With these he proceeded along the south side of the river, and joined us in the evening." Above the rapids the party encountered two tribes of Indians from whom they endeavored to buy horses, for they were now approaching a point when they must leave the river and travel altogether by land.

One of these tribes was known as the Weocksockwillacurns, and the other was the Chilluckittequaws.

These jaw-breaking names are commended to those who think that the Indian names of northern Maine are difficult to handle.
Trees were now growing scarcer, and the wide lowlands spread out before the explorers stretched to the base of the Bitter Root Mountains without trees, but covered with luxuriant grass and herbage.

After being confined so long to the thick forests and mountains of the seacoast, the party found this prospect very exhilarating, notwithstanding the absence of forests and thickets.

The climate, too, was much more agreeable than that to which they had lately been accustomed, being dry and pure..