The object was to surprise the Snakes in the security of their winter camp, and strike a deadly blow, which would have been impossible in summer.Our

After a march of about three weeks, the brothers reached a hill, or group of hills, apparently west of the Little Missouri, and perhaps a part of the

He had explored a vast region hitherto unknown, diverted a great and lucrative fur-trade from the English at Hudson Bay, and secured possession of it