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Show Lewis and Clarke's EXjJcdition for two miles and encamped at a spot whcr~ the mountains close on each side. Other mountains covered with snow are in view to the southeast and southwest. We were somewhat more fortunate to-day in killing a deer and several pheasants which were of the common species, except that the tail was black. Saturday 14·. 'I'he day was very cloudy with rain and bail in the vallies, while on the top of the mountains some snow f<'ll. We proceeded early, and continuing along the right side of Glade creek e1•ossed a high mountain~ and at the distance of six miles reached the phwe where it is joined Lly another branch of equal size f1·om the right. Ncar t}JC forks the Tushcpaws have had an encampment whiclt is but recently abandoned, for the grass is cntit·ely destroyed by horses, and two fish weirs across the creek are still remaining; no fish were however to be seen. W c here passed over to the left side of the creek and began the asceut of a very high and steep mountain nine miles across. On reaching the other side we found a large branch from the left, which seems to rise in the snowy mountains to the south and southeast. We continued along the creek two miles fm·ther, when night coming on we encamped opposite a small island at the mouth ol" a branch on the right side of the river. 'l'he mountains which we crossed to-day were much more difficult than those of ycstet·day: the last was particularly fatiguing. being steep and stony, broken by fallen timber, and thickly overgrown by pine, spruce. fir, bacmatack and tamarac. Although we had made only seven~ teen miles WP were all vet•y weary. 'l'he whole stock of animal food was now exhausted, and we tht>refore killt:'d a colt, on wbich we made a hearty supper. From this incident we e.alled the last creek we had pass«~d fr·om the south Colt-killed creek. 'I'he river· itself is eighty ya•·ds wide, with a swift cur·rent, and a stony channel. Its Indian name is Kooskooskee. Ujl tllc .. 1JJi.t;SOttri. Sunday t 5. At an early hour we proceeded along the right side of the Kooskooskcc over steep rocky points of ]and, till at tht> di tanee of fol.n· miles we rt'ad1cd an old In .. dian fishing 11larc: the road ltcrc turned to the right of the water, and began to ascend a mountain: but the flrc and ·wind had prostrated or drird almost all the timber on the south side, and tbc asecnts wr.rc so steep that we wct·e for·ced to wind in every direction round the high knobs which con· stantly impeded our progl'css. Sevel'al of the horses lost their foot-hold -and slipped: one of them which was loaded with a desk and small trunk, rolled over aml over for forty yards, till his fall was stopp<'d by a tt'('C. 'l'hc desk was broken; but tht>: poor animal rscapt'd without mm:h injury. After clambering in this way for four miles, we <>arne to a bigh snowy part of tlt<' monn~ain wlu.•rc was a spring of water, at whicl1 we l1alled t ''"o hom·s to r·cfa·e!:!h our h~a·ses. On leaving the S)Jring the 1'oad continued as bad as It was below, and the timber moa·e abundant. At four miles we reached the top of the mountain, and fon·seeing no cl1a~ce of meeting with water, we t'ncatnlled on the northern sule of the mountain, near an old bank of snow, three feet deep. Some of this we melted, and supped on the remains of t.he colt killed yeste1·day. Our only game to-day was two phea· sants, and tl•e horses on which we calculated as a last resource begin to fail us, for two of them were so poor, and worn out with fatigue, that we were obliged to leave them behind. All ar·ound us are high rugged mountains, among which is a lofty r~.ngc fr·om southeast to northwest, wh~se tops arc without timurr, anti in som<' places covered wlth snow. The night was cloudy and very cold, and three hours before daybreak, 1l'1 d· 16 it befl'an to snow' and continuecl all day' n on ay ' o '1'1 • so that. by evening it was six or <'ight inches de~p. ~~s covered the track so completely • that we were obhgcd c • stantly to halt and examine, lest we should lase the routtt:. VOL. J. 3 M I ' " |