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Show and wind continued through the night, antl during the whole oft he.> nrxt day, 'Vt•c..lnrsda:y, 20, the wavt'S wm·e so high, that one man was eonstantlJ oc<•upietl in hailin~ the boats. Wc..· passed at noon, Cannonl•a.ll t•ivet·; m1d at tlu·et' in the afh•s·noon, the entl'atwc of the J'ivf•t· \\'a•·d<'pou. the hounflat·y of the conntt·y clain1Nl h~ tlrr Sioux; and afte1· <.'oming t~i~hty-onc milt·~, passetl tlw ni: .. ht on a sandh:u·. 'flw pla.ins art· beginning to changr t heil' ~'PIH'al'ance. the ~J'ao.;s bN·omin~; or a yt·llow COlout ·. 'Ve lmv~ !'il't'll gn"at numbt•J•s of' wolv~s to-day, and some butfaloe and dk, thou~-;h these arc IJy no means so abum!ant as on ttw Yellowstone. Sim·e Wt' }las ·c·d in 1804·. a. vet·y obvious <'hant;" has tal<en j))a('C in the CUI'l'('Jlt aud appt•at·a.nce or. he Missouri. In places "h•·•·e at t hal timt t ht•rf' we•·e sandhtu·s. the eua·rcnt of the l'iv('t' now passrs, and 1 he fonnet· channel of the r·iver is in tm·n a uanli of sand. HaudbaJ·s then nakrd. an· covrt·cd with willow· snv<'ral l'e('f hi~lt: tltc cnfr·ancr of some offlte crt•t•ks a.u.l l'ivt>r·~ ehan~NI jn l'OilSNJtu'nce of the £juantity of tnud thr·o\\n inlo tltrm: aucl in some of the bottoms arc lay~~ ·s of' mud eight in<'IH'S in deplh. rrhm·sday, 21. '\\'c I'OSe af'ter a night of {)J'Okrn rest, owing to tlte lllUS4JUt.'t04'S, and havin~ put out· arms iu o•·dcr, so as to lw pt·epat·cd for an athwk, (~ontinucd out· course. 'Ve soon llH'l tha·cc tr·ad(•t·s, two of whom had wintered with us among- the ~landaus in 180-1, and who we1·e now on their \V<l) t lrt•t·c. They had <·xltau tC'd aU theit· powd<'r· and lead; Wt.~ tltca·ct'ot·c supplit·tl tiH·m with Lwth. They infot·nwd us that ·rvrn humh·cd Sioux hatl pas!:>cd the L~ica1·a towns on tbejr· way lo makt• wat· ah'ainst tlte .. Mandans aJlfl MinnrlaJ• res, lt·aviug tl1eir \HHut•n ancl (•hildt·l·u eueamJH'd ncm· the Di~-heud of I hc..• Missour·i, and that tlw Ui('~u·as all remained at honw, witlwul takjug au) pat·t iu the war·. They also told us that the Pawnee. or H.icat·a t.·hie1', who w•·nt to the L'uitt ·d ~tatc!Jin the s1u·in~ of1805, died on his return neaL' Si· eux.l'iver. VJI the Jllis8om·t. .j,13 'Ve Uum le l't Hwm, and soon artcl'wal't.ls :trrivcd opposite .o the upp<'r J:it·: ra villa~-;"•· s . 'V<' salut<·fl thtm \\ith the dis ·~h:u;;t• of fou1· ~uns, whil'l1 t hl'y answ<·t·c..·d in the ~amu man~ nt't'; and Oil Otll' Jamling WO W('l't' llld by th(• gt·ca.t (.' 1' pad. Of the iuhahihwt s of eadt viiJaMc. anti abo h~ a. hand ol' Claayemu. ·s, '' ho wcr·e mu·:urq~t.•d on a hill in the nd~huoul'lwod. As HOOH a · eapt a in Clal'lie !-.j <'PIH'd on !-.It ore, he was ga·••••it'd b~· thc..· two I..' hid's ft, "hom Wt' had given mrdals ou our· la!:!l vi!-tit, aJHl as tl t'.Y• a~\\ dl as tht• r·est, appt·ar·(•t! mtwh r<"joicc·d at out· r·t'fll l'll, and dt·si t·ous of llt':wiu~ ft·om the ..Manclaus, he bat down on tlte l.mnk, whjle the Ri<·:u·as ami Ch:t)'t'nnes f'o• ·n~t•d a l..'inlt\ I'Oilnd him; and al'tt•J· smoking, he inl'ot•mt•d llu•nt, as hl· had ah·eady dOll<' theM iuneta.a·ccs, oftltc vat·ious 11·ilu·s wt· l1ad visited, amJ OUJ' anxidy to promohl pta<•e <LillO II f.; out· rT<l Ul'<.'l hl'nt. He then cxptTS!:!Cd his l'Cl;l'l'L at th<"it· having a~ l:l(·ked (}w Mantla.ns, who bad listened to out· <·ouu ~cls . att<l hatl !-~('Ill on a <·hie(' to stuokc with tJH'm, and to asHu&·e them t hal 1 hc·y migltl now hunt in tl1e plains, and visil tltt' .l\lruulan villa:.;n; in saft'fy, :-tnd com·ludvd by iuvitiug ~omc of tht.' <•IJid's to ac<·ompany us to 'Vasb ingtqn. The man \\hom \\'('had ackncnvlt'd~c·d a the tll'incipaJ chic(' wheu we a !:wt·ntkd, uow IH'esented another·, who he saicl was a. g•·<·atel' {·hid" than hiunwll'. and to him, t.hel'O· fore, he had ~lll'l't'll<lcr·<.·d the Hal; and medal with wlaith we hacllwnour·NI him. Tltis <'hiel', nho \\as aU!:l<'nt atour·la t Visit, isH 111an oftlris·(_}-fiH· )I'Cll'!l of a~<'• a stou t, WClJ-looking mau, all(l c~alled b) flu· 1ndi:ws, Ht·a)ryc . 1!t• now made a vea·y auinmh'tl nply. 11' c.lcclaT'ccl that th<' Hit·ar·as wc.·t·c willin~-; to l'oiJow the <lounsds we had given tJa·m, hut a few of tJaeit• had )'Ollllg' Jllell "ouJd 110t live in peace, but had joined 1 he Siuux. aud thus emi.H'oilcd them with the Mamhw~. 'l'lwse young m('u ltacl, howcvet·, been dt·ivt•n out or lhC' viJia;.;·es, aut! as th~ Uic~uas Wt'I'C now sepat ·att•d f'1·om th!' Siuux, '' lw WCI't' a had propJc. and the cause of' all their· mibl'o•·t uuc , tht.'y now fk»ir·(•cl to be at peace with the 1\landaus, and would reeeivc them with I |