We all expected he was killed, but to our astonishment, on taking off his load he rose, seemed but little injured, and in twenty minutes proceeded with his load.

Having no other provision, we took some portable soup, our only refreshment during the day.

This abstinence, joined with fatigue, has a visible effect on our health.

The men are growing weak and losing their flesh very fast; several are afflicted with dysentery, and eruptions of the skin are very common." Next day, the party descended the last of the Bitter Root range and reached level country.

They were at last over the Great Divide.