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Show i.O .t• '''as lh<'n l)illh in (lit· JH••·iohu<'. A ft<•t• ;.;·ivin;; to hi~ wound <!ll tlte atf('ution in Olll' JlO\H'1', ' Vc' 1'<'11laiucd ltt·t·t• sonae lime dtll'iiiJ; \\ ft jt·ft W{' '\'t'l'(~ 0\'('l'takt'll h,y OUJ' t\\0 llll'll, Cl<'<'Olll: }laBi<'d hy Diek!'!Oil and JJarwock, who wisltt·cl (o ;.,o \\ ith us as fat· a~ I ht· l\1 atul:uas. Tile whole party he in~ now ftappi - 1.' r'(' ll 111(t· <l, we lcf t I ho h vo skin c:uwcs, a11tl all cn1bar·kt•tl to;;et lte t·. ahouf !1 o·et(w!,, iu the hoals. Tile wincl was how•. , t•t· n ·r·y J1igh ft·om tiiC souOnv(•st, :tc('mupauiecl "itla 1·aiu, ~o that we did not Mo fal' hefon· we halted fot· tl~e night 011 n ganclh:u·. Captain Lt·" is's wouJHl was now sol'e ant! ~omcwhat painful. 'l'he IH.'\.f <lay, Ft·iday, 1!), tlH·y set out hy su11dse, and havirw a nt·v ,, J i~t·oug htTc:/-e ft·<>llt the nol'tlnv<: s(, pt·occ('ded on mpidJJ. At Cl!-;'lrt o'rlod~. we pa ·s~< l nae lllOutll or t!Je Li tflo Missoru·i. Sonae Ind ians \\'{H '(l St'Cil at a «<istauec udow iu a skin eanoc, aud wn'(' JH'olmltl.) sou1' of the ~1inuefat'('('S ou tht·i l' retut·u from a hunting l'X<'UI'.'iou. as W<' passed oue of thei1· <'amps on the soutl•wc~t side, wh(•t·c they had Jef't a ('auoe. 'l'wo OfiH•t• Jndians wet•e S('Cil f;u• ofi' Oil OIIC of' the hills, aii(J \\ C shall th<•t·cfot'll soou meet with OIIJ' old :t(·quaiul:u1ct·~, lhe l\_la·tclans. At ~Husct we at·t·ivcd at tlw cut l':tiiCt~ of l\-lit'Y n \ t'l', and encamped on the II01'Uteast sich~ . lmvin;; eo me by 1 ~I(' a .. ~i sl tlll('e Of' j he wind :tlld ()lll' OH.l'S, a cJistall('C or ('i?,;·hly ~•x til des. The ~: i t· was c·ouJ, and the musc1uctoeH tfil!lccl to l t•ottllle 11" :1s tlt<'y J,atl dune. Hat ut·da), 1·1·. \\'e a;;ain set out a( suut·isc, aud a( leu;;th appt·oat·hed the "'l':llul villa• .. e or th(' )i irwd~u·,·es, whet·e tltr nat ive !S l1atl tollectcd to view u · as" c pussctl. \Vc lit·cd I he blundedmss seveJ·a1 tim s hy way of . alute, :!uti soon aftcJ · lauded at the hank neal' the villa: .. c or the Malmhas, OL' 8hu<· J ndiau!:l, aud W('t·e •·cccl vcd hy a ct·owd or jwoplc, who <'auw to \VC.l<:omc OUL' •·ctuJ·n. Anwug f he!-io wel'e 1 ltc pl'incipal chief of Ow Malmhas, autl the chief off he Little .Minnctat ·cc vl11age, hoth of whom expressed gt·cat pleasure at scciug us a~aiu; but the laltcl' WCilt most bitterly. On inquiry, it allpcared that his tears were c;...cited bccauso the ~jn·ht ot' \IS l'CHliHth·cl him or )tis !:\()11 who had UC('Jl lately • 1"1 • • t1 t\. ilktl h)' the Bl:H•kroot ltHiians. Aft ·r rema•n•ng H'l' a rew llll llll f l'S, "ll ('1'0'\~;ed to the ~1anchm villa~c of( h<' Ula.ekcal. wl u•t'(' all the iuhahitants ~eellw<l YlWY much plea Hecl at :5et'in~ us. '"'(' imuw•tiatdy sent Cltahon au with an inviblt ion t'ot· lhe l\! innd a•·ec·~ to visit. us, aud tlc·~patc·.hcllJ)rc~wyer to til lo, ·c 'i!l.t!-!;(' ofthe Mamlan!-1 to hl'ing .h'SSI'aumc as an inh'qH'd<'l'. Ot p1ain ( 'la l'ke, in tlu~ m~·autimt•, w.dkcclup fo 11u· , ilhc;<· of' Ou· Bhu·k<·at, and smokrd and ent ,vith lhe \' htt·l'. 'J'his 'ilia.~<~ has hten t·euuilt sinc•o om· deJl: l.l't ll1'(' . anti \i as now nnw Ia small('\'~~~ qu~u·~·d l1 a.ving arisen. mnotw tltP l ndi:lll!-1. iu t·un ~~·qut' rH·.e ol' whH·h a numbm· o{ t':uuili;,s h;u! I'("IW\'t'd to 411(' opposite side or tho t·ivc•·· On the a.aTiva.l ol' .ks'H'alll te, c•ap laiu Ulcu·he atldt·t•!:iSCll the chi ef~. \\' t~ ~pu ke to them now, lw tmicl, iu I he sanu· languat; · we had <lune hd'on~; and a·ept·atefl his invitation to aeco111pany him to 1 he l : 1itc·tl States, t.o heaa· iu pca·son tlae counc• ils of the it• !-;l't:at fa h(• t·, \\110 ea.n at all titnl'S pt·.utcct tJt_o. C who OJlCII thl·it· mu·~ to his ('OUIH'il~, ancl puni~h Jus cnenucs. The Bl ackt·at in n·pl, , clc<'hu·c·tl that he vi~heu to ,·isit. the Lnitclll:::Hatcs, ant! S('e his gr(•at rather, uut was afl'ai<l of the Sioux, who hall killed ~~~vt• •·a.l ol' the M<mua.ns Hince our dcpt\t'ltii'C, ami "ho were now on the a·i vca· below, and wouhl intCJ'(·cpt him if he attentplt·tl to go. Captain Cl al'IH~ end<.'a.Yourc< l to <pait~t. his appl•t•hcnsions hy assUJ•iug him U~nt he would not snfli.·t· tla • Hioux to injul'C one or our rt•tl d~tlclt·cn who should accom1mny us, autl that they lwuld ret•u·ulm~dcd with 1n·escnts, and lwotect(·tl at t ht; expense ?r the ~mtcd States. 'l'he council W~t.S t!•cn u•·ok<>n UJl , at tel' wJuch wo crosscll a.nd fot·mell ou1· camp on the other side of the t•ivcr. where wo should be sheltered fJ'Ollt the rain. Soon .tt'tc•· the chief of tlw 1\iaha.has inf'ortn(\c\ us, that if we wouhl semi to his village, we ~hould h:n e som • cot·n. 'J'l 11 ·ec men we• re thel'cfore de ·1mtchcd, and soon a.l'te1· rctul'ne<lloalle<.l with as much as they coulll ea.tL·y; an<.l were soon followed by tho chief and his w ifc, to whom we 1wescntod a few ncedlcB and |