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Show 388 flve or six feet d<'<'p, ol' a good quality. and covct•ctl \\itJ1 shod. grass. The Tudia.ns have carved the figures of auima! s 2\n<l ot hm· ol~j<·cts on the sides of' the t•oek, and on the top at'<' t·aised two piles of stone . . Vt·om this height tho ey8 ranged ovet• a lat·ge extent of vat·ir~;atcd counh·y:-On tho southwest the Rocl\:y mouutains covrl'cd with suow; a low mountain, about l'ol'ty miles dist~Lnt, h<.·aring south 15° ~at, ancl in a dit'<·ctiou north £,5o wrst; and at the distance or thit·ty-fivc miles. the southrl'n cxta·rmity ol' what arc (';~led the Lit tlewol f mountaius: The low groumls of the rivet· extend nearly six milt•s to the southward, when tl10y rise into plains t·carlaing to tlH"" ntount ains. and wa· tct•t•d wilh a lat·~e m·t~ek. while at sotHe (listancc below a range ol' highhuul, covet•ed with pine, sll'<'tClJ(·s on both sides of the t·ivet·, in a dil'ed.iou nol'th and soutlt. Tlac llOt•th tdP or the t•ivct·. f<>l' SOme distanre, is . Ul'J'OUm]rcJ by jutting t'omantic cli/n;; these at·c sueccedNl IJy l'll~getl hills, L<'yoml which tlw 1,lains arl' again oprn ami cxtensi''('; aml the whole ('0Ulltt·y is <•nlivcnNI hy hc1·ds of uu(faloc, <'Jk and wolves. Al'ter cnjo) iug t hr prospcet ft·om this l'Ock, to which C:ttltain Clal'l .. c g~wc tJtc name or }lOIIlJlfJ0S JlillaJ·, he tic~ sccn<l·d, and eont.inuPcl his com·s('. At the di!:itanrc of six Ol' sev(ln miles, he stopped to get two hi;;hor·ns. whiclt WCJ't' shot ft·om the boat; aud whil<' on shon•, saw in the fa('C or tht· <·lifr on the left, al>out twenty feet above the water, the fr·ae-ment of a rib of a fish. thl'eo fc<'t lonp·, all(l nNtdy three t} ., incJJes round. inc•·u ·ted in the t'O(\k Hs<'i{~ ~ulfl thouglt nci~ ther decny<.'d nor petrified is vcl'y rotten. After making fifty-eight miles they reached the entnmcc or a stt·<'am on the t·iglat, al>out twenty-two yarlls wide, ami which discharges n gt·eat quantity of muddy water·. Here they cncampNl rathtw car·licl' than usual, on account or a heavy Sfjt!all, accomJmnicd with some l'ain. Early next morning, Satua·day, 26, they lH'occedr•l. The l'iv<·t· is now much divided by stony islands and bat·s; but the cut·•·cnt, tlaough swift, is I·egula•·· and thcro at·e many v,·ry handsome islands l)overcd with eottonwood. On the left sllorc the bottoms IJp lht .Missouri. 389 1u.·c vcty extensive; 1he ri~ht hank i · formed of high clin·s or a whitish gt·itt.y ston<'; ancl heyond the e, tllC eountl·y on both sides is diversificd with wavin~ Jllains, covered with pine. At the distanee ol' ten miles is a large ct·eek on the right, ahout fol'ty yat·ds in width, but containing VCI'y liUJ~ watc•·; and in the <.~om·se of the day, two smallet' streams on the 1 ·ft, and a fout•th on the •·i~ht. At Jcnp;tl•, aft<'l' coming sixty-two miles, they landed at. the cnta·ancc ot' the Biglwrn J'iv<~l'; lmt fiuding the point bctwe<•n the two COJn})O. cd flf sort mud and sand. and liable to be ovet·flowed, thry aseendeu the Bi~horu f'or half a mile, then erossed and f'ol'med a camp on its lowcP side. Captain Chu·kc then walked up the t•ivct·. At the dis(ance of' seven miles, a e1·cck, twcuty yarcls wide, whidt ft·om the c.·olont' ol' the watrr he ('.allr(l .M. .ucldy <'.t·t•ck. falls in on the no•·tlaeast, and a few miles fut·thct·, the t·ivcl' bends t..o the ea'it of' south. 'l'he bottoms of the l'ivct· are c.·x:tensiv<·, ancl supplied chiefly with cot tonwood trees, v:u·iq~at..e•l wi(h ~··•·at ((ltalltiti<'s or rosrlmshcs. The <'llrt'('llt is l't';.;ulat· <IOU \'api•l; and like the :Missouri, constantly chan;.;rs su ac.; to wash away the banl's on one side. le:nring sanclbat·s on t.lw ot.h<·t·. 1 t :~ b('d cunt.a.ins much lc s ofthc laq;e gl'avel than that or the Yellowst.onr, and its wa.tct · is mm·e ll\tl(llly. ancl or a l)I'OWnish t•olour, while tht' Yellowstone has a. Ji~htcl' tint. At the junction, the two •·ivcrs ar • ncal'1y ('<jltal in IH·t>adtla, <'Xtendiu~ f't·um two hnndl'<'ll ~o two hundt·c•tl and twPnty .vat·ds. hut the Yellowstone contains ffiU<~h lllOI'C watc•t•, hciut; trll or· twelve {'cet d<~ep, wJtiJe tho tlcpth or th<' Bi~iiOJ'Il ' ':tl'ies rr·om five to seven feel. 'rhis i~ the J·ivcJ• wlaich ha<l lJC'CU des1·t·ibed by tlae Indians as J'ising in tltc l~oc•ky motmtains, m·aa· the Y <'1lowstonc, ancl the 1\0ill'<'CS ol' the J•ivt·t· Platt<,, anti then linds its way Uu·ough the Cote Noit·, and the <·astC'J'n l'<utge of the Hod~y mouutains. In its long course' it t·<•ccivcs ( wo Jargc rivet·s, ontt f&·om the not·th and the otltcr· from the soutll, and being unobstniCted by falls, is n:wi$;'ahlc iu (•aHoes for a gl'eat dic;tancc, through a. fine rieh open <'O\lntt·y, Sllllplic•l with a gl'cnl |