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of provisions is exhausted, and we have nothing to eat 
but some roots, which we get from the natives at a 
very dear rate. 
Tuesday 27th. The morning w^as fair and pleasant, 
and several of our men went to the villages around 
us to procure roots. These roots are a good diet, 
but in general we do not relish them so well as meat> 
We therefore killed another horse to day, which one 
of the natives gave us sometime ago for tliat purpose, 
lie was so wild and vicious that we could not manage 
him, or do any thing with hiih. 
Our sick man is getting some better, and the in- 
terpreter's child is recovering fast. The Indian, 
that we liave under cure, had another sweat to day; 
and our horses, that have had the quieting opera- 
tion performed on them are all mei:iding. In the 
uftevncon some rain fell, and three of oar hunters 
came in, and brought with them five deer, they had 
killed : three men also came in from the villages 
and brought a good supply of roots ; six yet remain- 
i^d out. 
Wednesday 2St/i. There was a cloudy foggy morn- 
ing. Some hunters went out this morning, and in 
the afternoon three of them came in with eight deer ; 
at the same time three more of our men returned 
ffom the villages. 
Thursday 29th. The morning was cloudy and wet, 
and the river is ri&ing very fast ; which gives us 
hopes that the snow is leaving the mountains. At 
10 o'clock the river ceased rinsing and the weather 
became clear. 
Jt^riday Si)th. The morning was fine, with a little 
fog. Two of our men in a canoe attempting to swim 
their horses over the river, struck the canoe against 
a tree, and she immediately sunk ; but they got on 
shore, with the loss of three blankets, a blanket-coat, 
and some articles of merchandize they had with them 
to exchange tm roots. The loss of these blankets is 
