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Show to the hole. wlaerc he re!mm~d OlC vapour bath. During all this time he th·ank copiously a st•·ong infusion of hor·seDlint, which was used as a ~mhst itute for the seneca root, which our iuf01·mant said b<' hatl seen employe(] on thPsc occasions, but of which there is none in t"his country. At tile end of three cpmrters of an honr. he was ap,·ain witluh·awn f•·om the hoi(•, c>arel'ully wrappctl, aml suficrcd to cool gra. dually. 'l'llis O}H'l'ation was pe•·f"ormed yrstcrday, and this mol'ning he walked about, all(l is nearly f1•ee from pnin. Ahout clen•n o"clo(•k a <'anoc aJTivrtl with th1·ce Indians, Oil(': of whom was the pool' et·eat tu·c who had lost the usc of )aL limbs. and fol' whose J'('covet•y f he na1 ives soem vcr·y anxwus. as he is a chief ol' <•onsidet·a;,fc 1·ank among them. }Its situation is bcyontl the l'eal'fa of Olll' skill. Ilo ('OmpJnins or uo I>aiu in any peeuliat• l imb. and we tht·ref'ore think his di:,ortler <·annot he rheumatic. as his limbs woult.l have been n1oa·e dimini hell if his disea:-,<: h.1.d bot•n a paralytic affection. lVt· lutd ah·eady ascriht•<l it to hi:- diet of roo~ s. antl had r·ccomm<• rulcd hjs li,·ing on li sla and Uesh, ancl using the c·olct bath CVCI'Y rno1•ning. with a dose of c•a·eam oftaJ'tCI', ol'flowt'I'S Of sulphur·) C\ery tlail'd day. 'J'Iu• ·e (li'CScl·iptions St't'lll to have been of little avail, but as he thinJ~s himself SOlllC· ·what better for them. we concealecl out· ignot·ancc by giviu;; him a few dr·ups of laudanum ami a littlr poa·tal1lc soup,'" itlt a promise or sweating him, as we hatl done out' own man. 011 attempting it however, in the mol'uing, Surulay2u, we found that he was too '"enk to sit up or be sup ported in tho hole: we tbca·efot·e told the Indians that w<' knew of no other t·emcdy cx<.:<'pt f'J·ef]U<.:nt perspirations in their O\Ht swea.t-houscs, accompanied by drink.int; hwg<' 'luautitics of tho dccoctiot-1 of h01·scmint, whic·h we poiuted out to them. Tht•cc hunters set out to hunt towaa·ds the Qucnu.tsh Ha,ts ir they could pass t:oJlins's et•cck. Othct·s cJ·osscd the t•ivcr fot' the iamc purpose, and one of the mrn was scut to a viilag( · on the opposite bide, about eight miles aiJovc us. Nearly all the inhauitants wcro either huutiug, digging 1·oots, or if]J f he JJ1iSSOU1'i. fishing in Lewis's t·ivrt·, from whit'h they hacl brought several fine salmon. In the course of the day, some of Olll' huntc1 ·s wounded a ft·male bcal'with two euus, one of which was -white and f he othcl· perfectly blaclt. The lnt.lians who accompanied the si<·.k chief arc so anxious for his safet;y that they remained with us all night, and in the moa·uing, l\1omlay Z6, when we gave him some cream of tartar, and portable ·oup, with di•·ections how to treat him, they still lingrJ•cd about us in hopes we mi~ht clo something effectual, though we de ·i.J·ed them to tak{\ him home. ')'he hunters sent out ycstm·day retut·ncll with Holmstil }, ilp, and a numhct• of infe•·ior rhid"s and w~u·riors. rrhcy IHtd llassc<l t:ommcm'}l et•eck at the dL ta1wc of one and a lmll' miles, and a larger ca·cok tlll'l'e miles b<•yond; thoy then went on till thry were stopped by a Jm·ge creek ten JniJc~s aiJovc out· camp, and findinh it too deep autl rapid to vass, they returned home. On thcil' way' they stOilpcd at a village fom· mih·s up the second creek, which we have never visited, and \dtct·c thl') tmrchasctl bread and roots on very modct·ate tCJ•rus; an article of intelligence very I>1casing at. the lH'Osent moment, when <ma· stock or meat .is again exhausted. \V e have however still agt·ceahle 1n·ospects, for• the rivet• is rising fast, as the !mows visibly dirnini:;h, and we saw a salmon in the river to-day. " 'e also comi)letctl 6UJ' canoe. rruesday 27. The horse which tl~e Jmlians gave us some lJimc ago, had gone a~ttt·ay; but in onr pt·cs ·nt dca1·th of' {H'O· visions we se~u·(•hecl fot· h.im and killed him. Observing that we ''ct·c in want of food, JlohastiJpilp inf01·mccl us that. most of the I10l'Sl'S wl.tich we saw runujng at la•·ge belongl~d to him or his people, and l'l't[Ur~ted th<~t whenevct· we wished any meat we would mah.c us • of Uu·m without restraint. 'Vc l1ave, imlct•d, 011 mo1·e than one oct•asion, had to admire U1t: .g('nCI'Osity ol' this lmlie1n, whose conduct 1wcsents a model of what iq '- •w to 4it 1·angcrs in cli)tt·es'l. A party was 'Sent to |