g^ g» and that Wè Ihbuld there get filh in great abundance. My
“V“ ®* young ifiën3 from äh a it of Mpruden^, deprived theiafelists laft hight of
that fèft vdd<& was fo td < Q»e of the ftrangers a&rng
thetn féVeï&I queftibïfs rcfpeifcifig ss$ ai^ ewie&tfriög theit own «feéöfftty,
bfte o f them ^ave foch ähfwttsüs we’re fibt Credited jby the a lie n e e ;
WheiPètóf»Ón hO déïöaftdfed, in hWêty äßgfy ^ fe / 4 ft-^fey’?l3i©öght'teb.-W«s
difpbfed ït> teil lièè, life the Róeky^MouïJtaln Indian# j ‘hM map M that
tribe fcapßdning%> tk o f païty, a quarrel eafnedi which might have
'bèèh attended With the had ifOt ten 'fo r -
tunately ptovéhted h y' tftë in^érferettÊê óf tfeofe whé w^reiïöt iMetefted
in the difpute.
TftoöglU&ür Mek o f provi§0b$A$hs ^tfng^foïilöW, I dëteihiïned
fteVèrthOMsj to hide HÈÊSÊi tyymif ó f providing
agaïnft dhr return. ! I-therefore left two o f thfe mtn befetedj with
dire&ións to bury it, as ufüal, ufitter thë'plaCe Where We had Tftade baï
‘firé.
Onr fcótrrfe Was about Wêft-Söüih-Wëft by thé fide ó f 'the late, and
in abtnït two nfifes Wè came tb the end of it. Hfefe Was a general halt,
when my men bVètëtöök Ufc. 4 Wäs ttöw fftfbiMned, th€t; ffeihê pee^e óf
another tribe were fent for, who wifhed very much to fee us, two Of
WhbA wonld 'ndèèhSpariy us-over the mountains; ihatjasTör tMmlMvses,
'they had changed their mind, and Mended to föfflóW a frfiaH fiver which
iftubd Otft bf die lake, éöd Went Vdry d^tèntt frbtti. the
fine dr our journey, lifts was a dHappdhtnrehtj which,- fhoagh 'not %n-
CbrniAoh to US, might have been followed -by cowfidetabJe inConveswences.
It
Ib was my wifh to -«ontimie .with .them whatever way they went j hut
neithergmy promi&s or entreaties would avail: thefe people were not to
be turned front their purpofe ; and when I reprefented the low ftate o f our
provisions:,- One: o f :them aniwered, that if we. would flay with them all
night, he would boil a kettle of fifh-roes for us.. Accordingly, without
receiving any anfwet,; he began to make preparation to fulfil his engagement.
1 He'-took the.roes out o f .a bag, and having bruifed them
between1 two ftones; put them in water to! foak. Hi# wife then took an
handful of dry grafs inher hand,with Which Ihe fquee^ed them -through
her fingers ; 'in .the mean time her hiafband was employed in gathering
wood to make a fire, for the purpbfe of heating ftones. When She
had fimflhed her operation, Ihe filled a watape kettiejnearly foil o f water,
and poured the roesvinto it. When the ftones were fufficiently heated,
fome o f them were put into the kettle, and others were thrown in from
ri'ffie to time, till the water was in a'ftate o f boiling ; the woman alfo continued
forring the contents of the kettle, till they were brought to a thick
oonfiftency; the ftones were then taken out, and the whole was feafoned
-with about a pint of ftrcmg Tantad oil. The feiell <of this curious difh
Was fefcient to fteken me without tailing it, but the hanger o f my
people furmonnted the nanfeous 'meal. When onadulterated by fop
ftinking ^1; thife boiled roes are nbt unpalatable food*
In the mean time four o f the people who had been ejxpe&ed, arrived,
and, according to the account given of them, were of two tribes whom
T had not yet known. After fome; eonverfatioa, they pnopofed, that I
fhould continue my route by their houfes; but the old guide, who was now
preparing to leave us, informed me that jt would lengthen my journey ;
S’s--' and