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those who live in large villages. Tlie people of 
these three lodges have gathered a quantity of sun- 
flower seed, and also of the lanibs-quarter, which 
they pound and mix with service berries, and make . 
of the composition a kind of bread ; which appears* 
capable of sustaining life for some time. On this 
bread and the fish they take out of the river, these 
people, who appear to be the most wretched of the 
human species, chiefly subsist. They gave us some 
dried salmon, and we proceeded down the river ; but 
with a great-x^leal of difficulty : the mountains being 
so close, steep and rocky. The river here is about 
SO yards wide, and a continual rapid, but not deep. 
We went about 15 miles to day, and encamped on a 
small island, as there was no other level place near. 
Game is scarce, and we killed nothing since the 18th 
but one deer ; and our stock of provisions is ex- 
hausted. 
Fridaij2c>rd. We proceeded down the river through 
dreadful narrows, where the rocks were in som.e pla- 
ces breast high, and no path or trail of any kind. 
This morning we killed a goose, and badly wounded 
a large buck in the water. One of our sergeants is 
very unwell. We went on 3 miles, when Captain 
Clarke did not think proper to proceed further with 
the horses, until he should go forward and examine 
the ])ass^% So we halted on a small flatt and break- 
fasted on some fish the natives had given us. Cap- 
tain ClarJie, our guide, and three men then went on. 
Another Indian who had come on from the last Int. 
dian camp remained with us. We had yet seen* no 
timber large enough to make canoes. Two of the 
hunters went in search of the buck, which bad 
been wounded ; and the rest staid at the camp to 
fish. In the afternoon the men came in from hunting 
the wounded deer, but could not find him. They 
killed three prairie hens, or pheasants. At night 
the sergeant who had been sick, becam'^ better. Wt 
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