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Show -vr1·. we p1·oreed<·d a long, t hou~;h at a <list a nee over the Illaius. till we st,.uel~ it <'ight mHt.•s fi'Olll the junction. The :rivet· i"' ahou t thit·ty ~~u·ds wi<le~ the '"atn· ch.•at·. but hal] o\\ . rapi<l. and 1111 :i f t'ot· navi~ation. It is closel.v coufint•tl bCfW('ell c·lifrs or ft·(~c~~(UIIC, and fh(' a<tj:tCCllt eOttllll'Y broken and poot·. \\' ,. m·o!-iSP'l to f he south siue. and tWOC4.:edt•tl J'o1· :flv<· milt·s, till we c·u('amp<'d UJHic•t· a <·litl'. "IH.'t'C uot srciu~ all~ I imhet·, \H' mmh• a {il·e of huU'a]OC UUllg, and passe(} tho night. Tilt• tH'Xt <Ia~' . Tuc. day. :?,2. \\C went 011~ huf as the g'l'Ound was now steep and utu'<Jual. and the laot·scs' fed Vf'I'J sot·e, \\C \\Cl'O ohligt·cl to pt·<H't'('d slnwl;r. 'l'hr 1·ivct· is still eonJined hy Jh·estone clifr"'. fill at j he distalll'(' or seven miles the tountl'.) op('ns, i-; Jes~ ('OV<'t'ecl with g·t·avd. and has some t,ottoms, tJanu~h dt'S( i( Ute Of' jjulfH'I' 01' Ulldcl'iH'liSh. 'L'hc J'iVCl' hCI'C 1nakt's a ('on:iclPI'<Ihl · hend to tltt' nol'thwest, so that we ct·ossc<l the plain · fo1· eleven milc•s whru we again ct·osscd t} u· t·ivt•t·. 11('1'4' we halted f'ot· dinm·t·, and h<niug no wood, madl' a {ii'C of the dun:•· o{' huO'alot•, with which \\C eookcd t bt• Ia ·t or om· lll('&lf. (.'X('cpt a ph·l'C or spoiled humtloc. Our COIII'St' tht'll Ja) am·os~ t1 Jnrd heautiful plain, Witlt Wide UOttOlllS nrat· the hank ol'Chc t·iver·. 'l'h(~ banks a!·e about tht·cc ot· four fed high . hut at'<.' not oveJ·Jio" r~l. Al'ic..·s· (·t·os!)ing fo•· h'n nailt>s a hcud or the t'iH'I' towa .. cls the south, we saw, fot' the fit·st time clm·int-; the day, a clump of cottouwood trees in an ext('nsive bottom, and halted there fot•thc uight. 'l'hi · p]a.cc is about (('ll miles below thr foot of flH' Roei~.Y mountains; and ht·ing now al>lc f o tt·at•c distinctly that the point at which the •·ivet· issued ft·om those mouutaius, \\~Ls to the south of west. we conclud ·d that we had rcarh<·ll its most no•·the1·n point, and as we have cea ('d to hope tltat any IJ•·anchcs of~1:uia's river e}...tend as f:u· nol'th as the til'tirth degree of latitude, we clet~m it us<' less tu twoccetl fur, th('l', and J•cly <·hieily on l\1ilk and 'VItiteearth l'iH'I'!'! for the drsil'ed bound~u·y. 'V(' thci'Cfoa·c dctet·mined to t·rmain hct'C two days, for the purpose of maldug the nrcessal') ob ·cr,·ations, and resting our horses. '!'he next m.ornin~, I Up Llte JJlissow·i. \Vedncsday, 2:3, Dt'CW)<'l' was sent to examine tho bearmgs of tho t•i vl't', till if.-; t·nlt·anee iuto flu· monutains, wltil'lt h<' fouutl to be at tht· distance or t('ll miles, an(l in a dit·cc~ tioll south 50° \\est; he hatl SC.'Cll also the 1'('1llainR of U c.•amp of eleven leaf ltes·n lo«<t:,'I'S. t'('('t'llf I~ abauclonrtl. which induced us to suppo ·e tlmt thr l\1 inut'tat·ccs or Fol't de f>rairic at·c souH·Wht·t·c in this ut>it;hhoudwml; a sn picion which was conlit·mcd by the retut'll or the huntet·s, who had seen no gaiiH' or all) (,ind. As the ·e Iudians have pt·oklbly fol] oWCil (fir lJuti'aloe fO\\at·ds tlJe lll<.\in ht'cliiCh of J\1a!'ia.'s ri\ 'Cl'. we slaull uot stt·ik<.' it al ove tlu: nor I h lwaut'lt. 'J1he COUl'SC ol' ( ht• IIIOUIIf:till . still ('0'\filliiC'S l't·om Olllhra~t to not·lhwt· ~ f; in wlai (·li la!:!t cli t·t·c• tion l't·om us, the ft·ont rangu appea.rs I o tt•J'lll ina ( e ~du·n (I tl,\ at llw dis UltH·c of t hi 1·ty- ft ve D1il1·s. 'l'lws: '"hit·!& at'(' to the sol!tlnresL, aud more tlistinell.~ in vi(·w. a l'c uf an it·t ·(·~ulat· foJ' IIJ. <·ompos<'d c·ltkiJy of tlay, with a ' er.' !:lmall 111ixt ,,,.,. of' J·od,. wjf !tout tim her, Hncl although lt,w at·c ~ d p :tl 'f iaiJ) ('OH'l'<'d "ith snow to th('it· l.mses. 'l'lJl• 1·iv<·1' ihei f ha~ ueal'l,\ douhlc the \ olumc of wat<~t· whi<·h it JWSSI':iSl'd ''he ll \H~ fit·.·t saw it br1ow, a. tit•(•IIJJJSl:ttl('(' lO Ue a~:H.·t·ihe<}, llO doui>t, to the f.;l'eat CVallO• ratiou and ahsot·plion of the walPI' in its passage tlu·ougb these oprn t)laius. Tltc rock iu this neig'hhoudwod i · of a '' hitc colour, ami a fine gTit. and lies in Jwt·izontal strata in tuc bluffs of the •·ivct·. )Vc atkmptc<l to take some fish, but could procure ouly a single tt·out. " e had, thrrrfore, nothing to cat, except the ~··case wh id1 W<' 1wessed f1·om our tainted meat, aud fol'med n. mush of cows, J•cset·ving ono meal more of tlac sa.mc l\ind fol' to-mol'l'ow. 'Ve have ~o~cen ncar• this place a lliiiUll<'l' of' the whistling S(lll it'l'eJ , COllllllOD in the countl·y watc•·cu L>y the Columbia. hut whicli we oiJsct ·ved hct·e fo•· the fh·st lime in t1te plains of nsc Missouri. rrhc cottonwood too, or this plaec. is similar to tJmt of the Columbia. Our· ohsct·vationo, (his cvcuiug wet·c pt'CV('ntod by clouds. rrhc weather Wt\!i c.l<:::u· f<H' n tihor•t time in th ~ lllot·ning, |