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Show 102 JOURNAL. Fridaz1 21st. 'I. his 1norning was also nne, bt1t there W~\S a high wind. The remainder of th'"' mea~ was brought in, and one of the men killccl ~ cleer. Saturday 2'2nd. All hands, except two <:·.nd the in~ terpreter and his wife, set out through the prairie with one canoe on a waggon loaded heaYy with bag· gage. 'Ve went on slowly as onr nxletl'ecs were ,,.reak ; aml about 12 o'clock one of thcn1 broke ; lvhen we had to halt and put in a new one. This -accident happened at a drdught where there was -some willow, and we put in an axlc:tree of that; which I believe is the best this country a{rorcls fm· -the purpose. It wns late in the ereniup; before we g_ot to the intended place of embarkation on the nver. Sunday 23rd. The morning was cloudy. 'Vhen 1 awoke this morning I found a tnatel'ial difference :between the river and country here antl below the falls. Here the river is wide and the current gentle. 'fhere are three small islands at this place and some timber on the banks, but not-1nuch, and w h:1.t is there is cotton-·wood and willow. The b:m ks are Yery low, and the country rising in plains a considerable distance on both sides of the river; and far off moun· tains covered with snow on both sides and ahead. Two of the men and myself remained '' ith Captain Le'.vis hen: to assist him in putting together his iron boat, the rest went back for another load. The iron boat-frame is to be covered with skins and requires •~ quantity of thin shaved strips of wood for Ifnin~. In the forenoon 'Ye put the frame together, which is 36 fett long, 4} wide, and 2 feet 2 ii1cbes deep. In the afternoon Capt. Lewis and one of the men went down to l\Iedicine river, which is about two miles distant; to see whethet' the three n1cn sent there to hunt had procured any elk skins. In the evening t~ey found one of the hunters, and ~m;ampcd '.Yi.tl• n~m all night. lOJ .llfonday 2 ·Hiz. In the 1nornit1g Capt. L12wis came up to our c«lmp . \Ve 1ound iL Ycry dif!icull to pr'J· cm·e. !-ltufl' for tl~c bo·tt. Th~ two men whicL Capt:tin Lewu Lad left 1n tile mor1un~>· c \llle to our camp ]n th~ afterr10on, but had rccn nothint,· of the other tv. o hunters . In the u·enin~..; there \i as a very he~,· y shower of rain; at ni ~j hL tl1e we~ther cle:J.rctllij1, an1l the men arrire~l with two n1ot'C canoe-;. Th! t\H) hunters which Capl. I .ewis could not i1ncl, k1d killed ~om e bu{ntloe bel.ow the mvnth of tlte ~IcdicitH.: 1 i rcr, where: one ren1.nned, and tl1c other hacl gone across to the camp udow the L\lls again, but had found no elk. Tuesday 25th. A cloudy morning. The 1nen \\'ent back for more canoes and bagg~:;e ; and one went down to the hnntcr's cnmp below l\Iec\it.:.inc ri,·cr to bring l1im np in a cano~ . . Another went ut' tl1c r1•:u' to look fol' ell::. \Vhcn lH! h~tl ~~one a:)ont th rcc mi lc~, he \'\fl\S attad .. ecl by 3 Ul'O\Vll bc.H'S, that \''Cl'l..! 11et,t' devon ring hi.n; bnt he n:::tde bb c sC~tp-..: by running down a steep b :mk into the \\ at~1·. In thi:; , dv~ nture he Li!, in.\urcd Lis Gt n, and hurt 0nc of t1i::, h.mLls ; th..:;:~fore rctn rncc..l to camp. One of tbe nH: n and 1nys ~1r we·1t oYer t<..' ~n i::,lancl to l•JOk fo1· stuff fo1· the canoe, hut could find no.llinh· bnt burl·, '' hich per hap::> \\'ill answer. \Ye killeJ two ell· on the i:>land. Th:l' is in the.: bottoms a gn::at quantity of spear-mint and C'll'J'ant bushes. Abo multitudes of bJackbinh. The mnsqui~o"s are Ye~·y troublcsorne, thoue_;h the snow is on the n~ountHins so near. In the evenin8; the two men ct.nne up the riYcl' with a quantity oi' good meat and l\Y) !_:ounds of t<dlow. frcdn..:sday '26th. A fine !110f\Jing. Two hunters went up the river, and n1ysd. and anotiH::r went O\'el' the river to collect bark ; '"here a great gang of bu ffaloc came ne:1.r us, and we kiilul 7' oi them. ln the eYcning the n1cn retn rned c·vcr t:1c plains with t -.,vo 11\0i'e qtl10CS and unggagt. One n:(tn fell vc:ry sic!·., |
