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Show S68 ll'nce of the current, that. although the water was not high <'l' than the bellies of the lwrscs, the rcsistaul•c thry made jn passing, causcll tho st. ream to rise ovrr f hch· bacl<s atul loads. After passing tho creek we inclined to tho left, antl soon al't.cr strucli. the road which we had tlesccndedla.stycar, ncar the s1•ot where we dined on the 7th ofSeptcmbr•·· Along thi t•oa'l we contimH•ll on the west side or Claa·kt·'s river, tHl at the distance ofthi1·tecn miles, during which we passc1l t hrcc more decl1large Cl'<'t"l\.s, we rcaclted it~ west ct·n branch, where we encamped, and having sent out two huntet·s, tlcspatchcll some men to examine the be t fot•d aero s t.he river. 'l'he game of to-day consisted of four derr; though we also M\W a herd of ibex, or bighorn. By daylight the next morninb', Sat.ua·day, July 5, we again examined the fortls, and having discovered what we conceived to he the best, began thr lla ssagc at a place w l;cre rlnc river is di v idctl by small islan~ into six dilrercnt clHinnels. 'Vc, howev<~r, Cl'ossed them nil wi~hout any damage, except wetting some of our provisions and merchandise; aml at the distance ol' a mile cam<· to the eastern branch, Ull which we pt·occetlcd about a mile, till we came into the old J'oad we had dcsccmlctl in the nu- ' turon. It soon lctlus across the rivet·, which we found lnul fallen to the same tlepUa at which we found it last. autumn, and along its eastern bank to the foot. of the mountain nearly OJlllOSitc Flowe~· creel\.• Ilcre '"c lmHed t.o let ou•· hot·ses gr•aze, ncar a spot \lhere thet·u was still a fire burning ancl the tracks ot' two h~•·ses, which we pt·csumed to he Shosho· nccs; and having dl'icd all our pro vi ions, pt•ocrcded at n~oul four o'clock, across the mountain into the valley whct'C we had fh·st. seen the Flatheads. W c then crossed the river, which we now l'lerceivctl took it.s rise from a high l,cali.ed moun· tain at about twenty miles to t.hc no•·thcast or the valley, •md then 11asscd up it for two miles, ami cnca.mllcd after a l'it\c of twenty miles during the day. As soon ~1s we halted M~veral men "et·e despatched in di.rfct·cnt dircction!i to ex· Tf]J the .;l(i. so111vi. :nni.nc the ro~Hl, aml fr·om th •il· vqwrt, conclud('d thnt the Lest 1mth would be one about. tht'l'C miles up the t•a·t·ck. 'Vhis is the road travclJccl by the Ootbshoot:, and "ill l'CI'faiuly s.hot·tcn our route t.wo days atlt·ast, ht·~ides he in~ mtwh bette~ ·, as we had been informed by the ludiaus, than l.>y tllat we came last fall. SUlulay, G. 'l'hr night wa~ vt·a·y l'Oltl, succcetlt'tl hy fl'ost in the BHH'uiuh; aml as the hor·ses we•·e much scatll'I'Cd, we wcrr 110t ahle tn set out bcf'ol'c uitH' o'<·lo<·l·. 'Vc then wrnt ;'long lhe <•J•eek l'oa· tht'l'C milt·s, <md h'aviug to the t'i!!;ht the path hy whieh we ('amc Jast l'all. pm·sued the t'OiHl .t.ak<'n hy ~he Ootlashools, up a r.:;entle a st•t\nt fo the tli' iding motmtain which sep~u·ates the watcl's ol' the middle f'ol'l~ or Clal'l<c's rivm·, fJ'om those ol',Visdom and Lewi~' s •·ivers. On r<·ach. ingthe othc1· side, we came to (Hade cJ•rck, dowu which we I>rocccdcd, Ct'Ossin~ it l'lTfJllenOy into nac glades on each sitlo, whcJ•c the tiaubcL' jo small, atul in 111:\11' place dcstJ'oyctll> y fil·e; wltea·c ~u·e great C]uantit irs of (jUallla. h II OW iu bloom. Tln·oughout the glade. ar·c gt·eat numbcl's of holes made l>y ~he wlti ·tling or·lJu•·•·owin)..;' s•Juil'l'el; ami we killed :t hal'e or the hu·p;c mountain S(H'tic·s. Along tht•se r·oatls there ~u·o abo appearances of' oltl hutraloc paths, and !Will~ old hcatls of lJufnalocs; and a · these a1JimaJs have wontlerf'w.l sagacity in the choice of thcit• l'Outes, the coiuciclcncc of' a bufraloe with an Indian road, "as the s~ t·ongcst as~unwce that it was the he ·t. In 1he aftet·noon wr pas Tc.J :lloug the hill-sidl.', JIOL'lh or the Cl'C<.'k, tilJ, in the COIII'Se of · j~ mi(('S, we enlct·cd an eAtensivc l·vd plain. Here the t•·ack., or the ludian:; caUcred so much that we could 11n louger pui'~LH~ it, but. Sa(•ajawcah recognised the plai11 iaHmed\ateJy. l:ihc bact travelled it often <luring her childhood, aud iuf'OI'Jm•d us that it was the ga·ca.t rc.so1·t of the Shoslwnem;, who rame for the lllll'llOSe of' gathet·ing (ptallla.Sh all(} CO\\ s, :.\llll of taking l>oavcr, with whit.l1 the Ill:dn aboundod, :uul,that 0 lade <~t·cck was a hl'<\nch of \Visdum river, and that on J'l~aching tltt.: 1aigher :part of tltc plain, we should sec a b'"P in the niiJun- S n |