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Show they wct•c all of tho same species with the white bc~w; that they a ssociated together, had longer nails thau the otlat>rs, and never cliulbcd trees. On the otiJ(•t· hand. the black skins, those which wct·c blacli., with a numhc•· of entire white hait·s jntermixed, or with a. while bt·ca.Ht, tho uniform hay, the bl'<nvn, and light reddish bl'own, wt'J't.' rangcd 11nllrl' tho <•lass ya.ckkah, an<l were said to rmwmhln ('fwh otlH'J' in bciug smaller, aml having shot•lct' nails than the white bear, in climbing trees, and lwing so little vicious that they c01dd be pm·sm·c.l witb safety. This distincfion or the Indians seems to be well founded, and we a t't" inclitH'd to believt.•, J•'it·st, 'l'hat the white or gl'izly bear of thb neighhourhood fot·m a di stinct species, whi<'h mm·eovt·r es the same with those ol' the same coluut· on the uppr1· p~ut of the l\1issouri, whct·c the otlu.·t· species arc not found. Sccoml, 'rbat the bla.t·k and t·Nitlish ()l'own, &e. is a se~ coml S\lCCil'S. equally di~tinct f&'Ofll the whitt beal' of' this counli'Y• as ft·om the black lH:aa· of the Atlantic and Pacilic oceans. which two last scmn to form only onr :p(·<·ies. The common hla<·k bea1· a1·c intlccd unlwown in this r.ountl'y; fot· the bear ol' whid1 we are spcaki n;.;, though in most •·cspccts 5 irnilat·, ditrers fa·om it in havin:; n~t~<•h finer, t hicl\cr·, ancl longer hait·, with a g&•t.•atm· p&·oportion of fut· nai"<ed witla it, antl abo in having a val'ioty of colom·s. while Ute common bladt bcaL' has no intti'UlLXtlll'C Ol' change of colOUI', but is or a uniform black. In the cout·sc ot' the day the nati\'l'S lu·ought us another of our odginal stock of hon,cs, or which we have now l'C· covered all cxc<·pt two. and those. we m·e iu l'ot·m<·d. wet•c taken ba(•k by out• Sboslwnl'e :~uidt•, \\ Ju·u he returned home. 'l'hey atnouut to sixty-five, and most of them fine stl·ong ac· t ive horses, in excellent oa·tlet·. Sunday, June 1. 'l\vo of our men who hall been up the 1:ivcr to tt•adc with the Indians, J'ctut'tl('d quite unsucccss· l'ul. Nca1·ly opposite to the village. their hot·se fell with }lis load, down a steep clilf, into the river, across which he warn. An I ndian on tho ol•llositc side, dr6ve him back t(t UJ1 the JJlissowri. SO!i them, but in crossing most of the arti<•le were lost, and the :paint melted. Undct·standing t lH'it· intention , the (udiaus att<~mpted to conH' ovet· to them, hut Inning no canoe, w ·a·e obligNl to usc a raft, whi<·h stru('.k on a. t'O(·k. upsrt. and the whole stoa·c of I'Onts a.ml bread wr a·<~ ch·~t a·oycd. 'J'I~is failure complt.•tely CXham;tCd Olll' St OCk Of IIH'I'dla.OIIise~ but the rcmE>miJrn.ncc of what we suffered ft·om cold and hunt;el'" thu·iug the passnhe of the Uocl'Y mountains. makes us anx~ ious to incrra.sc out· nu·ans oC ~uhsist~·.n cc a.nd eomfot·t ,~h en we again encotmter the sarrw inconvt•nicncc. 'Ve thca·cfon~ ca·eatctl a new fund, by eutting otT the buttons ft•om out• clothes, pa·cpal'ing some C) e- wat<·r. and basilicon, to which wet·e atldr(l some phials, and small tin hoxes, in which 've had onee kept phosphorus. With this cargo two men set out in the mot·ning, :Monday 2, to tt·ade, and bl'ought laome tha·ee bushels or t·oots and some IJread, whirh, in our •ituation, \\'as as impot·~ tant as the •·cturn of an East India ship. In the meantime, sevca·a.l hunters went across Collins•s creek to hunt on the Quamash grounds, and the Indians inrormrd ns that there wet•e g•·eat quantities of moose to tht• sou1 hrast of the cast branch of I. .. cwis's rivc l', wlli<'h they call the 'l'ommanatuah. \Vc had lately lward tha.t som~ Indians who l't'sidc at some dist a nee, on the sou c h sitlo ol' tho Kooskoo ·1\cc, arc in possession oftwo tomahawks, one of which was left at out· camp at :M ust1uitoc creek, tho other had been stulcu while we were encalllllCd at the Chopunnbh last autumn. rrhhdast \VC wct·c anxiou'i to obtain, in oa·dcJ' to !;ivc to the relations of our unfor·tunatc companion. st·•jeant Floyd. to whom it once IJelouged. \ Vc thc r·d'oa·c sent l)a·cwycr yesfcrday wit.h Neeslmepaltkceook anti Ilohastilpllp, the 1 wo chiefs, to demand H. On their at'l'ivnl, it scrmrtl that the }ll'oscnt owner, who ha.tl put·chased i.t f't·om the thid'. was himself at the point of death; so that hi!i s·<•lations were un~ ~illing to give it up, as they meant to but·y it in the gt·ave with the deceased. nut the influence of r cshtu;pah)\..QfJtJOk von. Tl' |