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Show 352 tintH'd slowly our man·h towaa·ds ~ hrm. Thrir whole atlcn. tion was so engaged hy Drcwycr. that they did uot innnctli~ 1tely di scover us. As soon as t hry llid sec us, th<'y ~tppt•at·cd to be mneh alaa·med aml a·an about in rnuf'usiou. aml some of them came t.lown the hill mul ch•ovc thr it· hot·scs within gun' hot of the c n~inrncc, to "hieh tht>y th en r ctut·m·tl. as if to waH out· al'l'i va l. " 'hen "e came" ithin n qual'trt• ora mile, one ornte Jmliaus lllOIIIIl<'tl ancl l'()cl(• at full spr~·d to l'<'t't' iVe ns; hut \~hrn within a huntlt•<•d p<l<'l'S of' liS, he halt('l), and calltnin T.<'''is "Ito h<ul ali~llh'tl lo t'l'(•(•ive hiu1, l~t•ltl out his hand, ancl hec•kone<l to him to appt·o:u·h. he ouly lool,etl nt. us l'or· sollH' time. an<l tltt.'ll. willlout sayin~ a \\01'(1. rctlu·ncd to It is (•onapanions with as uatt elt !taste as he Jtad atlvanccd. 'l'he whole party uow drscwtHII-d the hill and l'o<le towru·ds us. As yt't we saw only t.•i;.:;ltt. hut }H't.'sumecl that then must iH' mot·e behiml us4 as t ht·n· W{'t'l~ !H'Vet·al l10t·scs sttddl•( L ' V • howevcL· adva.uct•tl, an<l captain Lt•w i" now toltl hi~ two m<'n that he Ldievcd tltl'S~ w<·t·c the 1\lintwtat·ecs of l~~oa·t de Pt·ait·il'. who, 1'1'0111 thl'it· iul':.u nous (·hat· .dt•t·. would in all prouallility attempt. tn •·oh tlu·m; hut lwin~ d<'lt•t·minC( l to <lir. t·aUaca· than lose lt is pap<·t·s and iuslt'lllltcuts, he inlcmlcll to resist to dt' last extt't\lllity, atHI advihl'd them to do tlH' same, and to Jw on t Itt· alet·t should tht·t·e lw any flisposition to atlaek us. " rhl'll t1u· two pal't ies eame " ithin a humh-cd )al'ds or t':teh OtlllW. all t IH· Indians. l'~l·Ppl onr, halted; t•aptain Lewis tlael'(·l'ot·<· cn·<l<'J'rd Ia is'" o JIH'H io halt w1ai1e he advam·l'd. anti al'tet· hha kiu ~ ltaml~ "ith tile ludiau. went on and ditl the sc.un<· \'. it It tile otltet·s in lhe na•·· wllila the Indian himsrlf'!)lwok hand~ \\ilia t ltt> t\\o ""'"· 'L'hey all now came up. ami al'let· ali1-;ltt in:.;·. c Itt• J ucliaus asked to smoke with 11 !;. (;aptain Lrwis. "Ito was VCI')' anxious rot·lJI'CW· yer't:~ sai(·ty. told them that llw man who had ;.:;one down the river had the lli!1t',amln•(jU61sh.·d that as the~ had sern him. one ot' ~lt cna wo~.tld act·omiH\n~ n. l~'ichls to ht·ing him l>ack. 'fo this they assentul. <llttl Fil'llls "rut" ith a young man in s('areh of Drewyer. CalJlain Lewis now a~lwd them hy si~ns UJl Llw Jllissom-i. 353 jf they were the ..M innctat·<·rs of the north, and was sor•·y to lea.r·n by their answer that his suspit·ion was too tt·uc. He then in<luir·<·d il' thcl'e was any chiefamon:.; them. They poinle. d out thr·ee; but though he ditl not IJclieve them, yet it was thought lwsl to I>lcasc them, autl he thrt·c fm·<~ gave to one a flag, to anothct· a medal, antl to a tltit·ll a han<lkct·eltiel'. They ap1warcd to IJe well sa(isficfl with these JH'rscuts, antl now recovered from the agitation into which out·fit·st inter view had t.Ju·own them, f'o t· they we•·c really mot·e alarmed limn ourselves at the mccti"h'· ln om· lut·u, however, we IJecamc equally satislictl un Ji.ndint; that the) "t'l'C not joined by any mot·e of the it· eompanions, for ,.,c consider ourselves (1uite a mateh for eight Indian , pat·ticulaa·ly as these have but two guns, the J'eSL ucing at'lltm.! with only eye-dogs and bows and arrows. As it was gt·owiug late eaptain Lewis JH'oposcd that they should cncamv togcthct· ncar the l'ivea·; fol' he was glad to sec them and had a gt·eat deal to say to them. They assented; and IJeing soon joined IJy D1·ew:re•·· we p1·oeeedcd towards the river, and after dcsccll<lin~u>' a VCl'.Y, ~leC[) ulufi', two buudt·ed and Jifty feet high. encalliJled in a sm:tllbottom. Ilere the Indians forlllcd a large semieit·eular tent of dl'csscd buflaloc skins, in which the two llarties assemiJled, and by the means or JJrcwycr, the evening was spent in conversation with the Indian . rrhry inl'ormetl us tltat they were a pm·t of a hu·ge Lanll wlai1~ h at present Jay eneampetl on the main uraJH~h of 1\laria's t•ivct·, ucat· the foot of the ~l.oeky mountaius, and at the di tauec of a day aud a half's JOurney from this pla.ec. Anothet· lat·gl.! band wct·e huuting llutraloe neat· the U1·oken mouutaius, ft·om wldeh they would pt·occcd in a few <.lays to lJJC IIOI'th of .Mat'ia.'s •·in~ t·. 'ViU1 ~he lil'~l of these tllcJ'e was a wlaite mau. TJteJ atldcd, that hom tllis place •o tllC c staJJli sllltteut ott Uw Saskashawan, ut whicl1 thcJ tt·tu.le. is ouly six <.lays' c>asy ma.1·ch; that js, such a. day's jout·twy as can be made with the it· n omcu aml ~hil<lt·cu,so that we com1>utcd the di$tauce at one huutlrcd ·tnd .lifty miles. 'l'hct·c they carry the skins or wohcs and s~mc YOll. li. |