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Show 318 'The fishermen wc•rc morf' unsu<'·<·<.·~~rul, for they l':tught "'' iish. and broke tht>it· f wo 1 n•lian higs. "c, how<'H'l'. HH'lHl · cd them with a shaql pi<'('.e ur it·on, and toward ' ('Vt'ning they took a sin~le fish, but insh·ad of firulinb it the s;llmnu of t.bis s1wing's al'l'ival, which would of COII1'5C have hten fine, it proved to IJc a salmon tl·ont or the red kiucl, whida remain all wintca·in the UJlp~r pa.l'ts or the t•ivca·s aml CITt'ks, and arc generally poor at this !>CilSOJl. Jn the aJl<' l'noon. tho two men who were }('ft behind. in sca•·ch of the hol'St'S, t·c· turned without b('ini.; nhle to lind OH'm, ami the othc•· h\O hunters arrived from Ilung•·y <'l'rrl~ \\.i.th a. couph• of' d<·t•r. Sevcl'allarge mords we1·e lwon:•·ht. in to-day, and ratrn, a:; we were now obliged to use them without <·ithrt· salt. prpllCl' Ol' grease. and sccmNI a. vt·t·y lastd(' S!j insij)id foocl. Our li!ltocl\. of salt. is now wholly exhausted, cxct•pt two C}ltal'ts, "hich we lcl't on the mo11ntain. The musquitOt'S han· become H !I'Y trouuil'some since we an.ivcd here. particularly in the evening. I~"riday, 20. The s<•antiuess of om· suhsistcncc \\as now ~ncb that we wert> deh•rmim·d to malw om· cLrot t f o a stlt' l'tain if it be pOSbiblc to l'Cnta.iu hct·~. rl'IH• Jauntns tiH' l'eJ'Ol'C ~ct out H"l'Y cady. On thcit· I'<'( urn in the ~·Hniug. they bt·ought one dctw, a1 d a l.n·O\\ n hear of tht• SjH'C ics calJnl hy the ~hopnnnish yahh:u·, t.hc ta.lons of whi<:h wet•e t•cm:u·J,. ably short, l.n·oatl a.t the b~u;<~, t~nd shaqtly poiut<'d. 1C was in bad or<lcr, aud the Hcsh or bmw in this ~itmttion is much iuf'rrior to lean venison or dk. 'Vc also caught seven trout. llut the hunters now report cd that game was so scarce, and so difficult t.o be appt•oached, in conscqurnce or thick underbrush and fallen timber, tha.t. with their utmo~t (~xcrfjon s, they could not procm·e us suhsibtence for mol'C than one Ol' two days longer. We determined, tlwrd'ore, to sctoutin the morning for the Quama~h fiats, where we shouM hear soonCl ft·om the Cho1nmnish on the subject of our ~uidc, and also renew our stock of food, which is now ncady e:xhaustN.l.,. Determinctl, as we now al·e, to reach the United St~tc£, L Up the JJiiss ouri. 319 poqs1blc. 1his wintrr. it woultt hr dt'stt·uetivc to wait till the snows havr nu•Ht>tl ft·om the road. ' l'hc -,uows )Javc formed a hal'd eoa•·~e lwd "ithout crust. on whi(·h the horses "al.k. snf•·ly without slipping; the chief difHeulty, thcr·cfore. is 1o find the •·oad. J n this we may he a!:lsistecl by the cit•eumstance, t1mt. alt.hot1~h. McnP.a·aJiy trn fct' t. in depth. the Huow has been thro'"" ofl"IJy the thit•k and spt·cadiug hrancht•s of the t1'C('t.; 4 aud f'J'Olll I'OIInd ( hr ( l'lllll .. : tlw WUl'tnth of tho trunk itseH', ~ c•cptia·c•tl by t h<' .... n.·xion of the sun, or <'OlU .. muniralc·cl hy nattu·al hr.1t of' the "~u·t h, whi<•h is ncn·r fro· zen undt·t· tl:rse mass<·s, has di ssohrtl the snow bn much, that immediately at. tlu· l'oots, its ch•pflL is not more H1an one ot· two fed. \V e t he•·cfor·e lwpr, tha.t t lw mal'l~ ~ of the haggage ruhbing a~·a.inst. the tJ't\cs. may still be }WJ•e('ivccl. and we have dr<•hh.•cl. in ''asc the g uide cannot he pt·oeu •·rd, that one ol' ns will take tht·rc ot· four· of om· nw!:lt t'XJICI't wood!lJtwn, aud with srvc1·al of out· best hnt'!;CS. ~Hl(l an ample sup· Jlly of provisions, go on two day);' juu•·m•y in advanc , and, enclca,our to tt·aee tltc route by t.hc mal'l~s of the Judian baggage on t hC' ta·e(·s, '' hil'h t.IH'y would then mark more distiu ·tly, with a tomahawk. \Vhl'n they should have \'each ed t.wo days' journey beyond llungt•y creek, two of tlw nwt were to be stnt Lmek, t.o ap,prise the rest of t.hcia· success, aucl if nec<.·ss;u•y, eau ·e them to tl(•lay t.het·e, lt.·st, by advancing too soou, ~hey should lJL· fol'ccd to h<lt where no foo(l could be obtaitu.•d fot• Ot(' hOI'St'!'i. I r the trace of the bag~ ag' is t.oo in(li tiiH•l, the who I•· p:u·ty i!S to I'd urn to Hun ga·y et•ccl\, ;uul we will tltc'il at tempt the pas~age by asocnding the main southw(•st lwanch of'I~cwi:-4's •·i,er tht•ough the conn try ot' the Sl10shon<•es. on•r to ~fa.tlison Ol' Gallatin riVCt'i. On that •·oute, the Chopunnish inform us. the1·c is a. passHge not obolructed by snow a.t this tw•·iod of tho yr~ll'. 'l'hat. there is such a passage, we Jeat·nt from t.bc Shosbo · necs, whom we fit·st. met on the east fork of Le~is's J•ivcl'; but they also rCl)reseut<'tl it as much mor(~ tliffi<•ult than that by whi(~b we came, bt>ing obstL·ucted hy higb steep t•ug~ctJ |