Evening star., 1924-02-20
CONTINUED from Yesterdays starr

At the cost of greater and greater
toll they pushed on up their river
above the falls, until presently us
course bent off to the south again
They passed through a country, OF
such wealth as none of them had
ever dreamed of. but they did not
suspect the hidden treasures or gold
and silver which lay so close 10 them
on the floor of the mountain Nallets.
What interested them more was the
excitement of Sacajawea. who from
time to time pointed out traces of
human occupancy.
my people here" said she. ana
pointed to campfires. PLENTY people
come here. Heap hunt buffalo. She
pointed out the trails made by the
lodge-poles. ---..
She. knows Will" said Lewis,
once more. %We have Il guide even
here. We are the luckiest of men!
soon we come where three rivers.
said Sacajawea one day. They had
passed to the south and west through
the first range of mouutains-throug
rich gold fields of the future state
OF Montana. by and by. three rivers
u know!'
And 1t was as she had said. The
men. wearied to the limit by the toll
Of getting the boats upstream by
line and setting pole. at last found
their mountain river broken into
three separate streams.
we will camp here. said the
leader. I'VE are tired, we have work
ed long and hard"
MY people come here" said SAGA
1awea. plenty time. Here the Min
netarees struck my people--fve SHOWS
ago that was. They caught me and
took me with them. so | find Char
honneau among the Mandans. Here
my people live
without hesitation she pointed out
that one of the. three forks of the
Missouri which led off to the west
ward-the one that Meriwether Lewis
called the jefferson.
And now every man in the party
felt that they were on the right path
as they turned into that stream; but
At the Beaver Head rockwell known
to all the Indians-they went into
camp once more.
rCaptains make medicine now"
said Sacajawea to Charbonneau. her
husband.
For once more the captains hesi-
tated. There were many passes.
many valleys, many trails. Which
was the way? The men grew sulien
again.
They lay in camp for days. sending
out parties. feeling out the way, but
fhe explorers always came back un-
certain. 1t was Clark who led these
scouting parties now, for Lewis was
we'll nigh broken down in health.
One night alone the leader sat
by his little fire. thinking. thinking,
as so often he did now. The stars.
unspeakably brilliant. lit up the wild
scene about him. This was the
wilderness! He had sought it all his
life. All his life it had called to
him aloud. What had it done for
him. after all? Had it taught him
to forget?
Two years now had passed. and still
he saw a face which would not go
away. Still there arose before him
the same questions whose debate had
torn his soul worn his body, through
these weary months
You will be cold. sir said one
Of the men solicitously. as he passed
on his way to guard mount. shall
] fetch your coat?"
Lewis thanked him. and the man
brought from his tent the captains
uniform coat. which he had forgot
ten. Absently he sought to put it on
and felt something crinkling in the
sleeve. 1t was a bit of paper.
He halted. the old presentiment
coming to his mind.
rs Shannon here?" he asked OF the
man who had handed him the coat
Vie was TO- get my moccasins mend
NO. captain. he is out with Capt
Clark" replied Fields. the Ken
tuckian.
Very weIl--that will do. Fields"
Mertweather Lewis sat down again
by his little fire. his last letter in