able to worry the animal down and shoot him, that forty or fifty hunters will sometimes be engaged for half a day without obtaining more than two or three antelopes.  Soon after they returned, our two huntsmen came in with no better success.  Captain Lewis therefore made a little paste with the flour, and the addition of some berries formed a very palatable repast.  Having now secured the good will of Cameahwait, captain Lewis informed him of his wish that he would speak to the warriors and endeavour to engage them to accompany him to the forks of Jefferson river, where by this time another chief with a large party of white men were waiting his return:  that it would be necessary to take about thirty horses to transport the merchandize; that they should be well rewarded for their trouble; and that when all the party should have reached the Shoshonee camp they would remain some time among them, and trade for horses, as well as concert plans for furnishing them in future with regular supplies of merchandize.  He readily consented to do so, and after collecting the tribe together he made a long harangue, and in about an hour and a half returned, and told captain Lewis that they would be ready to accompany him in the morning.

As the early part of the day was cold, and the men stiff and sore from the fatigues of yesterday:  we did not set out till seven o’clock.  At the distance of a mile we passed a bold stream on the right, which comes from a snowy mountain to the north, and at its entrance is four yards wide, and three feet in depth:  we called it Track creek:  at six miles further we reached another stream which heads in some springs at the foot of the mountains on the left.  Alter passing a number of bayous and small islands on each side, we encamped about half a mile by land below the Rattlesnake cliffs.  The river was cold, shallow, and as it approached the mountains formed one continued rapid, over which we were obliged to drag the boats with great labour and difficulty.  By using constant exertions we succeeded in making fourteen miles, but this distance did not carry us more than six and a half in a straight line:  several of the men have received wounds and lamed themselves in hauling the boats over the stones.  The hunters supplied them with five deer and an antelope.

Thursday 15.  Captain Lewis rose early, and having eaten nothing yesterday except his scanty meal of flour and berries felt the inconveniences of extreme hunger.  On inquiry he found that his whole stock of provisions consisted of two pounds of flour.  This he ordered to be divided into two equal parts, and one half of it boiled with the berries into a sort of pudding:  and after presenting a large share to the chief, he and his three men breakfasted on the remainder.  Cameahwait was delighted at this new dish; he took a little of the flour in his hand tasted and examined it very narrowly, asking if it was made of roots; captain Lewis explained the process of preparing it, and he said it was the best thing he had eaten for a long time.