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Show JOURNAL. hnd had good luck at the Com-mas flat, haring kilt ~ cd ten deer and three bears. I immediately started "' ith three of the men after the Indians, lea ring one to take care of the camp, and the lame horse and some more that were there. \Ve proceeded on till we carne to the creek where we had stayed the 19th and 2Gth, and overtook the Indians encamped there .and encamped with t hem. ' 'fbey bud caught two salmon-trout since they t ame to this camp ; and shortly after we came one of our men killed a d:.1ck; and we remained together (~UI·in g th ~ nig ht. Tut'~ day 2·1tl:. There was a cloudy morning. We t;~Ye each of the InE!ians a pair of mockason-s, and they ag rc:ecl to stay to day and wait foe the party.-. One of ou r hunters \\ ent ont, but had no success. 'f' he day ke eps cloudy, and the musquitoes are Yery troublesome. T here is also a . small black fly in this country, th at so torments onr horses, that they can r-;-et no /est, but when we make small fire5 to keep them ()J. ..:\.t noon two hunters went on ahead to a 11ma1l c ree k,. to endeavour to kill some provision, as we c<tn~ot kill ~n y here; and unless the party come t jp lo mg·ht, I mtend to go on with tbe Indians tom_ o!'row t-:1orn1J1g·. In the evening the party arrived with th r ee more Indians, and we all encamped toQ·e· thcr fm· the uin- 11t. v ~ .U(:dne '·~la:t r:.st!t. There was a light shower of rain tlus morm:1g . 'V c proceerled forward early ; and two men a nd an Indian were sent ahead to look for the horses we left behind ,-..·hen we were here before. At noon we halted at the creek where the two men \Yere h u- ~ li n g,. but they had killed nothing. ' Ve here took di ti; l ~ t·, and proceeded on to Hm~gry .creek, '~here \Y • m et the men with the horses, and encamp .. en for t i.e night. A considerable quantitv of rain hncl L lLn dnl'ing the afternoon. ~ Tl.: ~·., d~~: 26th \Ve had a foggy moJ1ling; pre- JOURN.t\L. .. •. 1 cec.:ckd en e;t.r ly ; atHl found the banks of sno\v much <leCI·eased : at noon we arrived at t he ph Ct! wher ! ·we had left our b:1g{'"c\ge and ~ tares . The snow here h ad sunk twenty inches. \Ve took some dinner, Lut there was nothing for our horses to eut. \ \' e met~~ surcd the depth of the sno'V here and .<H: ilcl it tea fe et ten inches. vV c proccecled 0\'<:' 1' some YCl'y steep tops of the mountains ~nd deep ~now ; but thC' snow was not so deep in the dr;1fts bctw~ cn them : <tnc1 fol'tun ately we got in the 6!\'ening to th e side of :1 hill where the snow w0.s gone ; and thel'e was Yer · g ood g rass for out· horses. ~o we encamped the re ,dl ni; ht. Some hca,·y showers of rain h ~d fa llen i,, t he aftcrn0on. Frida~; 27tlz. 'Ve had a cloudy morn : ~ ,·~ :> nd n ~ ~ . o'd·ock we renewed 0Ut' march, p r·ncL· ..: .. i 'l ~· f. \' · some of the steepest mountains I ev<.:t' r .. ~ "~ ... ~: . ~ • .. snow is so deep that \Ve cannot wind a !o!l ·>· t l.e !:l:.lc of these steeps, but lHUst slide strnig bt dowu . '1' hl.! ltorses generally do not sink rnore tllnn t hree inrhe .o in the snow; but· ~;ometimes they bre .. d~ throu ~ h ~ ~) the it· bellies. \V c kept on with out b altin~ to a boE~ 5 o'clock in the evening, when \Ye s topped at the sitle of a hill when; the snow W:\S off, and where t h cl'e w n · a li ttle rr rass ; and we here cnram pt'cl for th (; nis; l. ~ 0 ' T he day was plens:mt t hroughout ; but i l :lppea red to 1ne somew ha t extrnon limuy, to be t r avell ing on·· !'\110W Si)C OJ' eight feet deep in the.: latter e ll c\ of J une rrhe most of tb, howeve1·, h ad saved om· socks a: we t.:Y pcct<.:d to find s:1ow on th ese m otm tain s. 0J.t u.r d.ay 28tll. T be n10rning \\ as pleasant, 'Yc :et out ear ly, r. ncl passed the pl ace where we hud en ~ camp d on the 15th ~e pt. fa st \Vhc:n tlL ~ ~G\•' fdl on us. Aftel' p<l ssing this place about n n1i le. w~ too~ a le ft hand pnth, anJ travelled alor,g hi ... ; h 1 :d~e s ~ill 11oon , when we came to a good p bc:e of ~~ ras ; where we halted :.mel remained all the r. f t.:rn0on to k: r;t· ,. horses f~ e d , a" they h arl but little grn ~s last night. |