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Show a spncics of cm•J•ant. f' (IOH!aon on Hais t•i ver· as low (\S Ut :Marulan~. ancl call('(} hy the cnp;:l[.;<'('S, Che Jndian cut·r·ant. \V cdnesday, 11. 'rhc H<'"t mot·ning caphtin Clar·ko set out eat·l.), and la.nd(·~l on a sandbar about 1tm o'clock fol'thc pus·pnse or takin~ IH·eakfast ancl ch·yin~ th() meat. At 1100Jl tlu·y IH'ocecded on about 1 wo 111 i l<•s, when th()y observed a canoe ncar the shor· . 'rhcy immediatcJy landed, and were equally sm·prisccl and plca!:H'tl at discovering two men hythe names of Biek on and Jlaueoek, whu had c•onu~ from the Illinois on a hunting- ('X<mt•!-,ion ll{) the Ycllow ., tone. They ha l l<•f'f the Illinois iu th t' sunmH'r of 180·il, and ltad spent thC' h'st winter "ith the Tetons, in eompany with a l\fr. c~autoi u . \\ hn had ('01111' lJHH'e as:\ il·adr1·, but whom they l1 all r·ohht•d, o1· t•a.thcr tln·y h;ul takt~ n all his mcr·cltandisc ttnd ;;iw11 him a few roiJcs iu exehangc. These rnen had Jn<'~ th' boat "hich we lmtl despatched fl'om fort l\landan, on hoar·tl ot'whic·h they wet·' told there was a Ricara chief on l1is way to \Va ·hington; and also another· pm·ty or Yankton l'lairl's, a<· •ornpanying 1\11'. nm·ion on a visit of the same kind. \Vc wct·e sol'l'y to lem·n I Ia at the Mandans and l\1inll<" lat•c<'S \Y('l'C at wat· with the Uicaras, and had killed two nf thC'm. 'L'he A sinihoius too, a)'(~ at war with the Mandans. '~'hey ha,'c, in couscfJncncc~, prohibited the Not·thwestcrn company fl'om t•·ading lo the Missom·i, atHl evcu killed two or tlaeit• trath-1':-) neat· the l\1ousc ·iver, and arc now lJiHg iu wait fol' :M r·. J\l'Kenzie of the N ot·thwcstern l'Ompany. whu laad hrcn for a long tim<· among Hac l\1innetal ·rt·s. These a.ppeat•ances n.t·e •·athct· unfavourable to the pt•oj(•('(, of <·an·Jing some of tlw chiefs to the Unitctl States; but we still hope, that by eflt..~ctin;: a pca<•e hetwren the Mandans, l\1inuefar·ecs, and Jlical'as, the views of om· govcrn- 1ncnt may be accollll)lislacd. Arter lt'aving these (l'ap)lcr::~,eall(ain Clarke went on anll cncam1•cd ucatly oppobite the cnt1·anre of Goatpcn creek, where tlac l)at·ty wct·o ~'gain assailed by their oltl enemies, the musquatoes. CUAPTEH. XYJII. fla ptw~y, while tle~ct'ndiu~ the 1 j,· ' I' iu tln~i 1· akin cnnoe9, II'C overl~tken lly the dctnchnu'nt undCI' cnptuin Lc ,~ i s , null the whok lHu'ty now oiiOC more hllppily uuitcd, dt'sc euu the ;\l;ssonri tog~th cr-th<·y o uc t: ruorc 1'(•\ isit tbe )linPeta!'ee lull inns, 11ncl hull\ a ('OU IIcil \\ 1th th nt n ation, ns well ns the Mallahus- 1~n ptlli u Clark.c cmlC'tt\CJUrb to p t'I'Klllllll' thL·ir d11cf~ tu 11crom pnn) \11 ~ to the nited Stntl·s, \\ hich indtatinu th t') 1lc!:l iu1', 011 urcounl of tl11•ir fL•11r!! of the Sioux in th eir passage dow11 th l' r i\l·r- C Jltl'l'1 Oil(~ of l111• part~, rerp1c9ts und obtains lihnty to r cmniu amou~~ ~ thl: l udinu11, fo1· ~he Jllll'P<1S<' of huntln!) hcuvcr-friclllll)' d c portlliCIIl or l lll' MnudlliiS-I'OUIII.'il h clcl hy ~~Il· tnin Clurkt with the c hie fs or t lH' d illi.·l cut \ i lln~l·~-l he l' liid' 11:\l ll l'cl I hl' tll g'• ,vbit(!, .... ith l1is ~~ ife :111\l sou, n~;n'l' to accOIH\I:m y the par ty to the Uni tt•d StAtu, who tnl, c!! nu :1fF<· cting- fan:w ·II of h i'l uatiou- Chubonl':lll '~ i th hl11 -wifo aud child, tkdin · , j ~iting lhl' United Stull'S, nud :.re le ft nmong•t tlil' ln• lians-the p:u·t' ut lcu ~th pl'Orccd 'Ill tl11•ir· jour iiC), aud liud t lin.l till' crtursc of the .l\liss<.ou1·i· is in ij(hlll: plan·s l'h:lllgctl &i ncetlr <'i r pa~sH);C up thatrhel'they nnivc lllliOIIgst the J{inu·a~-t· h:II'!H' lCI or the Clla) Cll ll l'lo j tht'il' li t'('~~, hahits, &c.-(' t1pl nin Cl:trkc om·rs to the t> hid' uf tlds nlltion :\ nH tlul, which he nt first refuseR, bcli 1·Yi11~ it to IJc nll'd ir iuc, hut wl.idl he is nftt'l' \1 at'lh prevnilcd 011 to urccpt-the Hiearas r c fuH<' to p<· r mil one of thl·i1· pal'l) to nr oum\) IHlY captaiu (.;lnrke I.e> tl1c Uni ted S tates 1111til the l'l.' llll' ll of thL·it· d ill·(, '' ho ht11l formcl'ly ~OII l:-lh t: party p1·occl·tl rupHII) dO\~ II tl1c r i vu·-pr,·p:ll't' &.11 dcfc11d th emnchcs n~ni n ~;t the Tl'lou~, but I'CI'L'i n· no i tiJHI') !'ron tlt l:n1 - iuc:rccliblc numbct'H of huflill<ll' ~l'l'll 111' :11' \Vhil · IIH'I'- lhl) 1o1u:t :1t la~l 11 i h the Tclouu, and rcfulic t heir i11\itatlonil to lnlld- intrt'pidi ty of rapta111 Ch11·kc. 'L'hm·s<lay, August 1~. '1'111~ pal'() c·mf i.wecl slon !~ 1 o tlesccud the t·ivet·. One of the hk in camh' "i " as l1y af•c·itll'n t t>h.'t'cctl with a ~mall Janie, ami f H')' ltallt d f ·:r l ite l'lB' po~f} 1 l . ,. o(' lll<'rtcling it ,\;th a pit•<•e Of' eJk skill, :\ Ill aS() hl Wil li l Or l\vo of tht• p•u·ty wlao W('l'tl helaine!. \ VhiJ:.,t II l'1't' , 11 t•y \'i t' ''<' ovet:joyt~d at S(.> ein~ eaptaiu Lewis':; hoals }a t'<H' I' in :'ih ltt about Jl()()ll. nut this fcdiu ~ was t•ltan [~l·tl i'l!n a Lll' l ll Oil rein:; lh' lwats rt·ach the !:!hot·t..~ "ttlwut t·apt.l in Ln\ i~, "ho they then lea1·nt ha<.l IH·t·u "' uu rH ~: d the ' l.•J h~fo n·, anll |