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Show that. quarfer, ami met them iu t.hc face at eycry beml of tltt river, which was now become very lWOo'kt•d. At noou1hcy passed the .IJigb point ofh nd 011 the left. to which Jka.vc1'11cad valley owes its name, ami nt six o•cJucl\. read1cd Philanthro. py river, which was at IH"escnt vet·y low. The wind now shifted to the nol'theast., ancl f hou~h higu, was much w~u·m~ r than before. At seven o•cJock they rcadH·(l thcit· <'n .. "ampment at the cnt.t•ancc of,Vistlona river ou the sixth of August. They found the river vc•·y high, but falling. Ilcl'e too, they overtook the hunters, who had ldllcd a buck and some young geese. Besides these they had seen a gt·e<lt num~ct· of geese and sandhill Cl'anes, ami some dcm·. The hcavoc too were in great quantities aJong the ba.uks of the rivtws, and through the night were flapping tlwit• tails in the watct• round the boats. IIaving found the canoe whieh had been left here as they ascended, tht·yemJtloyed I hem selves, Saturday, 1.2, till eight o'elocl\. in t.h·awingout the uailsaml maldng paddles of the sides or it 'l'hen lcav in;; one or their 43auocs here, they set out after (,..cal-..fas t. J nmtrd iatr ly below the forl\:s tl•c current became stl·ongcr than ahoYe, nnd the course or the rivet• straighter, as fat' as l")anthcr erct•k, af· tct· whioh it became much mot·e Ct'ooked. A high wiud now arose from the snowy mountains to the uol'thwe!:lt, so that it was with much diflicnlty ami sonw dauge•· they •·cached, at three o'clock, the eutrancc of Fields's ct·cck. Arter dining at that 1•lace, they put·sucd theit· course and stopped for the njght below theit· cneanq>meut of the jJ!:It of July Jast. Beaver, young geese, and dec•· continued to he 1 hcil• game, anti they saw some oltl sjgns ol' uulfaJoc. '!'he musquetocs also were still very t.t·ouuJcsomc. Sunday, ts. Eal'Jy in the morning thry set out, and at noon reached the entrance of l\1adisou rivm·, wl•cre sc·t~cant Pryot• bad arrived with t.&tc hot·scs about an JJOut· hei'ore. The horses were then driven ac•·oss l\ladisou ami GaJiatin rivers, and the whole parfy halted to dine aud uuload the eanoes below the mouth of the latter. llcrc the two })31'· UJ' Llre .Jlissom·i. 37i tic!§ separated; ser·jcant Ordway with nine men set out in six cnnocs to dest•t.md the J·ivct·, while cmptain Clarke with Ute r mainin~ ten, aud t.hc wife a.ncl <·hiltl or Chahoneau, were to lll'occcd hy lancl. with fifty hut·sc·l'!, to Yellowstone rivet·. 'l'hey set out atlivt~ in the aft.ct·noon ft·om the fork! of tho Missouri, in a, dil'cetion near·ly eastward; but as many 0 {' the hot·scs had sot·c l'eet, they wet·c obligctl to move ~lowly, aml a.ffel' going rom· milt·s, halted for t.he night on the u:mk of Oallatin·s t·ivct·. 'L,his is a beautiful stream, ami thouu·h the currt'nt is t•apid ancl obstructed Ly islands :-, near its mouth, is navigahlc fm· r:wocs. On its lower shle the \an<\ rises ~t·a.dually to the fuot Of a lllOllntain, I'URlling nlmost parallel to it; but tlJC <'Otmtt·y below it and 1\'ladi~on' rivet• is a level lllain, <1ovca·cd at.1wc rut with low ~l'ass. thr: soil being \lOOI', aml inj'ul't~d by stones and s(l·ata Of hat•tl white rock along the hill sides. Tht•onghout the whole, game was very abundant. They ln·ocut·cd deer in the low grounds; bcavct• a.nd oUCl' wct·c seen in Gallatin's I'ivct·, ami elk, wolves, ca.r.;les, hawl s, crows, and geese, were seen at dilfcl'cnt pal'ts ol' the t·outc. 'l'hc plain was intersected by sevct·al g•·cat roads, Ieacling to a gap in the mountain, about twenty mile!-! distant, in a dil'cctiou E. N. E. but the lndian woman, who was accjuaintcd with the country. recommended a ~a.p IHOI'C to the southWa1•d. rl'his COUr.'e captain Clarke delcl'mined to pursue; and thcr·cfot·c at an early hou1· iu the morning, Monday, 11·, ct·ossed Gallatin's riY<'l' in a dit·ection south 7 8° ca.st, and passing ovet· a lcvclilla.in, t•caehcd the J cfl(~l' 'Oil at the di~tanee of six miles. rJ'hat t•i Vel' is hei'C di. Yidcd iuto ruauy channels, which SJn·cad themsclvcs for sc· veral miles tlu·ough the lo" gt·ounds, ami at·e damm.,d UJl by the bcavel' in such a manuel', that after aUcm}>ting in vain to J't'acl• the opposite sidt), they were obliged to turn ihort about to the right, till with some difficulty they reach d a low but lirm island, extending nearly in the course they dcsit·e•l to follow. 'fhe squaw now a~sure<l ca}ltain |