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Show vail<·d on to go with us till flu~ t·ct nt•n of the other claicf,and that the ClnlJ rnrH'S wct·c a wi It! p ·oplr, all() aft·aicl to ~o. He invited captain Cl:u·kt' to his house, ami gave him two carrots Of tohaeco, tWO hcaV('I' skins, and a tt'CilCht't' of hoiJt•d corn and hl'ans. J t is the custom or all 1 he nations on the Missouri. to offct· to <'Vet·y white ma.n food and t·cl't·cshmcnt when he fit·st rntc•·s th<'il' tt·nf s. Captain Clal'l\e rcttu·m•cl to the hoats. where he found the ohief of the 1owrr village, who had ('Ut nil' pat·t of hi hai1·, and disfigured himself in such a mann~r that we did not r·ccognise him at lit·st, until he <'XJ)Iainrd that hcwa.s in mour·ning fot· his nephew, who had lH'en killed hy the l'3ioux. He lll'ocr.ctlecl with us to tht• villa~t."' on the island, whet•e we Wl't'e met hy all tlw inhahitants. ' l'lte S(~cond ehiof, on scciug the J\laudan. bt'~an to SJH'ak to him in a luutl and tl11·catning tone, till captain Clat·h.<· <lt·<·lat·NI that the 1\landans had li tcncd to om· eoHu(·ils, and that if any injut·y was done to the (•hid'. we should defentl hit~~ a;.;ain trvet·y nation. Jlc tlu.•n invited the .1\lanclan to liis lod~<'· all(l aftrt· a vct·y cet·cmonious smoldng. a~sm·t·d captain Chu·ke that the .Mamlau 'va as safe as at home, fot· tlw H.ieat·a:; lw<l opened thciL' eat·s to out· eourwils, as wdl a · the Mandans. This was t·c· lleatt•d IJy tht~ gl'(·at chief, ami the Mandan anti Ri(·ant dtit•fs now smoked and convct·scd iu gt·eat appar·cnt lnu·mony; al'tl'l' "hi(•h we t·ettli'UNl to the IJoats. 'l'he n hole distanec toda) "as l wrut.) -nine miles. Fr·iday, '2'2. It t·airwtl all night, so that we all rose this mot•u ,ug quite wet, and wt~t·t· about ln·oet,.·d iug, when captaiu l:Ltl'l\c was t't''}ttested to vi ·it the chief ·. Tlu·y uow made !H'Vt't·al spct·ehcs, in '" hieh they said that tht·y WCI'e unwWiug to gu with us, unfit the t•ctul'n of the it• cou11tt·ym~u1; :tml that, althouf:;h thry llisliked the Sioux as the ul'igin ol' all I lu·it· tt·ou hies. yet a· 1 hey had mot·e hot·ses than they Wc.lhh' (l. and wet·e in want or guns antl powdcl·, they would bt ohltgt·d to tt·ade onN~ mot·c with them fot· those articles, ~flcl' "h\ch they wnuld l.H'eak oif all conncxion with them. Up t1te JJlissow·i. t117 11-e now rcturnctl to the boats, aml after taking leave of tho 11eople, who seemed to regret our departure, and fil'ing a salute of two guns, pro<·ccded seventeen miles, and encamped J)clow Grouse island. We made only seventeen miles toclay, fot• we were ollliged to lamluca1' \Vctal'lwo l'iver to dt·y out· bag:..,.agc, besides which the sandbars are now unnsua.lly numct·ous as the river widens below the Ricat·a villa.g ·s. Captain Lewis is now so far recovered that he wa · a.hlc to walk a little to-day for the first time. 'Vhilc here we had occasion to notice that the ~fanclans as wdl as the Minnetarees and U.icaras I\CCil their horses in the same lodges with themselves. Satut·tlay, 23. 'Vc set out eat·ly, but the wiml was so high, that soon aftct· passing the Sahwa.canah, we were olJligcd to go on sh01·c, arHlt·em;tin till tht·ce o' •Joel , when a heavy showe1· of t'ain fdl and the wind lulled. \V(~ then continued 011r route, and a ftc•· a tht)''s jm.u·ney of forty miles encamped. \Vhilst on shoa·c we killed tht·ce dt'et· and as many elk. Along the river al'C ~;•·cat quantities or g•·ap~s and chokecherries. and also a species of currant witieh we have never seen before: it is black, with a leaf n.wch lar·gcr than that of the other currants, and inferior iu flavout• to all of them. Sunday, 2-11. We set out at sunrise, and at eight o'eloek pas cd l.aboocat"s island, opposite to the lower point ofwhicb we landed to examine a stt·atum of stonr, neat· the top of a blufrofa·cma•·kal>ly black clay. It is soft, white, and contains a very Jinc gt·it; and on IJeiog tlt·icd in the sun will ca·umhle to I>ieecs. The wintl soon aft(•l' became so high that wo WCI'e obliged to land for sevct·al hoHt'S, hut pt·ocecdetl at five o'eloek. Afte1· making fot·ty-t hr('c milc•s, we cncampctl at the gor·ge or the Lookout hcntl of the 1\'lissout·i. The Sioux have latt~ly passed in tJJis t}uat'ter, and ~ hct·c is nnw very little game, ao(l that so wild, that we wer·e unable to ::1l1oot any thing. Five of' the huntet·s were thrt·el'm·c ~wut head befol·c daylight next morning, • fOJ.. J.J. :; 11 |