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Show Lewis and Cl(u•kc's EX11ellitio1.t Sunday, 8, serjeant Prym·, n«!.companied by SIJaunen, Hall, and 'Vintlsor, ara·ivcd, hut without the horses. They reported that on the second daya.l'tN' they left eaptain Clarke, they halted to let the horses gl'aZC ncar the bed or a )argo creek, which contained no running water; but soon after a shower of rain fell, and the et•eek swdlml so suddenly, 1hat several horses wl•ich had st•·aggh·d across tbc dry bed ofthe creek, were obliged lo swim Lack. 'rhcy now dctCl·mincd to fm·m thrh· camp; but the nt•xt morning were astonished at not being able to find a single one or thcia· horses. '"fh('y immediately examinrd the neighbourhood, and soon finding tl&e ta·a.ek of the lndiaus who had stolen the horses, pursued them for five miles, where the fugifives divided into two parties. 'rlwy now followed the hu·gest. party five mHcs furtlH·r. till they lost all hopes of o~m·taking tho Indians, and rctm·ned ( o the camp; and packing the baggage on their backs, put·sucd a no1·theast course towards the Yellowstone. On the following ni~ht a wolf bit sCJ:jeant Pryot• through the hand as he lay asleep, and ma<lc an attempt to seize 'Vindsor, when Shannon discovered and shot him. 'rhey llasscd over a broken open country, and having reach· ed the Yellowstone ncar Pomp(~y's I>illar·, they determined to desccml the river, and fot· this purpose made two skin canoes, such as they bad seen among the Mand.ans and Ricaa~ as. They arc made in the following manner:-Two sticks of an inch and a quarter in diameter arc tied togethm· so as to fot·m a round hoop, which serves for the lH'im, while a second hoop, fot· the boUom of the boat, is made in the same way, and both sccua·ed by sticks of the same si:~.c ft·om the sides of the hoops, fastened by thongs at the edges of the hoops and at the intet·sticcs of the sticks: ovee this ft·ame the skin is dr·awn closely aml tied with thongs, so as to fot·m a perfect basin, seven fret and th1·ee inches in diameter, sixteen inclH·s t.lt.·ep, and with sixtern ribs or cross-stifl<s, and capable of caJ'l·ying six 01' eight nwn with their loads. Being uuacq1mintcd with the 1·iver, they thought it Jnost • Up the .illissou,ri. -\.01 pl'udcnl to divide theia· ~uns and ammunition, so that in case or aceidcnt all mi!-!;h( not lw lo t. <\1111 tht•t·ef'ol'e huilt two <'a- 110('9. ln thrse f1·ail ve ·sds th<',\ t'lllh~ukcd, and "ere· '"llll'IH'i~ ed at the perl't•ct sccut•ity in whit·h thc·y pass(·<l Ott·ouhh the mo~t diilicult shoal" and 1·apids of' j lie r:' '"'· "· tho11 t over taking in water, even dm·in~ the hi~~l~t· s ' ''ind o.;. ln passiub the con fhl<'II Cl\ or Uae Yellow ~to ne ~lllll l\1issom ·i, he took down the uote l't·om t lu.• pole, suppo !l iu~ t hal C:lJllain I Acwis had passed; and now lt~u·niug wht>I'<' thr pa1'ty was, pre:. ed on in the sl\.in canoes to join thrm. 'l'hc day W:\S Spent in Jwntinp;. SO as (O Jll'O('III'(' a llllllll.Jrr of !Jki11s to trade with the .1.\Iandans; fo.t· havin~ now nr!tlH'r hot· cs nor mcr·chandisc, om· only rrsort in orde1· to obtain corn and beans, is a stock of skins, which those Indians very much admia·e. Monday, 9. A heavy dew fell Otis morning. Captain Clarke now pt·occedcd slowly down the •·j,·e1·, hunting through the low gt·ounds in the uci$;hhoul'lJOo<l aftc1· tlle deer ancl elk, till late in the al'ternoon he (•neamped on the southeast side. Jlcre they remainctl during the uext day, Tuesday. 10, attempting to cll•y the meat. wh ilc the hunl.et·s wea·c all abroad; but they could ohtain nothing except an antelope and one lJlaektailcd dcc1·; those animals being Very Stat•re On tlJis pat•t ol' the l'iVCI'. Ju the loW grounds ol' the rivet· captain Clarke foun(\ to-clay a sp ·eie~ of cherry which he had He vet· seen Lefot·c. autl "hich srcm:s peculiar to this small dist1·jct of eountt·y, though even then.~ it is not very ab.,ndant. The men abo du~ np quantities or a lal'ge a.ud vct·y insipid root, called by tltc J mlians hankec, and by tlw eng-agees, the ,,·IJit.e apple. H is used lJy them in a. d1·y and pounded state, so as to mi. wilh theit· S()np; hut out· men boiled it anc.l ea.t it with meal. In descending the t·iv<·r :rc~;tcrday, the squaw lJrought jn a l: q~e "l'II-JJ:notn·c..·tl goosebcny, of a rid a cri msou colou t·; an(l a th:cp pu rpl c ht· 1 ··~ o I' YOTJ. 1 f. S 1" |