[156] For Warden see our volume xxii, p. 149, note 63.--ED.
[157] See Plate 22, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.--ED.
[158] "Original" is the French-Canadian term for the moose (_Cervus Alces_). Moose were found in northern Montana until recent years.--ED.
[159] See Plate 66, in the accompanying atlas, our volume xxv.--ED.
[160] This is the same chief mentioned in note 120, _ante_, p. 147; he was usually called Tchatka or Gauche (the left-handed), one of his names being You-hah (the man that has the knife).--ED.
[161] For brief sketch of Hamilton see our volume xxii, p. 374, note 350.--ED.
VOYAGE FROM FORT UNION TO FORT CLARKE, FROM OCTOBER 30TH TO NOVEMBER 8TH
Last Visit to Fort William--Flakes of Ice in the Missouri--Bad Condition of our Larder--Relief from this Distress--Mr. Bodmer misses his Way in the Forest--Loss of our Geological Collections--Conical Red Hills--Departure of the Antelopes--Tameness of the Magpies--Destruction of the Woods by the Beavers--Escape of a Visit from the Indians--Winter Village of the Manitaries--Unexpected Meeting with Dougherty and Charbonneau--The Manitari Chief, Lachpitzi-Sihrish--The Fontaine-Rouge, with the Petrified Trees--Visit to the Tent of Pare-Flêche-Rouge--Arrival at Fort Clarke.
On the 30th of October, the weather being fine, we left Fort Union, and stopped for a moment at Fort William, opposite the mouth of the Yellow Stone, to take leave of Mr. Campbell. The thicket of willows on the steep bank of the river had been cut down, in order to open a view to the yet unfinished fort, which is about 300 paces from the bank. Mr. Campbell presented me with some specimens of natural history, and furnished me with cigars, of which we had long been deprived; they really are a great comfort on a long voyage. We took charge of his letters, and having taken leave, proceeded on our voyage. As the provisions for my people consisted of bad old bacon, and my own stock was limited to a ham which had been obligingly left to me, from the very scanty stock of provisions at Fort Union, with some coffee, sugar, and ship biscuit, we were very desirous of obtaining some game, and went on shore on a tongue of land, on the south bank, where we soon saw several wolves, and a troop of seven deer, but could not get near enough to fire at them. Great clouds of smoke rose from several parts of the prairie, doubtless caused by the woodcutters of Fort William, the hunters of which we likewise perceived at a distance. The thickets were quite stripped of their foliage; the buffalo berry bushes alone yet bore some sere yellow leaves. Prairie hens, magpies, and the coal titmouse, the latter sitting among the willow bushes, were the only specimens of the feathered tribe which we observed. Numerous tracks of { 310} animals were visible on the beach, and among them the small delicate footprint of two different kinds of mice. We proceeded till eight o'clock in the evening, when we lay to, as it grew too dark to venture farther. Afterwards, however, the moon rose in great splendour, and towards morning we had a sharp frost.