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Show 14G JOURNAL. rrcdne.toda'j 9 th. ,,~ e stayed here during· the whole of th t ~ cky, ' ' hicl1 was ,-ery plea sa nt,- and repaired our :- ~ r'oc . In til.: e\'t:nin g· we got he r completed r.no alt the bag_;age dry. lh:re our old ~nalu: guide de ~e t terl a1Hl took I is son with him. I suspect he w•~s afraid of L>eing cast away p ,,ssing the rapids. At dark one of the t- :1uaws, '' ho keep about us, took a cr:..~zv fit, alld cut her ;.lrms from the wri&ts to the shm{J ~k t'~, with a flint ; ,ll,d the natives had great tro:1l>le a11d 1fficulty in gettin~ her pacified. \Ve ha' e '>0 01<:: i rencLn en, w bo pn.: f~r dog-flesh to fish ; and \ .tey here got two or three dogs from the lndi . .t.s. All the country ~rouud is high prairie, or open pl ains. Tllursdu11 I Ot!t. 'Ve had a fine morning; embarked early, ;.u<1 passt'd ovct· some vtry bad rapids. In pas5in• O\tr one a canoe sprung a lt::ak, but did not iink ; t h vt,~· b the greater part of the loading was wet ; and we had tv h,1lt u nd dry it. , ,y e stopped a short di sC.Lllce abo 1.! tlle junction of tbi~ '" ith another large t-i\'et·. The 11.1tives call this eust~rn bl'anch Koo'>-koos-ke, and Lht:: western Ki-mo-ee-i"1em. Yes· tenia} <:VLni'1g I h;.:.ci h fit of the ague and have heen Yei·y t.n well to day ; so much so that I am unable to steel' my cano~. In about 2 hours we continued our voyage ~~sa in ; we found t ne southwest branch very le~l·gc, and of a gosiin-green colour. About a mile below the confluence we halted on the north side and en cum peel for the night, as the wind blew so hard W<.: <-onld not proceep. We came 20 miles to day. F ··ida.y I I tit. ' ;V e set out early in a fine r!1orning; proct.:eckd c,n about 6 milt ~ , ~nd halted at some lodges of the t1:.tti \'es, \\·here we got fish and several dogs. ,, ... e contin ued here ~bout an hour and then went ou. No ac<:i~lent happened to day thmgh we passed some b~cl r.q11d s. In the evcPing we stopped at some Indum can.1ps. and t't:tuained aU night, luving com(-} Jj JOURNAL. 147 tnile.s. ]Jere we got more fish and clogs. Most of ont· people havin6 L>een accustomed to m eat, do not relish the fish, but pre f~ 1· clog meat ; which, when well cooked, tastes very wei!. H ere we m et an Indian of anotbel' natioll, who informed us we could get to the falls in 4 d <1ys : which I pre ume a!'e not very hig h as the salmon come above th em in D!mndance. 'I'he country on both sides is high dry pr<tll ie plains without a stick of timber. There is no wo.}d of any kind tG be seen t::x.cept a few small 'villmn1 along the shore ; so t h a t it is 'vith diflir::ulty we can get enoug h to cook with. The hills on the dn~t· are not very hig h, but rock y ; the rocks of a da t·k colou1·. Tht! berl and shores of the ri ver a rc v ry s tony; and the stones of a ronnd smooth kind. Satu rday 12tll. \Ve h ad a fi:1c morn in~· Ztncl prn· ceeded on early. Two of the Fbtheacl cl. iefs l'"· main eel en board with us, and two of Lheil' m ·'n WGlt with the stranger in a small canoe, and acted as pilot'l or guides. \V e saw some ducks and n few geese, but Jid not kill any o f th em. 'I'bcre is no fo ur -footed game of any kind near this p a t't of the r i' er, that we could discover; ·mel we sa\\ no Gircl'i of any kind, but a few hawks, eagles and crows. At noon we halt eel, cooked and eat some t1sh and then proceeded on. The con ntry and rive r tb is de• y i ~ muc-h the s:.n11 c in appearance as what we p assecl ycstcrda r . A little before sunset we came to a b.1d rap id, '~ Li'-'h we did not wish to pas-s at ni g-h t, so we encamped above on the north side, having made 30 r~1i lcs . Some of the Flathead nation of In cli1ns live all along· the river this far down. 'l' here <'t'"(! not mo1·c than 4 lodges in a place or village, and tl1~se small camps m· villal_;es a r e 8 or 10 miles apart : at e:.tch camp there are 5 or 6 small canoes. T heir summ e1· lNlgcs cH'e m ad~ of vvilJows and fbgs, and ueil' winter !od~ c s of ~pl it pine, almost :i!\.c r ails, which they |