OCR Text |
Show JOliP..NAL. being sore ; and the officers have to go on foot t permit some of them to ride. We went 13 miie~ and encamped at • small gmvc of willows. There being no other wood for a considerable distance. Saturday 26th. Last night Capt. Le"•is and Capt. Clarke got each a horse, and we set out t:arly, had a nne mornin~, ~nd proceeded on very well mos• f h } . . , ~ o t e men 1avwg their knapsacks carri~d en the l10rses. At noon we halted and took a little of our dl'ied ~neat, Vt hich is the only food we ha·ve. At 2 o'cloc!{ we continued our journey, and the office!'~ were ~bliged to go on foot again, to let some of the men nde whose feet were vet-y sore. The country i3 level and has a most beautiful appearance. On these "":lains there is a spede:. of clover, as large as any I ~ave seen, and has a lal'ge red handsome blossom. fhe leaYes are not quite so large as those of the rt:l! clo\'e: culti'mtul in the Atlantic States, but has scve!l and c1ght len Yes on a br~ncll. \V c werl! ovt:rtaken and passed uy a great number of the native::., with 1are;c droves of horses, that look well and are in good ordtr. We travelled about 2.5 miks and cnc:1mped at a small gro\·e of willows. ,., , ,., () ,.., /.., 'fl . . • 1.)1~ 71 -,t l ~ ' ,, ,. .H! mormnr; was cloudy wuh some hght showers of r .-un ;. and about 9 o'clock we pt·octcded on throug·~l tbt: phn1.sl accomp,mied by a gre<.t nht ' ~y of the nauveq. ~om .. lir-ht ~howe1·s of rain fell at .l.Otel'VU}S dul'i~g- the day ~ ~nd after halting· auout ~ bout- wv contlltth.:d our JOUrney to sunset when we 1 . ' came to a a l'g.e nlbge Qr m.tt-lo<l~r~:s, belont;ing to a band of the \'\. al-l . t-wnl,bs, v:ho have encamped ht:l'e O~l the north ~1dc of tht:. rirer. II~ re we n.: m~,ined ..!1 m.Rht, and tl.e n ,tives. w e 1 e good ('llough to suprly HS '~ lth S~me fagl;ots of l)l' 1-; 1!, tlH:·y lwd f~·.~ t : 1'l'td in tne phms from lhc S t 0 "C bu~bes Wll.'' !1 ,.,.10'" . l l o·r·• ·>~ 1 t:l ) A - - ) t ~ j ._ .. t~~o .. ~ nmdance on ~o m· p .. d'ts o: th .... :,: !)Lin~ ..~ n J n .·~ 'tl':· k<ll'p;e. l {o,·,lrzy :2~h7. 'l'he n:ott~:n g· ·.1..1s pkas:J.nt, and Wl! JOUR~AL. ~!7 left except three·; two of which the old Sn,&kc guitb took '\Yith him. At dark two of our hunters came in but had not killed any thing. The day WMi filir dUJ·ing the whole of the afternoon. Tuesday 20th. \V e again had a very wet morning. Two more of om· hunters came in, but had ki!lul nothing. It continued raining· till ubont noon, wbeu we had fair weather with some sunshine. The hunters said it also snowed on the hills to clay, when~ they were hunting, while it rained at our camp. .About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, another hun ter came in and brought a deer that he hnd killed. In tire afte rnoon four of our hunters again went out. In the evening there were some light sho·sers. Wednesday 2l.st. There was a clot;cly mor11inrr. T\YO more hunters went out; ~nd some men set about n1aking a canoe to fish in, 'rhen the salmorJ come np, as we do not expect to leave tl1is pbre before the middle of June. To day we made a sm ~~ll lodge of poles and covered it with grass, for Capt~iu Le"·is and Captain Cl :>.rke, ~s their tent is not sum ~ dent to defend them from the rain. ~\t 10 o'clock the weather·became clear, and in1.he evening, was cold ThursdalJ 22nd. \Ve had a fine clear morning with some white frost. At three o'clock five of out· hull· ters came in with five deer ; pre\ious to wltir h " '\: had killed a fine colt. In the afternoon we s.~" a great number of the natives on hor~ cbac.l~ pu~·~uinr; a deer on the oppo~ite side of the river. They dl'O\·e it so hard that it was obliged to take the w.\ter, '" hen . sorne of our n1en went down the bank ~md shot it. and the natives got on a r aft and cau g ht it. T l 1 ~ s e Indians are the most active horsemen I ever saw: they will gallop their horses over precipices, t i <it l should not think of riding over at all. The frames of their saddles are ma8e of v:ood nicely jointed, and then covered with raw skins, whiclr when they become dry, bind cvc1·y p. rt tight, T , |