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Show arrd('d to tlJc cnCI'anc·c of Co!Cc•·'s {'l't'd\. at He •li !'l~ tH'P of four rnilc•s. and h:n inA' maclt' fw••nty and a laar m:t•·~ . 1·noamJH ·d on the lower sidr of' it. <JoJim··s <•J·t~Pkt·i~t·s not fal' fr·om till' Ruc·J\y mountains. and p;u;. iu~ in tJu· ~r·c·aiPJ' p<wt ofHs courst• tlu·ough a <·ounft·.v wc.·ll !:i11pplietl " lth pine·. flisoharges a hu·ge body of wa.tt'J'. It is about (\~T il t .' live y~u·ds wide, with a prbhle·cl l><'d and low hanks. AI a liitlc distance fl'om us are two l:hopunnish ilousrs, orw of' ,·. lt i1·h contains eight familit~s, and the othet·, wllith is by lllll l'll tlJe lal'gcst we have evcr S('en, inhabited h,v at I1·~1Sf tl•i•·ry. It is •·ather a kind of sbcd, buill like all Uw <Xhct' laue. of straw nod mats in the fOI'Ul or the I'Ool' or a IH.use. one hun< ln~ d and fifty-six feet long. and ahout lif'teen wide, dosed at the ends. and having a numlJct· of' dooaos on cad1 sidr. 'I'Itc vast intcriOJ' is without partitions, hut OH· fi1·~ of cadt t'amiJy is kindl<~d in a row along tlw ruid<llr. of th building, Hml about ten fc<~t apa1·t. This vilhwc js he r·mid(·n<·(• ol' on(· of tltc pr incipal daiofs of Ow nalion. who is callt'ci.Nt.·(·~huep:th], eook, or Cut·uose, rl'om tilt> ci•·(·unrs~mwt ofh«l\iug t.· · nose rut ft·om the sf.roJw ora hUI('C iu ba.ffh with lhc Snakt• ln< lians. \Ve gave him a. ~mall mrdal, hut though lit' is a great chief, his iufluen(•e :uuoug J.tis 0\\ 11 (lruplt· tlo•·s not seem to he consiclcrabh.~, and his cou utellltll('C pu!i~esses V<'l'Y Jil tlc intelligenc<.'. \Ve anhed vcr·y huoo•·.r and wrary, but could not put•chase any provisions, exce;>t a small c1u:wtity af the roots and lH'ead of the cows. 'l,wy had. ho'' ('\'Ct', heat·d of out· medical ~kiU, and made many app!ica.U tm:-. fot· assistance, but we •·ct'used to clo any thin~ unless tht'y gaYc us either clogs ot· hot·scs lo cat. " ' had :,oou ncady fifty 1 atients. A chief b1·ought his wife with lln al.Hwss ou ltet· bar.k, and promised to fut·ni sh us w il h a }wa·~c tu-uwt·t'O\\ if 'vc would t·elicvc het·. Uaptain Clarlw. t hct·cforc, opcurd the abeess, intt·oduecd a trot. and dt•cssed it with basilieon. 'Vc lll'rpared aJso, and dista·ihuted some t)or,es of 1hc flour of sulphnl' amJ Cl'('illll uftal't('l', with Uit·ediOIIS l'OI' it !' USC. For these we obt~lined scvc1·al dogs, hut too poor for u. e, I U.J1 lite O)llissozn·i, and we thcrrrot·c posf p01wd out· naetlieal oprrations till the mot·ning. In thr mt•antimc a nu111hrr of I ndiaus, heside the l't"sidcnt~ or the villaf.)e, gathcl'cd about us 01' encamped in the woolly IJoUom ol' the t~t·eek. ln tlw t•vt•ning. W<' learnt hy mean~ of a Snake Indian, who happens to he a.t this place, that one of the old men has hrr.n rrufcavout·ing to cxcitc pt·('judic(•s against us, by obse• ·ving that he t.hont!,'ht we wet·e bad men, and came here, most pr·ohahl;r ~ f'tn· thr puq>O e of' killing them. In Ol'~e r to l't>movc such imp•·c· s:.,inns. we m:ule a speech. in which , by ml"ans or the Snake r ml!an ~ we tohl them our countl'y ancl all I he put•pos •s 0 1' ~Hll' vi:-. i t. 'Vhile we \Vel'<.' engaged in this o<.'<lllll<tfion, we wrJ' • j ui n('d b,v \Veahkoonut., who assisted us in l'lfa(' iug all nnra vour•able i lll (H'('Ssions fa•om tlte minds Of the Indians. The following mo1·ning, 'l'ueschty 6, our· lH'act icc hcmunc more valuable. The woman dt·l'la•·ed tha t she had sh•pt better than at any time ·inrc lact· illni'SS. Hhc was tlt ert·fot•e dressed a second time, ami ht·•· lllt 'ihaud, a~·c01·ding to JH'Omise, bt·ought us a horse, whieh we immcd'atcly killl'd. Bt·sidcs this woman, we had CJ'OWds of' utla •J' applic.•auts, chiefly afilictcd \\ ith SOre eyes, and al'ter atlmini~kt•iug to them fot' scYcral hours, fouml oui'S('Ives onee mu1·e in 11osscssion of n plentiful meal, fot• U11· inla.thitants lwgau to be mo1·c accomlllodating, and one ol' thrm cYc.·n ,p,· aw· us a horse for our remcdh~s to l1is tlauP"· It tCl', a little gil'l, wfw was aiUictcd with the rheumatism. W~ owt·covcr, e ~chau:~t·d one of om· hot·scs with \ Veahkoonut, by thl' addition of a small flag, nhich }H'oeurcd us an cxcellr 11 t son·<· I hor · ·• \V c he1•c fomul three men, of a nation caiJt•ll Sk~c tsom ish, ,\ lw reside at tlH~ falls of a la1·ge river, eruptyi11g itself into the nol'th sitle of the Columbi~t. Til is ri vel' takes its rise fl·om a lal'ge Jake in the moulltaius, at uo gt·eat dh,ta.noe from the (uiJs whca·c these natives live. \ Ve shall designate this rivet·, he•·caftcr, by tLe namr. of Clat·kc's rivcl', as we do not know its Inu ·rpl'llaHon, and we at·c the lh·st whites who hav • |