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Show 218 JOURNAl.~~ and keep the joints in thei1· places. The saddles rbc very I igh before and behind, in the manner of the !laciCl k!::i of tht Spaniards, from whom they no doubt recLi ve< the fot·m ; and also obtained their breed of -horses. \V hen the Indians are going to mount they. throw their buff aloe robes over the saddles and ride ()n them, as the saddles would otherwise be too hard . JOURNAL. • C'J-1./J.'P. X X. I . Friday 23;·d. \Ye aga-in had a fine mor!: inG>.- · One of our sergeants shot a deer 0-t a lick clos~ to our· camp, and wounded i~ very bad, but it got to tbc river and s·w~~m over. Two young Ind.iatls who h:1d been at out' cnmp all Hig ht, then moun ted th ci hors:.!s, swam orcr a~d clrove it b:lck; and we ki:J ~ ·, it ancl g cLYC th em half of it. The river is about two 1 nmclr~d yards wide aliCl cold and rnpid . In L ~ lC a f ~e rnoon all the hunters came in but h,1d killed nothin<> m~ rc.:. "' SacurckLIJ '24tll. This W:.lS anoth er fJ ;:e nw !' n::1~¥ • ) ~nd two hunters went out. One of the n1 ~11 t l ~\ i w~l'e sick, still keeps unwell, with a b :F l p.1iu in !: js tnck ; and is in a helpless state. Y csterday w · r;a.ve him an Indian sweat and he is some b:.:ttc1· today . •'; ,,w la!l 2 3th. T here W .\s a clo'o..H1y morni n;;, anJ !iorne Egh t s ho"'rV\!rs of l'c\in fdl. F.i \'e .) :J rc h nn ters w .. :nt out to clay. In l he ev~n in g y c~· tc: ~ -t y two of the n:lti ves brought a:1 In,lh n to our c ~ m p, who h:HJ lost the use of his limbs, to see if the ofi1ce:-:> could cure him, and to day we g..1vc him a 5W~ a t .Our interpreter's child has been v,!ry ~1~~~, but i:> :;ctting bettc1·. In the afternoon t he two hu·1ters ~rho ·went out yesterday returned ; but lw.d uot kilkcl r~ny thinr,. The weather became clea t· and \'.:e had a tine ev ~nin g, ancl three moz·c hunters went oat. JJimduy 26th. This clay was fine anc1 p lcas .~ n t, and we finished our canoe and put het· in to the watcr.In the afternoon two hunters came in, but had not killed any thing: they had procured some rools at a ,.illa3e about fourteen miles up the river. Our stock |