. Pathfinders of the West; being the thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest. od. Here they landed in the pitchy had entered the Gates of the Rockies on the19th. of July. In the morning bighorn and mountaingoat were seen scrambling along the ledges above thewater. On the 25th the Three Forks of the Mis-souri were reached. Here the Indian woman, Saca-jawea, recognized the ground and practically becamethe guide of the party, advising the two explorers tofollow the south fork or the Jefferson, as that was thestream which her tribe followed when cr
. Pathfinders of the West; being the thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest. od. Here they landed in the pitchy had entered the Gates of the Rockies on the19th. of July. In the morning bighorn and mountaingoat were seen scrambling along the ledges above thewater. On the 25th the Three Forks of the Mis-souri were reached. Here the Indian woman, Saca-jawea, recognized the ground and practically becamethe guide of the party, advising the two explorers tofollow the south fork or the Jefferson, as that was thestream which her tribe followed when crossing themountains to the plains. It now became absolutely necessary to find moun- 322 PATHFINDERS OF THE WEST tain Indians who would supply horses and guide thewhite men across the Divide. In the hope of findingthe Indian trail, Captain Lewis landed with two menand preceded the boats. He had not gone five mileswhen to his sheer delight he saw a Snake Indian onhorseback. Ordering his men to keep back, headvanced within a mile of the horseman and three timesspread his blanket on the ground as a signal of friend-. Spymg on an Enemy s Fort ship. The horseman sat motionless as bronze. CaptainLewis went forward, with trinkets held out to tempt aparley, and was within a few hundred yards when thesavage wheeled and dashed off. Lewis men had dis-obeyed orders and frightened the fellow by chagrined, Lewis hoisted an American flag assign of friendship and continued his march. Tracksof horses were followed across a bog, along whatwas plainly an Indian road, till the sources of the Mis- LEWIS AND CLARK 323 souri became so narrow that one of the men put a footon each side and thanked God that he had Hved tobestride the Missouri. Stooping, all drank fromthe crystal spring whose waters they had traced for__three thousand miles from St. Louis. Following asteep declivity, they were presently crossing the courseof a stream that flowed west and must lead to somebranch of the Col
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