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Show Lewis aucl Clru·kc'$ E:rpecf1lion prevailed on them to ac·companycaptHin l.AC\\is a llal't ol'ld!i route, so as to show him the shortest road to the Missout·i, and in the meantime amused them with convct·sation :t~ul running races, both on foot and with horses, jn IJotlt or whicb thry proved fhrwsclvcs hm·dy, athlctie and ~u:tivc. 'ro tho chief", <!al)taiu Lewis gayc a small medal and a gun, as a. reward for Jm,,ing guiclrd us act·ots the mountains; in •·•·turn, the customary civjlity of 4>Xt•haugiug' names pa"sed hdwt·eu them, by which the formc'I' a<'<Juir·£'d the title of Yonu·kollicli, or while lJt•arskin unfolded. The (.;hopuuui ·h who had overtaken us on Ute 26th. mad<' 11s a pr·cscut of an <.'XOl'llcnt hOl'b(', for the good advice we p;ave 1Ji111, and as a }li'OOf of his aUachment to the whites, as well as of lais tlesil'c to he at 1•ear.o with the l)~lllkrrs. TfH· next mm·ning, TJwrsclAy .JulyS, all our Jll'PJl~u·ations being comi>letrtl, v•c saddled our hot'sf's, and I he two paa·tit•s who had been so long companions. now sqmratcd with an anxious hOJlC ol' $:OOn mct'tint;, af'fcr ea.eh had accomplished the 1mt'jlO col' his destination. The nine IHCn aml iive Indians who ~H·eomp:micd cap(ain I.cwis, Jn·occcdcrl in a direction due uo•·th, down the west. ·ide of t;lal'ke's river. llalf a mile l't•om the <':UllJ> we forded T•·aveliCJ··!->~l·est creek, aud two and a hal r miles furt hcl', I>assed a western branch or the J•ivct" a mile IH'"Ond tlti!:t, ' ,1 was a small creek on the caitcru side, and a mite lower down, the entrance oftlte easter·n urai.lch of' the riv<·r·. This · tr·eaH& is ft·om ninety to (Jll lHinda•ccl am) twcutv ya1·<h wide, " . and it.s wa.te1', which is dischm·hcd tlu·ough two c· hann('h, is more turbid than that or the main rhcr. The latft'l' is oue lmudrcd and fifty Jards in wiclth, and watel'S a.u ex ten. iH·lenl lllain and JH'a.iri(', which on its lowct· p~u·ts at•c ot·nalllt'llh'cJ with long-leafed I•ine, [and cottonwood," hile tlac tops or 1!10 hills arc coverctl with I>iuc, laa·c}J, aml ti r·. \V o Jn·oectt1~d two miles further to a place where th' Indians advis<·d us to cross, but having no boats, and timlJer being scarcl', fout· lwut·~ were ~pent in ~oJJcetint; timher to make tht·t•e sma.ll •·~d'ls; on which, wiHt some ditlicuHy aml danger, we passed the rivcl'. \Vc then dt·ovc out· laorscs into the watcl' nud they swam to the O})}lOsitc shore, but the ·IIHlians el'ossed on borsclmcl, drawing at the same time theit· baggagt~ alongside or them in small basins or dl'CI' sl· in H. The whole }lUl'l 1 being now rca!:iscmblt·d, we continuNl for tht·cc milc..•s, and encamped about sunset at a small ere d.... The 1 ndia.us now ~howcd us a 1·oad at no great distance," hi<-h th<'y said would lead up the castel·n lH'anch of Clal'kc's ri,,ea·, and anoth('t' river· called Cokalahishldt, OL' the 1•ivcr of the 1·oatl to ln~O~nloe, thence to ~Jcdioine t•ivct• aUll the falls or tllc 1\lissout·i. 'l'hey a<lc.lctl, that not fa1· ft·om the dividing l'id~e or the watca ·s or Cl.u·t ... c•s J'iVel' and the l\1issoul'i, the l'Oruls furked, 1\nd though both l ·d to the falls, Ow left l1antl route was the he st. 'l'he route was so wrll beaten that we could no lonber mi tal ... (,• it, ~wcl ltav'ng now shO\\ n us tl1e way, tht•y \\Ct'e anxious to go on in •]Ht.'st of the iLl fa·iends, the Shahlees, hc~ idc..·s wllic:h, they l't>al'('l!, by ' 'enttu·ing f'urthcr with us, to cncountct· t.hc l')ahkccs, for we ha1l this al"tct·noon seen a fi·csh track or~· hot·sr, which tl <'Y SUl)})Osrd to be a Shahle<' !lcout. \\'e could not insist on their remaiuin~ longer \\itb u ·; lwt n.s t)H') hacl so ldn<lly conductt.:d us acl'oss tho mountains, we were dcsii·ous ol' t;iviug them u supply ofpt·ovisions, and th(Wefoi'C clislril1utcd to th<'lll half or tbl'CC deer, and ll•c huufct·s \HWe onJcred to go out c:nly In the morning, in J1opcs of aclding to the stod,. The hot·c;cs sulfl'l' so dt·cadfully ft·nm the musqucfof'5, 1hat we at·c ohlio·<.•d to kindle lat'~'"'(.' fia·c:s and place the poos~ t') 0 auimal· in tlu.~ 1ui1bt of the smoke. Fortunat(,•Jy, lwwe-re1·, it fJecamc cold al'te•· t.larl<., and the musc1udocs tli•;aJ,llca.rtd. Fl'itlay, July 4•. 'l'bc lwnt,ws ac4·m·diul;IY set out, hut I'ClUl'OCd UllSUCt.~cssful auout eleven o•cl<wk. Jn tho JHt'antime WC WCl'C joined by a young mau or the {•alloa(jmJlah tl'ih1•, who hat.l set out a few tlo.ys ancr us, aucl ha.tl l'oHnw(•d us alone a.ct·oss the mountains, tho same whn l1a.•l attcmpta•cl to pns · fhc mount.1: 11s in .J uuc, whih· w•· "I'J c •m t.h<' Koosl<OOi!- |