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Show 3J,() Lewis mul f"lm·lrc's l!.'xpctliHon 75° rast, to 1lw ,~rJJitt·beat· island, a di stance of eight m1Je5, whet·c f he huntt••·s Joined him. '!'hey had seen elk; hut in this urig-hhom·lwod flw IJuffalor at•t• in . twh numbers. that on a mode•·au~ ('Oluput afion, fttrt'(' couJcl not haYc IJcen fewct• than tl'n Clwusaucl within a cjt•euit of two mil<•s. At this sca...,ou. fhn a1·e IJ<'llowiu~ in cvcl'y dia·retion. so as fo l'o1·m an almo~t (•outiuucd J'Oat·. whh·h at. fit·sf al:u·mc•d ouJ·hot•so8, ,,·Jw hl'in;; f'l'um th<' '\I'St of the mo11ufains, atT unusrclto the IIOiti(' anti appt':lJ':IlH'C or these animals. Among the smal ct· gauw :tl't' tht• hrown ~h t·u sh . Jlic.Jgcot~s, doves, amla beautiful l) a·cl (·,dlctl a lm{l'alnt•-pt't'k(·r. lmmecliat<'ly (Ill ortt' atTiYal we h(.'t-;'an to lwnt. and hy tha·ee iu tlw al'l('a'UOOilltad (•oJledcd a !-dot•k of food am} hjdt•s cnou~h fot• out· JHll'posc. \\'e th1·u made two canoes, one in the f'ot•ut of a lmsju, like ~ho .· 1~ usc(l h) the 1\landans, lite othel' eonsistiug of two Hki ns, in a. l'onn of.' out· own invention. 'rhr~· '' r.J'C e01 tplt'l(•d the ue-xt mm·nin:'·, Saturc.Jay. 1~; but the wiud contiuurd so hig·h Umt it ·nas not tilJ f.O\HLrds ni~ltt f hat wo could eros~ the t·ivcJ• in tltem, and make om· horses swim. In the meantime, ncal'ly the wlwlt> day wa · (•onsum,·d in search anrr o11a· hot· cs, which hac.J disappe-:-u·Nllast night, and seven ol' whieh were not t'C· <!OVt'J'C(I at dark, whil<' Dt·cwyer was still in quest of tlwm. 'l'he t·iver is somewhat highct· than it was last summe1·, the pa·rscnt. season being much mot·c moist than t.hc prce<·din~ one, as may he seen in the gt·catcr luxurianc<' or the gt·ass. Sunday, 13. " re fot·&nc{l om· camp Hais mol'niug at out• olf1 station, ncaa• the ltead of the \Vhitcheat• island~, and immediately went to wOJ·k in making gt'ai·. On ()pruing the cache. we founll the 1Jca1· skins cutia·cl) dcstJ•oycd hy tho wat«•r·, which, iu a Jlood of the river, hatl pt'tu:tt·a {<.'tl to ihcm. All tl1c 8pecimens of plants Wet'(' unfor·tnualely Josf; tlw ch:u·( of the 1\lis. om·i. howe vel', still J'<'mainf'd uuhur•t, and scvct·al articlt•s confaincd in h·unks aud hox<·s hatl sum.'('('{' but. lit tle iDJul'y; but a phial of laudanum had lost its stopprr, and Up the Missow·i. ran into a clt·awm· or medicines, which it spoiled beyond rc"- OVPt'Y· 'fhe musquctocs have been so troublesome that. it was impossible aven to write without the assistance of n musquotoe bict·. 'rho bulfaloe arr leaving us fast on their way to tho southeast • . Monday, 11.. \Vt~ continued making preparations fot• trans1•01·tiug oua· ~~u·ticles, ancl as the oM deposit was too damp, we twcur·cd f lac t rnuks on a lair; Ia scalfolc.l, covm·cd with sldn • amon~; the thick !)l'ush on a laq:;e i~laml: a precaution a~ainsf any visit l'l·om the J nclians, should they arrive befot• c the mnin pm·ty a.rri n~~ lu·re. 'J'he ea.r·a·iage wheels wct•c• in ~ood or·dcn·, aud the it·on ft·a.mc of the boat had not suffet·ctl mater·ially. The bumdot· have now neal'ly disappca• ·ed. leaving hehiml tlaem a. JlHIIlhcJ· of large wolves who •n·c now prowliug about us. Tuesday, 1I1. To out· gn·atjo)' Dl'cwyer t•ctut·ncd to-day from a. long srat•eh al'tt't' Ow hot·sc·s; fot· we had concluded, ft·om hi~ long shty. that he ha,J pt·ohahJy met with a hca1·, and "ith his usua.l iutt•t·pidit.y aUa<·l-.t4\l the animal, in which cas,•, if hy any a<•t•ideut )Jc ~hould he sep•u·atcll l't·om h~s hot·se, hi~ death would be almost iucvitahlc. Undcl' tlus impt·t~ssion, we \'csolvc<l to l'iCt out to-uwt·J·ow in qm·st of him. whPn his t·dm·u relieved us fhun om· appt'l'ht·n~ions. He had sc~u·C'lwtl for two tlays hl'{Ot't\ he <liseont·rd that the hot·scs IJ;ul Hossed J)eal'lwt·n's l'ivc·r. near· a spot where was an Indian c'nr•uupnu.·nt. whit·h seemed to have hecn abaudotwd allout the fiHH' the laor·scs wen· stolt•n, and which was so <liosely c•oJH'ea!ccl that no il'acc of a hot·sc could bo seen within the tli!->f<mte of a. CJUat't<•t· of a mile. He ca·osscd the river and pua·sucd the t1·ank of thc ~w Jndians westward, till his hot·sc became so much l'ati;.;·ucd that ho dcspait·ctl or ovct·tal iug thea,, aml then J•ctm·ned. 'l'hcsc J ncUans we SUp}lOSC to be a pa,t•fy of rJ'uHhcpaws, who have Ventured OUt ul' the mountains to hunt bulfaloc. J)m·iug the c.Jay we wero engagrd in tlt·~·in~ meat antl dt·c·ssing skins. At night ~l~Ncal, who had been sent in 1 he morni.n~ to ~xaminc th<1 |