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Show 191 occasions defending their young ~s long as they can rett·eat as fast ~s the herd. but seldom t•eturning any distance to seek for th('m. Tuesday 23. A cle~t· and J)leasant morning, but at ninf' o'clock the wind became so high that the boats were in danger of upsetting; we thercfol'c Wf't'c f'orc('d to stop at a place or safety till about five in the aftm·uoon, when the wind being lower we pt·oceedetl and eneampt>d on the nor~h at the distance of thirtcfn and n. half miles: the party On shOl'(' ln·ought usn. bnff.1loc calf aml three blacktailed deer: the sand on the river has the same appearances as usual, except that the quantity of wood increases. Wednesday 24. The wind blew so high during the whole t~ay that we were unable to move; such indeed was its violence, that although we were sheltered by high timber tht> waves wet many articles in the boats: the hunters went out and returned with four deer, two elk, and some young wolves or the small kind. The party are very much afflicted with sore eyes, which we presume are occasioned by tbe vast quantities of sand which are driven from the sandbars in such clouds as often to hide from us the view of the oppo· site bank. 'I'he particles of this sand are so fine ,and light that it floats for miles in Hac ais~ liJte a column of thick smoke, and is so penetrating that nothing can he kept fr·ee ft·om it, and we are compelled to eat, drink, and breathe it very COJliously. To the same cause we attribute the disorder · of one of our watches, although het· cases are double and tight; sine.c without any defect in its works, that we can disco,·er, it will not run for mm·c than a few minutes without stO(l}ling. Thursday :2.5. ' l"he wiml mOflm·aterl this morning, but was still high; we therefore set out early, the weather being so cold that the water froze on the oars as we rowed, and about ten o'clock the wind increased so much that we were obliged to stop. This detention from tho wind and the re~ ports from our hunters of the crool<.edness of the rive1·, in· U11 the .,'Jlissout·i. 1U& uuccd US to believe that We Wel'C at 110 gt•eat distance ft•om the Yellowstone .rivet·. In order thca·efot•e to prc\'ent delay as muclJ as posstblc, captain Lewis determined to o-0 on by Jand in search of that river, and make the ncccss~ry observations, so as to be enabled to pt•ocecd on jIll mediately after the. boats should join him: he therefore Janlled about eleven o'clock on the south sido, accompanied by four men; the boats were prevented from going until iive in the afternoon, when they went on a few miles fur•thcr and encamped for the night at the distance or fout·teen and a half miles. Friday 26. 'Ve continued our voyage in the morning and by twelve o'c1oe]{ encamped at cir;ht miles distance, at the junction of the Missouri and Y eJlowstonc l'ivet·s; where we were soon joined by captain Lewis. On leaving us yestet·day he put·sucd his r·outc along the foot of tl1e hills, which he ascended at the distance of eight miles; from these the wide I>lains watered by the l\1issoul'i and the Yellowstone spt·ead themselves before the eye, occasionally varied with the wood of the banks, enlivened by the irt·egular windings of the two l'iver·s, and animated by vast he1·ds of IJuffaloc, deer, elk, and antelope. 'l'l.te confluence of the two rivel's was concealed hy the wood, but the Yellowstone itself was only two miles distant to the south. Jle therefore descended the hills aud encamped on the bank of the l'iver, having killed as he crossed the I>laiu four burfaloes; the dce1· alone at·e ~hy and retit·c to the woods, bui the elk, antelope, and buffaloe suffm·ed him to approach them without alarm, and often followed him quietly for some distance. 'l'his morniug he sent a man up the a·ivet· to examine it, while he proceeded down to the junction: the ground on the lower side of the Yellowstone neat· its mouth, is flat, and for about a mile seems to be subject to inundation, while that at the point of Junction, as wt?ll as on the opposite side of the Missouri, is at the usual height of ten or eighteen feet above the water, and therefore not overflown. There is more timbet· in the neighbourhood of this |