The adventures of Captain Bonneville . lieve that there was an en-campment of the Lower Nez Perces in theneighborhood, as it was within the accustomedrange of that pacific and hospitable tribe. The prospect of a supply of food stimulatedthem to new exertion, and they continued on asfast as the enfeebled state of themselves and theirsteeds would permit. At length, one of the men, THE EXHAUSTED TRAVELLER. 319 more exhausted than the rest, threw himself upongrass, and declared he could go no further. Itwas in vain to attempt to rouse him ; his spirithad given out, and his replies only showed thed
The adventures of Captain Bonneville . lieve that there was an en-campment of the Lower Nez Perces in theneighborhood, as it was within the accustomedrange of that pacific and hospitable tribe. The prospect of a supply of food stimulatedthem to new exertion, and they continued on asfast as the enfeebled state of themselves and theirsteeds would permit. At length, one of the men, THE EXHAUSTED TRAVELLER. 319 more exhausted than the rest, threw himself upongrass, and declared he could go no further. Itwas in vain to attempt to rouse him ; his spirithad given out, and his replies only showed thedogged apathy of despair. His companions,therefore, encamped on the spot, kindled a blazingfire, and searched about for roots with which tostrengthen and revive him. They all then madea starveling repast; but gathering round the fire,talked over past dangers and troubles, soothedthemselves with the persuasion that all werenow at an end, and went to sleep with the com-forting hope that the morrow would bring theminto plentiful CHAPTER XXXI. Progress in the valley. — An Indian cavalier. — The Captainfalls into a lethargy. — A Nez Perce patriarch.—Hospit-able treatment. — The bald head. — Bargaining. — Valueof an old plaid cloak. — The family horse. — The cost ofan Indian present. TRANQUIL nights rest had sufficientlyrestored the broken-down traveller toenable him to resume his wayfaring,and all hands set forward on the Indian all their eagerness to arrive within reachof succor, such was their feeble and emaciatedcondition, that they advanced but slowly. Noris it a matter of surprise that they should almosthave lost heart as well as strength. It was now(the 16th of February) fifty-three days that theyhad been travelling in the midst of winter, ex-posed to all kinds of privations and hardships;and for the last twenty days they had been en-tangled in the wild and desolate labyrinths ofthe snowy mountains ; climbing and descendingicy precipices,
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