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Show ~96 Lewis a11.d Cla1'l~e's Ea'J"Jetlrlio1l 1\•Iay 18. Twdve huntrrs set out this morning after the bear, which at·c now our t'hief tlcpcn<lencc; but a.s they arr now ferocious, the huntt>rs lumceforwat·d ncvcr go except in pairs. Soon after they left us, a lJarty ol' Chopunnisb ct·cct. cd a hut on the opposite side or the river in onlcr to watch the salmon, which is expected to arrive cvt:J'Y t.lay. For this pul'pose they have constructed with stid~s, a kill(] of'wha1·f, pr·oJccting about t('ll feet into the river, aud tJn·ec feet auonl its surface, on tbe extremity of which one of the fishermen exercised himself with a scooping net, similar to that used in our country; but after several hotu·s' lal>om· he was sf illun· sueccssful. In the course of tho mot·ning thl'ec Indians cal1cd at our camp' and told us that they had been hunting neal' the 1,lace where we met the Vhopunnish last autumn, aml which is called by them thr qna.mash gt·ounds, but after roaming ubout for several days had killed uothing. 'Ve gave them a small piece of meat. which they said they would keep fot• t heil· small childt•en, which tbey said wct·c very hungry, anll then. after smoking, took leave of us. Some ol' out• huutcrs returned almost equally unsucecssful. 'l'hcy had gono over the whole country between Collins's cl'c(•k aJHJ tho Kooskooskee, to tht·ir junction, at the distance often milr.s, without seeing either a tleet· Ol' bear, anti at last ()(•ought in a single hawk and a salmon (h•oppcd by an (•aglc. 'rhis last was not in itself eonsidm·ablc, but gave us hopes of soon seeing that fish in the •·iver, an event which we ardcutl) de· sire, for though the rapid l'isc or the river denote~ a great decrease of snow on the mountains, yet we shall not be aule to leave our ca1n1> forsomc time. Monday, 19. Aflcr a cold rainy night, during a greatct· part of which we lay in the water, the weather became fair, · nd we then sent some wen to a village above us, on the o1>· positc side, tc put·chase some roots. 'fhcy canil'd with them for this purpose a small colJN·tion of ~llls, knitting pins, and armbands, with which they ohtaint'd st·vel'al bush.els of the rout of cows, and some bread oi' the ~arne matr-iTp the ~liss ow~i. t;taL 'fhcy were fol\ow<·tl 1 oo by a tr~tin or invalitls from thr vi\lage, who came to al:lk for ou1· as ·istau<'C. 'l'he mru were ,.,.,,uc1·ally a Uli<.>tl'tl with stWC cyeH, hut the wonwn hat\ hcsitlc: this a ' ':ll'Jcty or othel' tlisordt'l'"'' (' hidly ··heulllatic, a violent pain and wea.lmm;s in the loins, whieh is a common coJUpla.iut among the females, and one or them sce m('U 111 uch tlejcetc(l, antl as we thought, fl'Olll the at•(•outtt. of ht'C tliscasc, hvsterjeal. 'V c gave hm· thirty dt·ops ol'la.udanum, aml after "a(lministeriug cyc-wah·r a ut\ •·uhbingtl•c l'lwuma.~ tic patients with volatile linanHmt, and giYing. rathat•li(•s to othrrs, thl'y all thought themselves much l'dtcvcd: aml t·etut ·nrd highly sat.bliet1 tu tlu~ village. 'Vc were (ol'tuna.t.o cnongh to rdakc one of the horses on whith we ct·ossed the Uoci'Y mount:tius in th(~ autllmn, an(l which had lJeeome al most wihl since tha.t time. Tuesday, 20. Again it rained dtlring th<> nir;~•t, ~~n,d the .,.rcatcr part of this day. Our hnntct•s wet·e out Ill dlllcrcut ~it·rctions, hut though they saw a. heal' atHl a dl'CI' 01 ' ~wo, they only killct\ one or the IaUer, which pt'oved to be o( the muletlect• ·pN•ics. 'fhe next day, 'Vedncsday 21, tiudiu~ the t·aiu still (•ontinue we l eff oul.."' t•an•u•ed sail tent, a.n(\ I'Ol'tnCtl a hut with willow voles a.ntl b:O, • • l ., .•. •"rass. The t·cst of the men wet·c oeeuptcd tn )U l umg a. cab 1 1 .1· . • •0111'1..,0 to p·i ve u - a. }lOt'se noc for }ll'CScnt usc, a s t lC uut.lllS pt ., n fot• it when we leave them. ' Ve received nothing fl·om our lumters eXC('llt a. sin/)'le sanllhill crane, which at·e vet·y ahun· dant in this ncighbo;l'l10od, a llll consumed a.t dinncl' the la.st morsel of meat which we have. As Uu·a·e now seems !Jut liltlc pl'olmuility or om· procm·ing a stock of dried mc:.tt: ~~ml • • • l '"'C we made a dl\ tswn the Ji sh is as yet au uuecrtam t c~ou ... , . l 1. • , 5 to cna.l.Jle ilic men to of all Olll' stock ol lll<.'l'C HUl( JSC, SO .l • . 1 •· • ,.,0 for the mouutams. \Vc lnn·chasc a stOJ'C of 1·oots anu ute..., , t . {) t 'lS theJ•e ai'C SCVI'l'i.\1 might our cl ves collect those 1 oo s, u • .. • , 1v .. tlw cows aml da1hcult species of lwmlock ,,.row •ng amo "' ' ' . . • ~ 1 t I· t ,, l' 'll'"' af,·a.id to sutter to he dJstingui8hc(\ trom t m P ,l\l • ' • l l •I (l'\l'ty might lJu JH)l~OJlC(t 1hc men to rollt.wt them, es "1e • · v or.. 1 r. tt fl |