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Show . ~ m' nh' 1lp .. 1,, e I ·.1.· .v.t - r tov,;ard'l us ; we thereAfoI re h a7l t ~d a ~\ l~i k and killed th? whole.of t be t 1 n .. .. '~.:It 1 t'l"~ :•wt Ollt a1, ong tl1 cplams art>)" din, a•n c nisco1~..:1at c 1 1(.l! 1· n... mmta.m ~ · tll o f us corer ed \\ Jth snow, t 1at 'a' vOU I I I 'I fallen last m·p ,· 11 t \ V bell we bad p;one a )OUt 1111 es • • ·"' · (' [ , • 1 we savv a Ia l .g e mount.'.t lll to the .v , c:.Jt o L. l <~.so co- · 1 .· 1 "now T'his mountain appem·e< to run \ ' CI'C( \Ht 1 .., • • 1 .. I '1" ~ I . from N ort I1 t o ' O'·l th ' 'a nd to be r e i y 11·~ · al • · llCt J) CU' I · 1• o- [the ri,·er is still South \ Vest. Capt~uq arr:e ~:-, 0 ·ht this a e·ood course for us to proceed on o.u1· :.~;~:~c, and " ~' !lll'aec_llmck towa:·cb the .cam1: "~":": \ ""'- t• w· en t a1 ) O l.l t 1" ..: ; ntil""''s and st1 uck tnc ~.1 n .ll1.ve ~ abo·u t 20 nn.•,c '> f·op' itco mouth. llcrc W'! 1... 1l1ecl 'iG11lC t • • , • . Tl· .,, . .. elk <mel clct:r and ei~c;.nc pc~l all mo;~t. . . ·~, :- .l!' .. a . _1 •tl <>f tJ. tnh •~ r w the oottorns c1 t1 iS li ttc 1 • (l' r·en.: { e. ~ . , I - I ;:, 1 len t'-· f' cl;lrl t'C' it l·mds 01 P· ctill''· ll t ltS~ \'(' )' (10( j> J J J I . ~ ;:, . l1 0· t t' 0111~l· •r .-.,a, ''• tl1e st ' tlks' of a plant resemlJhlJt; flux in C\ ery partic.ular . Thursday 6th. V\'e rn0ceeded clown t.he ~mall river and killed some dL.cr. About 1 o clocJZ we went on the pbi:js a ~;a in , which we kept _on till '~:c •~ ...t m e to the I)Oint in the e\·enin.g .. c~lp. tal m L. ew£ !1•1 and his par ty hacl not r etul'ned. ~c me hg 1t 1\ll tl t this afternootl. • . Fridaq 7 tlz . Tt ruined all day : Cap tam L ewis and party did not rctum. . Satm·dm/ 8 1/z. A fine cool mol' l1l11f~. About I CI o,clock A : l\L the water of the South rivL: l', ut· uea~1chj became almost of the coloue of c laret, and remmnec so all cL•v. The watet· of the other branch h:ls the appca1·ance of mi lk when contrasted with the _water of this bl\mch in its present !jtule. About 4 Jll tlJ ar~ernoon Capt ~tiil Lcv,:i ~ and his ptl rtr Ca11l(; to c,:mp. Thev had been up the Noi'th branch C\bonl GO mLle .. 1 3nu found it navig-abk that distance ; not so f~1ll ot isl ut~cis as the othe1· hr:mch r.ncl a gre-:llll'<}UUJlllty of timber ntal' iL and pknt v of g·ame, " hid, is nc.L ~L ~ I c:• . 1 • ' .... T~ L ·n,., c u. . e ('11 t JC ~oct n ;~·an.cu . ,.s uca11 b .c uf' l.'.'.".. '~ lp· nt;r, JOUHNAL. 109 CI-I./JP. X. J1londay 15th. A~ter a nig ltt of heavy rain, w~; 11ad a pleasant mo!'mng, and lo:Hkd the c.1nocs. About 1 I o'clock we set out from this place, which we had called Canoe camp; had fine sti ll W.tte r, ~m el passed some handsome small bottoms on both tickt) of tbe riveJ·. \Ve also passed a kmd~onH: r iver vll the south side about 100 yards wide, wi1ich sc~mctl to lla,·e its source in a 1a rg·c mountain on the sam<:: sicle. I 'he snow appeat·s to have melted from all t!.~ mountain~ in ,.i.ew. T he count1·y a;·ou_nd is compc'j(.rt of dry plams, with short grass. \Ye p:l istd t 'YO sm,c1~l cl'eeks, one on each side of th<::: ri ;cr; m•tcle ~ 6 mi!·~ 1, and c:ncam ped on the north sic! ', Tuesday I Gtll. \ \7 e c rnbat·ked early and h:1d a fine morning. Capt~in Lenis nncl two men w~Et on ahead to t he nwtmt .. ~i n to t~.ke :·n ob --r•·3.:i n. \Ve passed the channel of a l'i ·~r on th ... so t:~h ::>ir!c y;itll~ out water, about 60 ya rds '"idC'. \Ve h~cl fine wutct· until abont l o'clock, when ,.._.~ C.lmc wi~hin -.bout two miles of the mountain; when the w .. ttcr became ll1CII'C rapid; but the cunent net so ~wift as below the f.dL. At this place there are a n umber of sm~lll i-;l.md-;. One of our men has been taken lliH\ ell. In the ar~ t;rnoon we continued out· voyage, and the w<:~tcJ· con tinued very 1·apid. \Ve got about 3 miles into th ... · first range oi the Rock mou ntains, and encamped on the north side of the ri \'C r on a sand beach . T lH re js some fine timber on the mou ntains, but not much in this part. ThC' re a1·e g-r cdt hi!b of ~o!H rock c,f a dad\. colour. This day we went about 20 miies. . 1Vednesday 1 7 t!J. \Ve set out earl.\ '' and the rnnm-mg W:ts fine and plt::ts:mt. A t 8 o'clock \re came to K |