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Show CHAPTER XVI VOAGE FROM FORT UNION TO MUSCUBSIELL KIVER, FAOM THE 6Tl 7o T 2871 OF JUL d Cerf Difla Navigion-Remrlable Farmsionof he Einen La Riviere aox Trebles-Priio a Cor ‘Succes Bl Chse-Wrock of th Besver Ko boat-The rode e o e i Bt s el Grand Disour-bigDena-pasie of tho iekalinl U Dy Riere-Whic Mounain Casler-Diffciso the Natralist-Musclesh D O the 6th of July, at seven in the moming, after we had taken leave of the inmates of the 1 to tow the Flora. The American flag was hoistedon the fort, and severs fort our me d fine 5o that th & were v, on both sides, a5 farewell st ‘Tho weather as men who towed. the vessel suffered from the heat, and frequently lay dow n on the muddy b of the river to drink. Bey the wood, where the dead of the Assinboins were deposted i tre s, & bendof the iverto uonhx e us lose sight of the fort, and Mr. Me K ie, who ha accompanied us so far, wished us a happy d ro de back; on which the cannon of ou vessel agin fired a salu We aftervards several of our people to hunt, and rambled through the dense forest nlldfl\e prairie. The ground which was everywhere seon betyreen the high grass, was indurated whitish clay, on which th laits, of which we collccted several, grew only in single spots. We saw o game, it being toonea the fort but we observed traces ofstags and buffalocs,and numbers oftheir bones. The yellowbreasted oferiatiridis was singing among the thickets, cspecialy in the rose bushes, WeW ascende nmw. e, ey il rom the summit of which we sas our vessel approaching. The prospee 4t vindings o e v therant e s, hicket,th preivies here and there estending beyond them, and the lfy fantasti chn o il of & whiish-gre colour, with some darker srata, or orizontal sripes, and rogular perp Digital image© 2004 Marriot Libary, University of Utah. Al righs reserved |