“While Sacajawea was renewing among the women the friendships of former days, Captain Clark went on, and was received by Captain Lewis and the chief, who, after the first embraces and salutations were over, conducted him to a sort of circular tent or shade of willows.  Here he was seated on a white robe; and the chief immediately tied in his hair six small shells resembling pearls, an ornament highly valued by these people, who procure them in the course of trade from the seacoast.  The moccasins of the whole party were then taken off, and, after much ceremony, the smoking began.  After this the conference was to be opened; and, glad of an opportunity of being able to converse more intelligibly, Sacajawea was sent for:  she came into the tent, sat down, and was beginning to interpret, when in the person of Cameahwait she recognized her brother.  She instantly jumped up, and ran and embraced him, throwing over him her blanket, and weeping profusely:  the chief was himself moved, though not in the same degree.  After some conversation between them she resumed her seat, and attempted to interpret for us; but her new situation seemed to overpower her, and she was frequently interrupted by her tears.  After the council was finished, the unfortunate woman learned that all her family were dead except two brothers, one of whom was absent, and a son of her eldest sister, a small boy, who was immediately adopted by her.”

The two parties, Indian and white, now went into a conference, the white chiefs explaining that it would be needful for their Indian friends to collect all their horses and help to transport the goods of the explorers over the Great Divide.  The journal says:—­

“The speech made a favorable impression.  The chief, in reply, thanked us for our expressions of friendship toward himself and his nation, and declared their willingness to render us every service.  He lamented that it would be so long before they should be supplied with firearms, but that till then they could subsist as they had heretofore done.  He concluded by saying that there were not horses enough here to transport our goods, but that he would return to the village to-morrow, bring all his own horses, and encourage his people to come over with theirs.  The conference being ended to our satisfaction, we now inquired of Cameahwait what chiefs were among the party, and he pointed out two of them.  We then distributed our presents:  to Cameahwait we gave a medal of small size, with the likeness of President Jefferson, and on the reverse a figure of hands clasped with a pipe and tomahawk; to this was added an uniform coat, a shirt, a pair of scarlet leggings, a carrot (or twist) of tobacco, and some small articles.  Each of the other chiefs received a small medal struck during the presidency of General Washington, a shirt, handkerchief, leggings, knife, and some tobacco.  Medals of the same sort were also presented to two young warriors, who, though not chiefs, were promising