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Show :lf Jrn~Ha SHCC<'C<l<•c.l; antl Otc. rom:u•nfcd to sut'l'<•udc&· 01r tomaiHn\1.. on a·ee<·ivin~ C'" o !'h·auds of hcads aml a haudkct·(' llicf'. ft·nm Hrt'W)<'I', :nul fa·ona <'~H'h of the chid's ahot'St', to he J..ill<·cl at clw fun<·a·al of the deeettsed, accol'ding to thr cus 1om of the couut ry. Suon aft<•t• fhcir rdua·n. sc1:irant 01'<lway aml his party, fo1· whose sa lHJ· Wt' had uow lwcAmc exh·cmrly anxious, came hom<' frum L~'' is·s rirer, with some •·outs of cows and s<'H'Ht<·cu ~al111on. 'l'hc di!-!fatH'C, lunH'YCJ'. from "~hich they \\Ct'e hn11t~ht, \\aR so gr<•nt. that most of fiH'IIl wc•rc JlC:ll'ly spoiled; hut ~U<·h :IIi <'Ottf iuucd Olllld, WCl'C (':Xti'CllH'Jy deli<.'inu~, Ow flt.·sh h('ing or a fine )'OS<' t•olout•, with a small 1llh f tll'l' of~ ell ow, and SO fat that th('y Wt'l'e COoked VCl'J' well without the atlc1it.ion ofauy oil oa· p;rcasc. "'hen they set ont on the 27th, tltry had hollCd to rcal•h tlu: sa1uwn fi!:IIH•I'Y in the ('Otll'~~ or Umt dny, but the l'OIIk by whil'la the $;Uidr · led them was so ci1·cuitous, that the,, rode scn·nty miles het'o1·e they reached theit· place ol'd('~ti nationt in tlac en•ning of the twenty-ninth. Aftca· goinh' f<w hH•nty miles up the Commcat•p m·<·el(, tlu·ou~·IJ an open pln.in. lwokt·n only IJy the hills and timbea· along the m·ecl\. th<'Y then rute•·etl a high, il'l'cgular, mountaiuous countt)' , tlw !:ioil or whkh was fertile, and well Slll)Plic•d with Iline. 'Vitlwut. stoptting to hunt., although thry saw great (jllan(i(ies or dc•et•, and SOllie of the highoa·n, th~y hastcnccl foa· tit ia·ty mih•s :l('J'Os " tllis <listl'ict to the Tonunanamah, 01· ca~t bt•atwh of I~e" is's riH•t•; and not fin<ling any salmon, dcsct'n<l<'d dmt stream fm· twcuty miles, to the ft. hct•y at a shot•tdistarH.'(' below it. junction with the south bt·anch. lluth thc&c roa·ks appear to l'OlllC f1·om or enter a mountaiuou!f couu~:r·J. The Tomman~uuah ilsdr, they said, was alwut one htuuh·ed and fi l'tJ yards wide; its lmul\.s, for· the most }lart, fot·med of solid p<'l'llcnclicular rocks, rising to a great hl'ight, aud as the~ pas~ed aloug some of its 11i1ls, tboy found that tlar sno'" had not y('t dibappC'al·ed, ancl the gl'ass was; iuht sl,riugiug Ull· Dul'ing its whole course it presented one UjJ the JUissom·t. 30/ ·unt.inuctl t•:tpid, till at the Ji.,hct·y it"irlf, whrrc the l'ivct· widen , to the spa.ceol' two humh·t•tl )ards, tiH· 1·apid is nc:trJy as consitlc1·ahle as at th • t;l·c.•at. 1'Hpicls ol' the Columbia. lfCI'C the Jutlians have erf.•ct~tl a large house of' split timber, oue humh·ccl all(l filly rc<'t loug. am\ thit·ly-live \\'ide, with a flat t·oof; and at this Sl'asou is mm·h t't~sua·t l'd to hy the men, while the women ~II'(' cmplo)'l'(l in collcding roots. }\.{'tel' n~maining a day, and l)UI'tha!:;iug !:!OillC li sh~ tlH') l'C" turned hoJHc. 'l'tu'stlay, 3. Fim.ling that the balm on has not) ct appcal'ctl alon·-:--, the shore~, as the 1 mli~11a s a ssau·t·d u tlu.·y \\ ould io a few dayb, auc.l that all the salmon whid• ila~~y t lwut ~t.·hc s usc, are obtained fa·om Lewis'!& l'iV(·t·, w~ begin tu IO!,(' om· ltOJlCS o(' subsisting On them. 'V C al'C tOO }WOl', and at lOO grt•at a distance fa·um Lewis's t·ivct·, to Jllll'chaso fi~h at thnt place, anc.l it is not 1,robable that the t·ivct· will fall sulli<!icutly co take them before we leave this vlacc. Om· Jndiaa . 'I, friends sent an express to day ovet· tlw mountaans to ra-vcllcl ·'s-rest, in o1·dcr to pt·ocm·c intelligence from the OotlashocJLS, a hand or Flathead~ who have wintt'l'('(' on tht• t•ast -;hlc of the mountains, an<l the H~unc hand '~ hich we thst ml:'t on that river. As tltc route wm; tlecmml 1n·act it·<able I'm· this express, w~ abo lH'OlJosc.·d oeUing out, but tlu' In .. dians dissuaded us from attempting it, a.s many or the ca·ed\.s, they said, were still too dcell to be forded; the roads Vt'l'Y deep aud slippery, and no grass as yet fo1· out· hor ·cs; but jn twelve or· fourteen days we sha.llno lOII!;CI' meet with Lhc same obst~Lclcs: we therefore determined to st>t out in a few llays fnr the (~uamash flats, in order to lay in a sto•· · ofpa·ov. i:sions, so as to cl'oss the mountains about t.be middle of the month. Vor the two following days we continued hunting in our uwn ncighuout'hood, and by means of our O\Yil cxca·tiou , and h·adiug with Ow Jutlians for t.l'iiliug articles, succecdml m pt·oeul'iug as much bt•t•a.d ami roots, uc ·id ·s oth~t· food as vill cnll.tlc 119 to ~ub'iist dm·~ng tlw Lm ·~a;c ol the moun· |