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Show S20 l~C't€ilS und t'fw·kc's E.qJecltlion mountains, rollowe<l by an extrusive vlain. without cithc.r ,\'ood or game. 'Vc ~u·e. imlel·d. inclinrd to 1n·el'er the ae~ count oft he Shoshonees. because they would have cet•htinly recommended that route had it hN'n bctt('r than the one we J1avc tal-.cn; aml bt:>cau. e th('t't' is a w~u· bl'twc('n the Clwpun~ nbh and the Shoshonces, who livl" on that roMt.e, the former arc less abll' to give accurate inl'ot·matiun of the slate of lh£>. country. This l'oute too. is so cit·cuituus, that it would t·e· quit't' a. month to pl't·form it. a net "C" tlu'rf•fol'(' con ider it a' the c~tl'enw resource. ln hopes of soon pt·ncurin<~· a guideto h•ad us ovct• a mot·c 1waetieahlc route, ''c collcctctl om hors(.•s a.t an c••u·ly hout· in the mot·uiug. Saturd~1y, 21, and twocecded towat·ds the Oats. 'l'he mortification of being obliged to t t•cad bacl~ our steps, rell·· dercd btill more tedious a route always so oh lt'llctrd by lll'usl.t anti faJlcn timbet•, that it could not be passed without difileulty and t•vcn danger to out· hot·ses. One of these poor ct·ca.tm·cs wounded himself so badly in jumping ovet• fallen logs that he was remll'rt·d until l'or usc, anti sickness has dc{tl'ived us of the set·viee of a second. At the pass ol'Collius's creek we met t'' o Indians, who t·etUl·ned with us al>Out half a. mile, to the spot where we had l'ot•mca·Jy slrpt in Snptemhet ·, aml wlu.•t•e we now halted to diue amllet out· horses gl'a~c. 'l'ht•se J ndianl:i had four supernumet'<U'Y hot'!iCH. ancl 'vet·c on their way to ct·oss the mountains. 'l'hcy hall seen Or ·wyct• and Shannon, who thl"y said would not t•etut·n l'01 two days. \V c tn•esscd them to t·eumiu with us till thaf time, in ot·dcr to conduct us oVCJ' t.hc mountains, to whiclt they const•ntcd, a.ml deposited theil· stoa·cs of a·ools and hr·cacl in the bushes at a. little clis. am·c. Aa ter· din net' '"cleft Uu·cc men to hunt tHl our rchn·n, aml tiH'n pt·ocrcded; but we hacl not gone fm·ther than two miles when the Indians lmlted in a small pt•ail·ic, where tlu.·y _vr·omiscd to t'emam at least two nights, if we did not ovet·takr. tl1cm sooncl'. We left them, and about sev~n in the cvt~ning found out·selves at tho old. cncamJHnent on the .Uats; awl were t)lttd to lind that four lip the ~7Jlissouri. huntrrs whom 'yc hall sent ahcacl, ha.d kilJcd a deer fut WJl\)Cl'· Sunday, 22. At tla~ light all the hun tel'S set out, and J.aviug cha!:!cd tJu·on~h the'' hole couu1t·y, \H'rc much mm•c ~ucccssful than we even hopetl, fm· they bl'ought in eight elect· a.ml three bear. lll'atinf!: too Umt the !:!almon was now abmulant iu the Kooskoo~ l,ce, w • tJ,•spatchcd a man to um· o}(\ enc~unpment above ()ollin~'H ~l'C ( k, fot• the lHII'liOSC ot' purchasing some with a few IH·c.u\s, whi,·h Wt't'e found accidentally in one of our wai-;t(·oa.t }Wcl ... t'f s. He did not l'Cturn in the evcuiu~, nm· h:ul we h ··u·d ihn1 nrewyct· aml Shannon, who we begin to feat· have had much dillicult.y in f~ ngaging a guide, aotl we were equal1y apprehensive that the two Indians might set out to-moa·•·ow for the mountains. E.u·ly in the mot·nin>;, 1\1ont.l.a.y, 23, thcrefot·e, we despatched two hunters to vrevail OU them, if possible, to l'CIIlatll a day Ol' two JOJl{;Cr, aud il' nacy persisted in going on, I hey '"CI'e to accomlmny them with the tht·cc men at Vollins·s ct·cel\., and mat•k tho r·outc, a~ far· as Traveller's rest, whN·e Ott·y Wt'J'C to remain till we joined them by pm·suinJ; the sa me road. Out· fears fot· th~ safc1y ol' Un~wyt.·r, Shannon, macl 'Vhitchouse, were f(wtuu:at•·ly rdie,·cd by thdt·t·dut·u iu tlw aftet·noon. The former bt•ought thl'ce lutlians, wlto pt·omisetl to go with us to the faiJs of the 1\lis~oUJ· i, l'OJ' tltc eompcnsation of two g1ms. Ouc of them is the brother of the Cutno e, and the other two had each given us a hoJ•sc, at the house ol' th · llt·okcnarm, and as they ~we m •n ol' go()(.} eharactet·, aud respected in the natiou, we Lave the IJc~t prospect ol' beillg well served. 'Vc thcl'efot·e secured our hot·scs n~at· the camp, aUll at an early ho\ll' next moJ·niug, 'ruclSday .21,, set out on a sccoml attempt to cross the mountains. On rcaehing Collins's c1·eel\:, we round only oue of our me~, who iuforlllcd us that a shot•t time bel'ot·c he arl'ived there yestct'day, the two lndiaus, til'cd ol'waitint?;, had c.t out, and the of bf'l' four of out· mea bad accompau.ied thew lHt, . IJ, 'l t |