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Show Lewis and ClaJ•1w's E.t;jJtrliLimt miles ft·om the mountain, a river dis~harges itself into H1c Y ellowstonr, from the northwest, under a high rocky elilf. It rises fa·om the snowy mountains in that direction; is about thirty fivl~ yards wide; has a bold, deep cul'l'cnt; is shit·teu by some (~ouonwoocl and willow lJ'('CS, and like t.hc Ydlowstonc itself. seems 10 a.IJontHl in beaver. 'fhey gave it the name of Shidds's t•ivct·, aft£'1' oue of the v~u·ty. Imnwcliatdy brlow is a ~·et·y good lmifaloe road, '\' hich obviou.,l) k~H\s fi·om its head lht'OlJ~h a gap in the Htounta."n, on't' to tlu• \\aters of the i\lis~lHll'i. They pa.sscd Shicl!b's river. <lncl at•tl}l'{·c mill'!:i fu1·thcr, aft<-a· ('rossin~· a high rod .. y hill, rncampcdin a low lwUom. neal' the ('llti·aure o!'a. small <.·1·eck. As they came thl'ouglt th ~mo untain s llH·y had seen two hlaek beat· and ~L number ol'~mtt•lopt·s. a.s well as s<'vm·alltel·ds ofcll·,of bctwern t" o and three JunHII'rll in numhl'r, but thry wc1·c ahlc to kill only a single elk. The next morning, \'/ednesday, 16, thL·J·cf'on~, a huntN· was dcspatche1l ahead, '' hilc the pm·ty collcclt·d the strag:"l ing horses. They then p•·occedcd down thr riV('l', which is very sb·ai!;ht, aml has several island · covered with cottonwood and willow; but they could noL procure a single tree hn·ge enough for a. ca· nor, and being unwilling to trust altogethct· to skin canoes, ca11taiu Clarl\.e lll'Cfcl'rctl going on until they found some timUCI'. rl'hc feet. or the hot'Sl'S "Cl'e now twai'IJ' worn to Uw <1uick, pat·ticularJy the hiud l'cet, so that they were ol>\igctl to make a sort of moccasiu of gt·ct·n lmifaloe skin, which rclicvctl them \'el'y much in crossing the plains. Arter 11ass· ing a bu1u creek ft·om the south, or twenty ym·ds in width, they halted fo1· dinner 011 an island, then went on till at uight they encamped ncar the cntt·ance of anol her !;mall stream, haviug made twenty-six miles during the day. They saw some bear ancl gt·eat num!Jct·s of antelopes and cll\.s; !Jut the soreness of theiL' hot·ses' feet rendered it difficult to chase them. One of the men caught a fish wl1ich they had not seen befo1·e; it \vas eight inches loug, aml resembled a trout iu form, but its mouth was like that of the sturgeon, and jt Up the .JJlisso ttl'i. 3i9 hMl a l'ecl streak ])~ts . ing on enclt . itle ft·om Ote gills to the tail. In the phtins were hul few ]Jlants ('Xtrpt the silkgrass, the wiltl indigo, and tltc sunflnwet·, whi(·h ar(~ now aJl in !Jioom. The high bt'OHncls on the river· at·e faec<l with a deep freestone t·ock, of a. hat·tl. shal'p gt·it, which may also he seen in ptwp('ntli<'nhu· sit·ata t hr·o11:~hout tltP plain. 'l'hul'sday, 17. It 1·aiurd clu••in[; lhc night, :wei as the pat·ty }nul no eovt•t·in~; but a hntlitloc 'ikin, tlsey rose ur·em·hctl with watct·; anu pursuiug the ir· jom·ney at an r:u·ly ho11 c·. over the point of a. •·idge, aml l hr·ou~~h au open low bottom, nadtrd at the distan<'C o(' si . a.mt a lt:dfmiles~ a par·t ul' the rivet·, whc•·c two la•·gc c•·ceJ ... s entt'I' immediatdy op w~ite to rach oUtct·; u11c f1·om the not·lhwest, the othe1· ft•oJll the soul h o1' soutlnvest. 'l'hcsc raptaiu Cl~u·ke calh·d Uivr•·s~~ m·o ss . 'l'rn mil(•s and a hall' fut·thct· th('v ha.Hrd io1• dinncr IJc.low the entt·a.ncc of a la1·gc CJ•eek ~n the northeast side, about thidy yards jn width, vltich they named Otter 1·ivcr·. Ncat·ly oppo ·ite to this is anothet·, to which they gave the hame or Beave t• rivet·. 'l'hc wa(et·~ or both t\l'C ora milky cololll·, and the banks well SUJlplied '' ith small tin.lIJer. 'rhe l'ivet· is uow bee om ing more <.livitled hy j htn,ls, and a numLcr of small et·ecks fall in on both sides. The largest or these is ahout seven miles fJ•om the nea.vel' l'ivrr, aJHl entet·s on the right: they calll!d it llPaUon·s t·ivc•·, from one of the men. The lti.~hlancls too approach the •·ivel." lJ.tol'e ucarly than bcfot'c, but although theil' ides are partially s.IPJllied with pine and <·ctlcu·, the gt·owth j · till too small 1or canoes. The buflhloc is lJrginnill;,!' to be mot·e abuutlant, aiHl to-day, for the first time ou tlli · t·ivrr, they sa.w a pelican; llnt decl." and elk a.t·c now mot·e S(':ti'CC thau bri'oJ·e. ]none or the low hoHoms ol' Ow i'iVCl' was an Indian fort, Which seems to have heen builL u•n·ing the la.Rt ;:un~uct·: H was built in the l'oem of a circle, about !iny cct m dmmctcr, five feet high, and I'ot•med of Jogs. Lapping ovct• each other, and covct•ed on the outside with bark set 11P an end. 'l'hc e11ti·ancc aho "as guard('d by a work on |