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time they left the river till they joined us, though 1474, 
the diftance was not lefs than a hundred miles. -“~-~ 
When they arrived we were afleep, but we foon 
awakened, and began to proceed on our jour- 
ney. ‘hat day we walked forty-two miles ; 
and in our way pafled Buffalo Lake: at night, 
we put up about the middle of the Stony Moun- 
tains. The weather was exceflively hot and 
fultry. 
On the twenty-third, the weather continued 
much the fame as.on the preceding day. Early 
in the morning we fet out, and walked forty-five 
miles the firft day, during which the Indians kill- 
ed feveral fine fat buck deer. 
About one o’clock in the morning of the twen- 
ty-fourth, we flopped and took a little retrefh- 
‘ment, as we had alfo done about noon the pre- 
_ ceding day; but the Indians had been fo long 
from their wives and families, that they promif- 
ed not to fleep tillthey faw them, efpecially as 
we were then in fight of the hills of Congecatha- 
whachaga, where we had left the laft of them. 
After refling about an hour, we proceeded on 
our way, and at fix in the morning arrived at 
Congecathawhachaga ; when, to our great difap- 
pointment, we found that all our women had got 
fet acrofs the river before the Copper Indians left 
that part; fo that when we arrived, not an In- 
dian was to be found, except an old man and his 
family, who had arrived in ovr abfence, and 
was 
July... 
434. 
24th. 
