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Show Lewis anll f'lco·kc·s E.TJU'tlilion quantity of timbrr, and inhahitctl by hcaV('I', :1ncl hy num<'rcms species of animals, amott{; whieh m·c those from \\ ltich it dcriyes the name nf Jlighor·n. 'l'hllt'e m·e no JH.'t'Hiancut cUlornents neat• il: hut the whole country whid• it water·. is occasionally visitrd by rovin~ hands or hunters f't'Oill nw Ct·ow tr·ibc, tho l,aunch, a hand of Ct·ows, aml the <Jastalmna, a small band of Sual •. e J ndiaus. Suntlay, Z7. They ag:1in sd out vrt·y ('at·iy. aml on l~a~ ' 'ing the lli~horn, took a last luok a.t the Uocky mountain!), wllich ltad been constantly in view r 'Olll the fir·st or .l\Iay. The river now widens to the ('"X(rnt or ft·om rom· to ~ix hundl·cd yards; is mntla clividccl by i~land!:i and samllt;u·s; its banl,s genct·ally low antl falling in. and rc~;cmhle s tho Missoul'i in many particulars; but i(s islnruls at'<' TllOI'(' lllllllet·ou~, its watca·s J<·ss mud(ly, and the ('lll't'ent mm·e t':tilid. 'l'l1e wa.tca· too is of a ycllowi':ih-wfai k , aud !lu· rouncl, torw.:;, '" hich form the oar·K above flac Hi:.;horu. have !;iv<·n phu·t~ to gt·avd. On ~he left ~ide tl.e !'i, c· t· ruus mulct• <"litrs of )ight, soft, gritty tone, varyiu~ in hci:.;-ltt f l'Olll ~I ' VClliJ (o :Ill hundred fed, bchitHl whieh arc J,·vcl and ex:eu!'!iH~ plaiu'i. On the l'ight side of the •·ivc1· ~u·e low rxtensivc lwtfoms, bm·clcret\ With COttonWOOd, ' ' ill'iUHS spc·eies of'\\ Wow, l'USClJushes, gral>c-vines, the rctlb•~•TY oa· humtlol'~~•·c. a!-IC bu!>hcs, flllll a. S}ICCiCS of sumach; to t hcse SU<:<.'I'CII hi;,!;h f)I'OUIH}s, s11pplicd with pine, and still fua·tJaea· on are lt·vel plaim;. Throughout the country are ' 'ast '1Hantities of hufi'a1or, which, as this is the 1·unning sra~on. keep a continued bellowing. I~arge hcrcls or dk also arc lying in CH'I'Y })()int, and are so gentle that Owy may l>e c.lJlJll'Oacllrd within hnnlyJlll· tcs without IJcing alaa·mccl. Several heaver were sct•n in tho toursc of the day; indeed, the1·e is a gl'catcr ~'PJieamnec of those animals than there was above the BighoJ·n. ))ccr·, however, arc by no moans abundant, anti I he antelopes, as well as the biglJOl'ns, arc scarce. }~iftcen miles from the Dighot·n riv<'r th<'y 1wssed a Jal'gc •h·y creek on the left, to which thr.y gave the name of t:H. Up the .JJiisso u ,.; • S!H t"rcck, alltl,haH ·t1 fo1· hrraiSa.')t about thl't'C mile!! furthe1·, n.t the.• clltl'lliH't' of " 'jnd Ot•'s t·iv~'l', a Sll'cam from the }eft, whicl~ thou:.;h nny )':tl'c\ . wide, (•ontains . (.•:u·ccly any water. Fol'ty-ci)!iht miks from the J\i~;hot·n is a lal'~e b(~d or a !:.ll't'am ~h.ty yat·tls wide, hut'' ith y(•r·y little water. They caJl,~d it J,al>iclw's river·. 8cvca·al otltca· smallct· streams, or 1·athc1• beds of (·a·eeks, were passed in the coul'sc of the day, aml aftct· cmuiu~ eighly aml a hall' milt- ·, they encamped on a large island. At da) lip;ht the m·xt moruing, 1\lolHlay, 28, they j)L'occ<.~tlctl down the ·mooth geutk cut·· rent, JlaSsing by a llllll~hcl' ol' i:la.mh; and :cYcnl.l Cl'l'<•ks, \\lai<.'h a.t'l\ no'" dt·y. These :n·c, inclct"d, mot·(~ like toJ'I'cut , ~uul Jil\c the d1·y l.H·ool ... s of the 1\lissoul'i, JIWI'dy sel've to ~art·y offthr va:tqmwtiti<.·s of water· wlJicl• fall in the Jllains, ant\ ln·ing tJ1~m al!:io a gl'Cat deal or mud, '"hich contr·ihutcs tn tho 1maldiucss or the Yellowstone. The most tli ·tin guishcll or these al'C at the tlist:wce of SiX miles, a ('l'('(')'" ul' eighty yards in width, from the not·th \\est, and callcu by the Indians, IJittle" oU' l'ivct·: twenty.uine milc8 lower auotlwl' on the ld't, seyenty yal'ds in "'idth, '\ hich they call Table ct·cel<., fl'olll scvel'al mounds in the plains to the nol'th· West, tho (.ollS of which l'CSCmhle a table. J•'our mile furthCJ' a s(n•am of UlOl'C itniWI'lallOC entei'S lJehiml an i }and :ft·oJu the sonth. 1t is ahout one hmHli'CU yanb iu width, vdth a hold <·uncnt of muddy watc1·, and is 1n·obaLly the l'iYCl' ca.lh-tl uy the J ntlians the Little highorn; and anothrr stream on tlt<• J·i!dlt. twenty-five yards wide, the Indian name of which is ;Ia~hasl(a1•· l'uarly opposite to this creek they ellC~\Illll 'tl after making seventy· tJu·ee miles. rfhe l'L\'Cl' during {l~u·t or the route is confined by cliffs, which 011 the right arc or a. soft, yellowish, gl'itty l'oel~, while those. on~ he left arc harder, and of a lighter colour. In some oi these cliO's were scvc1·al stl·al as of coal of diflcl'cnt thickness and heights above the water; but like tJu~i of the Missouri, is of an ini'trior qualit1. |