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JOURNAL. 
In the afternoon two of our hunters came in and 
had killed nothing but some grous ; four more con- 
unued out. 
Friday \&tk. The mornmg was cloudy and some 
rain fell ; l3Ut in about two hours it cleared awav and 
we had a hue day. An Indian performed the quiet- 
ing operation on two more of our horses. In the 
t^vening two of our hunters came in, and brought 
with them two deer and some ducks. Tw^o of the 
hunters still remained out. The natives all left our 
camp this evening. 
Thursday 1 7th. We had a cloudy wet morning and 
some light rain all day. Our other two hunters came 
in and had killed two large bears. They said it snow- 
ed on the hills, wdien it rained at our camp in the 
Talley. 
Sunday l^th. The morning was cloudy, but with- 
<3Ut rain; and ten of the party turned out to hunt. — 
None of the natives visited us yesterday, or to day ; 
until about 2 o'clock in the afternoonVwhen five came 
that had not I seen before. They remained about an 
hour and ha«i some eye water put into their eyes 
which w^ere sore ; after w^hich tliey went away, and 
an old man and his wife came for some medicine, as 
the old w^oman was sick. In the evening four hun- 
ters came in and had killed nothing, but some grous. 
Monday 19 th. We had a cloudy wet morning. The 
old Indian and his wife staid all night and got more 
medicine. A party of the men went to some Indian 
lodges about four miles up the river to buy roots ; and 
in the afternoon returned with a good many of theni/. 
Several of the natives came to our camp vfith the 
men and in the evening ail went away. We got ano- 
ther of our old stock of horses ; and have now all wc 
nothing* which in form it so much resembles as a common 
round, pincushion. In close combat the war-mallet, when 
skiliuilj wielded^ must be a destructive and deadly weaix>ii^ 
