The Arkansas advocate., 1835-04-24

His breast armed ganst Fate his wants were few Peril he sought not, but neer shrank to meet; The savage, but the scene new This made the ceaseless tol of travel sweet,
 Beat back keen winters cold and welcomed summer s
 heat.-BYRoN.
 Continued.
 Nov. 1.-Started-in in the morning early, and travelled all day without water; like wise travelled all night without rest or ces- sation.
 2.-High, barren prairie; all day no wa ter. They travelled constantly and eagerly until about two of the afternoon on their course, and then changed it and travelled due south course. Night came, hut did not delay them, and 1t was till the morning star rose, that, weary and tormented with thirst, they lay down and slept.
 3.-Towards day they arose, and start ed again in course still due south. About ten in the morning, Lewis threw away his saddle-bags, pistols, blankets, and about forty weight of buffalo meat. Chambers had thrown his meat down the evening be- fore, and Lewis had added it to his load Early in the morning Chambers went ahead, promising to keep the course, and whenev- CT he reached water to return with bucket full to Lewis and Andrews. After leaving them he saw an antelope, and went out of his course to kill 1t for the sake of drinking his companions. Towards evening Lewis killed an antelope and drank the blood It drank like new milk, but increased the thirst ten fold. All night they kept slowly along the dry prairie without water, till about two hours before day, when they lay down and slept. Lewis had now become so weak as to be unable to shoulder his gun except by placing one end on the ground and getting under 1t; and he went stagger- ing along through the prairie like one who had long been sick.
 4.--Started again at daylight. and pro- ceeded slowly along the plain, and about the middle of the forenoon deserted the high, broken country of the Canadian.-- About two of the afternoon they reached the river, almost exhausted. As Lewis drank he forced himself to vomit, and the water came from his stomach as cold as it entered 1t. He tells me that he Is certain of having drunken at least three gallons of water. This day, after seeing. the river, they fired the prairie, as d signal to Cham bers. He saw it, but supposing 1t to pro- ceed from Indians, was afraid to approach 1t. He struck the river carly in the morn- ing, about ten miles above the place where Lewis and Andrews came upon 1t.
 5 and Clay by at the same place, in order to gather strength for travelling. Kill cd fat COW.
 7.--They made preparations for going back to find the articles which they had thrown away. Lewis took four gallons and half of water in cased deer skin, which he had been carrying, and as An drews insisted on going ahead and keeping the course, he allowed him to do so. In the afternoon, finding that they had lost their course, they returned to their camp again.
 S.-Started again this morning, Lewis going ahead and bearing the water. They travelled all day, and at night encamped in the prairie, with no water except what they bore with them.
 9.--Traveled still north until about noon, when, despairing of finding their property, and fearing to suffer again from thirst, they turned their course to- the southwest, and at night encamped on the head of a large creek running toward the main Canadian.
 I0.--Followedt the creek down for about fen miles, and encamped in grove of cot tonwood, on the same creek. Il.-Leff the creek and travelled west all day, until late in the evening they struck the Canadian again, and saw Cham bers' track on the river bank. They had supposed him to be dead.
 From this to the sixteenth they kept up the river slowly, and Lewis has but a con- fused remembrance of this part of the trip. On the sixteenth it commenced raining in the morning, and finding a cave in the bluff bank, in which they could be sheltered. and rolling large pine root to the mouth of it, they were very comfortable all night, though but poorly clad, and with no blankets.-- Lewis dress consisted of pair of lin- en pantaloons and shirt, with pair of deerskin moccasins. It hailed towards night severely, and about midnight cleared off very cold.
 l7.--Started very late, and went down the creek about half mile. and encamped again in cottonwood grove, where An < drews killed, for the first time, something .z 10 eat, viz. a little puck All this day the cold was intense.
 # lS.-Started in the morning in snow storm, and travelled nearly all day. In the