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Show ld•tcis aud Clm·ke's Expedition, &c. which seem to i sue f1·om three mountains, stretching f•·nm ('Ust ~o west. in a direction nm·th 10Q west f•·om its mouth, and wl•ie!J, l'•·om their Joose, it'l'('gular, anclru:.;gcd appearance, wt: called the B1·oken mountains. That in the ccnh·c terminates in a. <'onic spia·C', fot· which reason we called it the 'l,nwct· motna(ain. Aflcr maliiug twen~y miles we haltt~ tl for t lac uigla t. ami H~e next mol'ning, f:iunday, 20 . continued tllll' route up the l'ivcr, through a <.'Oiwtl·y •·cscmhling that which we passed yesterday, except that thP plains a•·e moa·c hl'okeu. ami the appcal'anccs of' miJlrt ·al saltr-;, common to tltc l\lissom'i }lla ins, aa·c more ahuntlaut than u~unl; th(' ·c m·c di scerned in all the pools. which iuclct•tl at pr<' ~r ut <'Ontain tlw only ''a~cr to uc fouud tl•roughout tho plains, autl at·c so strongly imprcgnatctl as to be unfit fen• any ll~t', C'XCCpt that of the huffa}oe, who seem to ()l'e· f(.'l' it to C\-rn llae water of the river. 'l']JC low grounds aro w<·ll timhea·ctl, anti contain al so silk-gras , sam)- ru sh, wild liquorice, anti . nnOowcrs, tiJe ual'IJ of which arc now in l•loom. Resides the gccst·, ducks, and otlJCJ' uia·ds common to the cuunta·~·, we h.tve sce1. f'ewcr bufraJoe to-day IJJanJCStc• ·tlay, though dl.;:, wolves, ami antelopes continue in C(jtJill numhers. 'l'JJca·c is also much appearance of ucavet·, though nnnc of oUet·. At the distance of six miles we passed a <·•·c•ek 1'1·om the south; <'ightcen miles fur·the1· one from tho Jwr·tla; rout· mil e~ beyontl which we encamped. 'l'lac river jq ht•a·t· OIH' hundred and twen~y )al'ds wide, and its water is hut liUic dimiuislte(l as we a (•end. Its general coua'se isH· a·y~ ta·a ig!Jt. '(iJ'()IIl the ~tppartnt (]C . rent o{' the COIIIttl')'tO tlil' not·t Ia atHl above t Jse l ~roken mountains, it seems lH'obaJd~~ that thr south ha·aneh or the Saska.slaawan l'eccivcs !-.0 11 1<' or it s W~~ iCI'S fi'Olll tiW~O }llains, and tl1at Olle of iti slrTana<; mu!-.f, in tlcsermi ing from tlte Uocl<y mountains, pa!:i::J not f,ll' r. ()ll) ~fal'ia·s rhct·, to t he not·thcast oftlw nrokt'll mounta in'-. Xc slr pt i•1 pcact.', '~ill10ut btiug anllOJCd by the tlltl '- (j'H.' It, , \\-l lolll \' c have nut sceu ~i n ('e we Jcft thr \Vhitcbcat• i. l.wcls. CIIAl>'J'ER XV. c~ptain Lewis :~ntl lais part) slill pt·oce<'d ou the t'l)ut<' ml'ntiou ed in th e h~ t chaplet·, and u•-rive ut the for k.s of .l\1 Jriu'g ri1·cr; of 11 hiclt ri ve t· :l p:u· ticnlat· dcscl'iptiou is given-alarmed by the Clidcn<' t' that lh <·) 11re in the nci;;ltuout·· l10otl of unfriendly llllliJtns, and much distt·eH. l'd lo t· waul or pt'CJ\ isions, th~ weather provin1; unl~lVOUl'alJIC 1 tltcy (\l'CCOill)H: Ih•d to n •lurll-tlH' fal' ..: of tht:: country dcsct·iiJcd-iutcn icw with the u nfri endly l ud ians, called \liunctu.· rccs or Fort de Pt·ui t·ic-mutual cuust et·natioll-l'CllfJIUl iou tt l'(' apt:tin Lc wi sthcy cucnmp togcthet· for the night, apvnn:utly witl1 Htuit·al,k dispositionsthe conY<"rsntion thnt ensued bctwc·cu these new 'isitauts-thc ·on fl it'l o.,. cn&ioned by the lllllians allemvting to ijCi'l.c tlte rilles :lllcl horses of the party, i11 "hich one is mmtally 11 ouwkd-cnpt:tin L t• 11 is k.ills a uotltc•· l udian, and his 11:\t't'Ow cscupc-haviug talt' n four horses IJ~· I ou ,~i n g- to the Indians, th<•y hnstCIIC'd "ith all cx.pcditiou to j oin tlH! party attac·ltcd :n captain Clarkc--arrivi11g ncm· the .Mi s~ouri they arc alm·u t<'d hy tl1e l-.ound of t·ill t.:6, "hich pt·ows l(ll'tunatcly to be from liH' p:t r t) 111' llavit· fricuds, utlll ct' the eommnud of sc t:jeant Ot·clway-thc two llctacl ttn ·uts thus for tn natl'ly u ui t l'd, lt·t•IC tlt cit· horses, ~llld clcsccntl the J' 1iss()lu·i in canocs-tbcy tontiuuc their J'Outc down the t·ivct· to !onn njunctiuu will• captain Cl:u·kc-1 asl quantitit·a ofg:tmc found in thcit· )lUS!>nge d 011ll the ri1cr-captaiu Lt·11is acciclcutnl ly \\'Oiln<lcd l ly one of his OIHl purty-th<·y 1 ,·occed uo 11 11 tb · ).li ssotwi, aud -..t lcngtl, join tnplaiu Clurl.c. 1\Ionday, 21. AT sunrise we Jll'Occedi'd along the nor·t.hcx·:1 side or the river fot• a short distance, when fiucliug tlae J'ilvincs too steep, we crossed to the south; hut af'te t· conti nu · ing l'ot· thl'ce miles, returned fo the nol'th aud (()ok out· course through the plains, at some di!3t.aucc f•·om the ri ~' CJ'. After. making fifteen miJcs! we eau1c to tlw fodis of' tl~e l'i,. et·, the }apgcst f.> ranch Of which UCal'!3 SOU til 7 U0 W · S( t 0 the mountains, While tltc COUl'SC of the othet• is llOJ'tla .J,Qo WI' t. 'Vc La.ltcd fo1' dinnct·, and bc1il·viug, 011 cxam·u~tlion, that the not·thcrn lu·anch came {hun the mountain!,, anti wnultl }H'ohably lead us to the mo'it nor·th ~ l'H l''<f•·nl of ~1ari:~'-; ri- |