance of fifteen miles, the abi'Ul>t and roc)(y hills fhrec humh·ed feet high, return to the river. 'These we ascended, ami then crossed a hi:.;hcr pJain for nine miles, when we again came to the '"at~1· side. 'Vc had been intluQcd to make this long march because we had hut little provisionS", and hoped to find a 'Vollawollah village, which ou1• guide had told us we should l't"ach when next we met the rivet·. 'fhcre was, however, no viUage to he seen, and as both the men and hot·ses wct·c fatigued, we halted, and collcctin{; some d1·y stalks of weeds aud the stems of a plant resembling southet·u wood, cooked a small quantity or jerked meat fbr dinnet·. Soon artet· we were joined by seven 'Voila wol} a.hs, among whom we recognised a chief by the name of Yellcpt, who Lad visitetl us on the ninctecntl1 of Octobcx·, when we gavo him a medal with the promise of a. larger one on our l'etut·n. lie appeatcd very much plcast'd at ser.in~ us agaio, anti invited us to L'cmain at his village three o1· 1but• days, during which he would supply us '"ith the only food they had, and fut·nish us with horses fot· our journey. Af te~ the cold, inhospitable tl·catmcnt we haYc laidy received, thts kind ofibr was pcculial'ly acceptable, and after a hasty l~eal, we accompanied him to his village, six miles above, SJtuatcd on the edge ot' the low couutl·y, and alJout twelve miles b~low the mouth of Lewis'!i l'iYCI'. lmmec.JjatoJy on out· ari'tval, Yellcpt, who pt·oved to he a man of much inHn. cncc, not only in his own, but iu the ueighbom·ing nation:;, collected Uw inhabitants, an{l aftct· having mado au Jm'' anguc, the purport of which was to huluce the nations tt |