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Show SiO Lewis antl Clal'ke's EXjJedilion vcn bac·k and pursued by the f1·csh hunters. 'l'hey turned aud flcn·, rathct· than ran in another direction; but there too, tlwy lound new enemies. In this way they were alternately pursued uackwat·ds and forwards, till at length, notwithstanding the skill of the hunter::,, they all escaped, and the party after nmning for two hom·s returned without having caught any thing, and thcit· horses foaming with sweat. rl'his chase, the gt•eater part of which was seen from the camp, formed a beautiful scene; but to the hunters is exceedingly lal)Ol'ious, and so unproductive, even when they arc able to worry the animal down and shoot him, that forty or fifty bunters will sometimes be engaged fot· half a day without obtaining more than two ot· three antelopes. Soon after they returned, our two huntsmen came in with no better success. Captain Lewis thcrcfot·e made a little paste witb the flour, and the addition of some berries formed a very palatable repast. llaving now secuet•d the good will of Uameahwait, ca11tain Lewis infor·med him of his wish that he would speak to the warr·iors and endeavour to engage them to aceompauy him to I he forks of Jeffer·son river, ·whel'e by this time another chief with a lat·g~ party of white men wet·e waiting his return: that it would be neces. sat·y to take about thirty hot·ses to transport the mcrchan4 dize; that they should be well rewarded fot• their trouble; and that when all the party shouJtl have reached the Shoshonee camll they would remain some time among them, and ti·adc for horses, as well as concet·t plans for fu•·uishing them in future with regular supplies of merchandize. He readily consented to do so, and after collecting the u·iiJe together he made a long harangue, and in about an hour aqd a half returned, and told captain Lewis that they would be ready to accompany him in the mot·ning. As the early part of the day ,yas collJ, and the men stiff and sore from the fatigues of yesterday: we did not set out till seven o"clock. At the distance of a mile we passed a bold stream on the 1·ight, which comes from a snowy Up the .7Jlissott1'i. S71 mountain to the north. and at its entrance is four yards wide, and three feet in d<'pjh: we called it Track cre~k: at six miles fUL·ther we •·cached another stt·cam which heads in some springs at the foot of the mountains on the left. Af'te1· passing a number of bayous and small islands on eacb side, we encamped about half a mile by land below the Hat .. tic snake cliffs. 'fhc river was cold, shallow. and as it ai•pt ·oachccl the mountains formed one continued rapid, over which we were obliged to dt·ag the boats with grr~1t labour and tliffieulty. By using constant exertions we succeeded in making fout·tccn miles, but this distance did not carry us mol'c than six and a half in a straight line: several of the men have t·cceived wounds ami lametl themselves in hauling the boats oYer the stones. 'I'he hunters supl>licd them with :five deer and an antelope. 'I'hursday 15. Captain Lewis •·ose early, and having eaten nothing yesterday except his scanty meal of' flour and berries felt the inconveniences of extreme hunger. On inquiry he found that his whole stock of I>rovisions consistc(l of two pounds of flom·. This he ordet·cd to he di,·ided into two equal p~uts, and one half of it uoiled with the berries into a sort of pudding: and after pt•cscnting a lat·ge share to the chief, he and his three men bt·rakf'asted on the remainder. Cameahwait was delighted at this new dish l1e took a little of tl1e flour in his hand tasted and examined it ve1·y narrowly, asldng if it was made of roots; captain Lewis explained the process of preparing it, and he said it was the best thilJg he had eat<'n for a long time. This being finished, captain Lewis now endeavoured to hasten tl.te departure of the Indians who still hesitated, ami seemed reluctant to move, although the chief addressed them twice for the pm·pose of urging them: on inquiring the reason, Cameahwait told him that some foolish pet·son ha(l suggested that be was in league with their enemies the PahKt·es. and bad come only to draw them into amuu~cade, but that he himself did not believe it: captain Lewis felt |