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Show ..I. 0 CI_\; •...\ .\ 1 ~. •>t" pro,is •. irl~ is C.\haustcd, anc1 Yn~ h~, . ... 1olL1113' to cat l;ut bo:-n~ roots, \\1 ich we get ii-om tile n~\liYes at n \ l ry dear 1\ttc. 1'u:~>c!ay '27th. The morn:ng wac; f~ir nnd plensnnt, ~;nd sercral of C\11' men went to the Yillages around lJS to procure roots. These roots nrc a good diet, bnt in ge11e1 al we do not rcli ~) h tb ctn so wdl as meat. \\. e therefore ki lled another horse to clay, which one (Jf the n~\tirc s g-a\''.! u s sometime ago for that purpos • He was Ro wild and vicious tl1<1t Yve conld not man~ g-c l1im, or do any tbi11g "iti"l hjm , 0~tl' sic!.:.. man is g~\.li ng SOlllC lJe tlcl', U!Hl the intc ·prett.:'S child is rccovc.:ring fast. The Iudiun, 1 hat we have under cnre, h~cl anotb(3r tiWeut to day; z:ncl our horses, tlut have h~lcl tbe qui eting operat: cn performed on them are all mendi11g. In the <.fternoon so!11e rain fell, e:..nd three of Oll l' hunters rame in, and brought with them G. ve cleer, they had tilled : three mc:n also came in from the villages and Ul'uught a good supply of roots; 5ix yt:t rcmaine~ ont. lVethiN.:dm! 28tll. There Y>~ls a clouJy fo!Yg-y mom- . • 0- wg·. SonH.: hunt<..:t·s went ot,t this morni11g·, and in the aLcrnocn three of tile11l came iu 'ith eight deet· ; at the Sd nH· time three mot c of our m<..:n re tu rned from the villages. Thttr~day 2CJth. The morning "as cloudy and \vet, .. uH.l the 1·i,·cr is ri ~ ing· H:ry fa~ t; whicr1 g-iH:~ us l10p<.:s that the suow ij l c;win ~; the JHatmt nins. At 10 o'ciock the river cen.:lctl rising and til<.: w<.;ather bcc::nnc clea:·. Friday 30:/z . T'hc mornia1:; was fine, with a li ttle fog. Two of out· 111en in n ca!we attemptin g- to ~wim their horses O\'<.:r the 1 i ver, struck the canoe against ~ tree, and she immedjatdy sunk ; but they got on &bore, with the loss of three blankets, a. blanket-coat, and some articles of merchandize they bad with th~·m to exchange for roots. The los'3 of these blnnkcts i~ ' JOtJRNAL . ~he gre~lts l which hath happened to an) ii1d1vicl.t·ll ~ince we beg·an our voyage-, as there ' l't' only th1, · men in the party, who have mo1·c t tl <tll a hl.t:1klt •' piece. The li'rcl' is so high thr..t the trc•_s ~t nd some cliste:mce in Lh~ v.:atcr. In the ~ft ernoon 0 11 . of our hunters came in, V.·ho with ~not her had 1-ilkcl three deer, which one of them stayed tu t.tkc care of as their hot ses h~d left them. Satun!tzy 318t. vVe had a fine clear moruinp; with a heavy d ew. The hunters went out with two horses fot· the Yenison ; ancl two men we11L on.~r the rivet· to the villages. About noon a deer W <tS sc~n swimmil~~. · ' the river and some of ou r men blkd it. Om· <'.UlOe still lies tlllder water at the oppo::itc shore, but ··~ have a small Indian canoe, that serrcs to ct < · ~ s j 1. In the aftct·noon the two men ca.tlH.: from the , ilh1ge \v.ith some of the natives, and one c;r our o!d ~··ock o f horses, which i-; the las t, cxctpl th ' l\\CJ '"~ hich they aRsure us thl' old Snake gldde took . In t:.~ c\eninrr tlte \\'Cather became clotHly, and \Vc h:ld ~.rJm e rain -~ith sharp thundet· and !1ghtellillg. The two hunters came in with the Y<..:D~SC•'1. Su.nc!u.y }.yt J,.mc, 1806. 'Ve ha{l < £ne morning '='ftcr some liti~1t showers of r~li.1 clurir~~ the IAight.Sincc last e ;ening the 1 ivcr rose ei<.;htcu1 inches. Two hunters \Yent ont this morning, .ncl some of the 11atin~s came to see us. The sick Indi<.~n i:) gt·t.ti.10.; nuch better. The ofricc;·s got some bcar - ~kins from th•: Iodiaus, that ~re almost us wltjte as a hl<!u 1.et. 'J'hey say t~,tt the bears from rV hich t"wy gd 1 hcsc s\ir:s are a barmle':iS kind, and not S-0! old u1Hl f~loeious (l S ~be P•.) riLif and Lro" n bern·. . f ..:.,.fond:c'j '2nrf.. T he morning was cloudy, ar:d 51X (.l ~he men went out to bunt. A')out 1.oon thr-.:e men, "\Vho had gone over to L e \\ is's 1 iYer, ~bout t\t. o t~nd an hC:lLi days' journey '~isu:nt, to get some; fLI~, n'tun:eJ "'ith a l'e' very good s1~ m on, and £orne ~ outs "J!.:.cl1 T 2 |