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Show YOYAGE FROM FORT UNION T TORT CLARKE, FROM OCTOBER S0TH TO NOVEMBER S Last Vit to Fort Wiliam-Fskesof T i the Missouri-Bad Coodion of osr Lardr-Relef from this Disres B e Ty 04 ot Tom o o Gl oGl 1 i the Avtaopes-Tamenss of hee Magpc Magpies-Distrutonof the Woods by th of » Vst ro e e e Arival st Fot Clake . the 30t of October,the weaher being fine, we I Fort U 1, and stopped for st o Fr Wil st e ot o e Yoo St ol e f i, e The ikt f wilows o he st bk fthe v ad et o o 1 s i Gt i 5 b i movwith some specimens of s istry, and frnishe o ithcgar, o whichwe had ong be deprived; they mu, are a great comfort on a long voyage. We took charge of his letters and having taken leave, proceeded on our voyage. ~As the provisions for my people consisted a o bad o1d bacon, and my own stock was limited to.a ham whic had been obligingly left to me, fro the very scanty stock of provisions at Fort Union, with some coffee, sugar, and ship biscuit, w were very desirous of obtaining some gume, and wen on shore on & tongue of land, on theth south bk ol i g of e ol ot g e tofir atthem, Great clouds of smoke rose from severa parts of the praire doubtles causedb the wood-cuttersof Fort William, the hunters of which we likewise per cd at a distance. Th hickets were quite strippedof their folingo the builo berry bushes alone yet bore some ser yellow laves. - Praiic hens, magpis, and the coal itmouse, the later siting amon the willo bushes, were the only specimens of the feathered trib whic we observed. Numerous tracks o Digital image© 2004 Mariot Libary, Universty o Uta. Al right reserved |