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Show ed, though be hoped not mortally by the lndianc;, h:t<l" th!'n1 follow him to relieve Cruzat tc. 1~hcy instantly follom:tl fot· :m hundred llaces, wben his wound became sn painful, and his thigh stilfenccl in such a maunm·, that he could go 110 further. lie thct•efore ordot·cd the men to IH'occcd, aud ir oTerpowcred by numbers, retreat tow:uds {he hoats, keeping up a fire; then limping back ( o the pe1·ioguc, he lll'cpared himself with his rifle, a pistol, ami the ait>-gun, to sell bis life dearly in case the men shoulcl be ovcl'come. In this state of anxiety aml suspcnec he 1·cmaincd for about twenty minutes, when the pat•l.y returne<l with Cruzatie, and repot•ted that no Indians could b~ seen in the neighbourhood. Cruzattc was n<lw muth ahu·med, and d(•clarcd that he had shot an elk aflcl' m1ptain Lewis left him, but dis-· claimed every idea of lmviug intentionally wounded his officer. There was no doubt hut that he was the Jlcrson who gave the wound, yet as it seemed to be }lCrfcctly accidental, nnd Ct·uzattc had always conducted himself with pr·opl'iely, uo further notice was ta.lien of it. 'rhe wound was now dressed, and patent lint put. into the holes; hut though it bled consid~rably, yet as the hall had touched neither a bono not, an arter·y, we hope 1 hat it may not prove f~ttal. As it was, howev01·, impossible for him to mako H1e ob~et·va.tiou of the latitude ol' the llur•nt hills, which is rhicfiy desit·able, as being the most northern par·ts or the ~1issoul'i, he declined remaining till to-moJ•t·ow, nnd proceeded on till evening. Captajn Lewis could not now be rcmovCli withou( gt•eat pain, as he had a high feve t·. Ilc thel'efore l'cmained on board during the night, and early the next morning, 'l'ucsday, 12, proceeded with as much expedition as JWS· sjble, and soon afterwards we put ashore to visit a camp. which we found to be that ofDi<•kson and 1Ia'1Cork, tlw two Illinois tradct·s, ·who toM us that they hac I seen captain Clarke ycstcrtla.y. As we stopped with them, we wet·c overtakin by our two hunters, Colter and Collins, who had Vp the &111issottri. 565 he.cn missing since the third, ant\ whose absence excited much uncasines~ They infot•mcd us, that. after followin; us the fit·st day, they concluded that we must he behind, and " 'aitctl for us clur·ing several days, when they wt~rc convinced of their mista.lie, and hatl then come on as J'~pic.lly as they could. We macle some pt·escnts to the two traders, and then procccdcu till ut one o'clock we jojncd om· friemls ancl eom1lanions under captain f'larl{(" |