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Show Lewis and CTm·T-Lr"s F.:rrrrlitiou frrc; nor could all our rcpres<•nl ations, that uy mcrclv t·r pcating what we said. ltc could not possibly be <'Onsitkt:<·da mrdtlling bet ween the ehiefs, indurr him to take any pal't in it. Soon al'tcl'\vards Dt·cwye1· J•rtm·ned from hnntin~. and was sent to invite t11c Twistedhaie to come and smoke with us. Ile aceepted the invitation, and as we wet•c smokin~;" the pipe over om• fiJ'(•, he informr<l mo~. that aeeot·ding to hi's pt·omisc, on lcavin~ 11S at the fan~ or (he Colu mhia, he had collected our hot·ses aml taken dtal'gc of them. as soon a!' he had rcacht•d home. But ahout this time Nceshncp:tJ1_ krcooks and Tllnua.chcmootoolt (the Brokrmu·m) who, as 'vc passed, had bern on a wat• pat't)' •~t,;'aiust the Sho honccs on the south bt·anch ofiAcwis's t'i''<·t·, t·ct111'1le<l, and becomin~ jealous of him, heenuse the horses had been <~onfidcd to hi~ cat·e, wcl'c constautJy qmu·•·.-Jiing- with him. At Jen;.;tlt, bcinb' an old man. and ullwillin;.~ to live jn prrpctual dispute with the two ehicf~. he Jaacl ~iveu up tlH• <·a.t·c of the ho•·srs, which had consequt·utly IJt•comc very much sealtct·ecJ. The greater l'art of them were, howf•Vct·, still in this ndghhout·hood; some in tlte for·),~ hct" ccn th~ t.:hopunuish and Koos- 'kooskcr. and tllt·cc ot· four at. the vill:lge of the B•·ok<•tmrm, about half a dny•s m:wch hi;!;hr.t· up the •·in•r. D(' addrd, that on the rise of t.he r-iver in the !'pt·ing. the eat·th had fallt·n f'1·om tile door of the cache and cxposrd the saddles, sf:lmc of which had pt•olmhly becillost; but as soon as he was acquainted with the situation of tucm. lw had tlu•m L)llr·iNl in another drposit, whrt·e th<'y now at·<·. He now promised tuat if we would stay tO-UlOI'l'OW a(. Ia is house, a. few miJes f.·om this place, he would collect such of the hor ·cs as wer·c in the neighbourhood, and send his young men fm· those iu the for·ks OYCI' the Kooskoo~k<·e. He mot·eover· advistd us to visit the Dt•okenarm, who was a chief of gt·cat. eminence, and that hr would himself guide us to his d\\clling. 'Vc told him that we meant to follow his advice in rvet·y rPspcct; that we had confided our hot·scs to his cha1·gc, ~111d cxpedcd H1at IH• would ddh'cr them t.o us, on whi('h wo sheulf,l "ilJingly P~'J him thr 27'; two guns antl nmmunitiou, as we had promise<1. With Hai§ lac seemed very mut•h pleased, and declared t.hat. he would usc every cxet•tion to restore our horses. 'Ve now sent for the Cutnose, and after smoking for some time, took occasion to express to the two chiefs, our regret at seeing a misuudc1 ·standing between them. Neeshncpahkeeook t.old us that the 'fwistcdhair was a lmd old man, and wore two faces; fot· inste:ul of taking cat•e of our horses, he had suffered l1is young men to hunt with them, so tb2lt they had been very much injured, and that it was for this l'Cason that the Brokcnarm an<l h\msclr had forbi<ldcn him to usc tlaem. 'fhc Twistcdha.il· made no t•rply to this spt·ech, after which we toM Nct:shncpahkccook of ourart·an~rmcnt for to-morrow. He avlwal'cd YN'Y W('l1 !'latisfird, n.n<l said that he would him· !idi'go with us to the Bt·okcnarm. who expected that we would ~cc him. and who hatlf·wo /wd hol'ses jm· us, an express;on hy whieb was meant that he intended making us a px·cscnt of two valuable hor·se~. That chief, he also informed us, had been appt•isl'd of our want of pt·ovisions, and sent four young men to meet us with a Slll)(lly; but having taken a dif. fet•cnt road, they had mis cd us. After this intcl'view we r{·tircd to rest at a late hout·, and in the morning, Ft·iday 9, aftt·r sl'nding out sevcra.l huntct·s, we 1n·occrd ed tht'ough a level t•ich countt·y. simila.t• to that or ye!Stt'rday, l'ot· six miles. when we r<'achcd the house of the 'J'wistetlhair, .situated ncar some la1·eh trees. and a few bushes of balsam lit•. It was built in the usual foJ•m, of stieks. mats, and dJ'icd lmy; and althongh it contained no moa·c than two fil'cs and twelve persons, was pt·ovidcd wit b the customar·y appendage of' a small hut, to which females in certain situations were to rch·eat. As soQn as we halted at this place, we went with tlw rrwistcdhair to the spot w)H'I'C he had buried our saddles, and two other· young lnd.ia.ns wcl'e despatched aftct· the horses. Out· huntet·s joined us with nothing but a few pheasants, the only deer which they killed being lost in the river. 'Ve thcl·cfore tUned on suup, Jnade of the roots |