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willow and cherry tree on its banks ; and is a bold 
rapid stream about 15 yards wide. Wedcept dowii 
the branch about four miles ; and then came to the 
river where it passes through a beautiful plain. — 
Here we halted to wait for a canoe, which we expect- 
ed that some of the natives would bring up the 
river, to assist us in crossing ; when we intend to 
encamp until the snow shall have sufficiently melted 
to admit of our crossing the mountains. At dark 
the canoe came, but it being too late to cross we en- 
camped on the south side. 
Wednesday l^ith. The morning was pleasant with 
some white frost. Three hunters went over vgi^v 
early to the north side of the river. AH the rest of the 
men were employed in collecting our horses and 
taking over tlie baggage. About noon we got ail the 
horses and baggage over safe ; and met vi^ih. one of 
our hunters, who had killed two bears, some distance 
oiT. So two men were dispatched with him to 
bring ia the meat; and we set about forming h 
eampat the remains of an ancient village on the north 
side of the Koos-koos-ke river. We were accom- 
panied by a number of the natives, one of whom gave 
us a horse ; and three more of our old stock were 
brought in by them. In the afternoon we had an 
operation performed on seven of our horses, to ren- 
der them more peaceable ; which was done by one 
of the natives upon all but one. In the evening the 
men came in with the meat of the two bears ; and 
als® our other hunters who had killed three more, 
all of the grizly kind. We gave some of the meat 
to the natives at our camp, who cooked it in their 
Gvm way j which was done in the follov/ing manner. 
They first collected some stones and heated them, 
upon which they placed a part of the meat, and upon 
the meat some small brui^, arid so alternately meat 
and brush, until all the meat ^vas on ; when the whole 
was covered with brush iind lastly with earth ; so 
