CHAPTER XXXIV. -- Determination of the Party to Proceed on Foot.-Dreary Deserts Between Snake River and the Columbia.-Distribution of Effects Preparatory to a March-Division of the Party.- Rugged March Along the River.-Wild and Broken Scenery.- Shoshonies.-Alarm of a Snake Encampment-Intercourse with the Snakes.-Horse Dealing.-Value of a Tin Kettle.- Sufferings From Thirst-A Horse Reclaimed.-Fortitude of an Indian Woman.-Scarcity of Food.-Dog's Flesh a Dainty.-News of Mr. Crooks and His Party.-Painful Travelling Among the Mountains.-Snow Storms.-A Dreary Mountain Prospect.-A Bivouac During a Wintry Night.-Return to the River Bank. CHAPTER XXXV. -- An Unexpected Meeting.-Navigation in a Skin Canoe.- Strange Fears of Suffering Men.-Hardships of Mr. Crooks and His Comrades.-Tidings of M'Lellan.-A Retrograde March.-A Willow Raft.- Extreme Suffering of Some of the Party-Illness of Mr. Crooks.-Impatience of Some of the Men.-Necessity of Leaving the Laggards Behind. CHAPTER XXXVI. -- Mr. Hunt Overtakes the Advance Party.-Pierre Dorion, and His Skeleton Horse.-A Shoshonie Camp.-A Justifiable Outrage.- Feasting on Horse Flesh.-Mr. Crooks Brought to the Camp.-Undertakes to Relieve His Men.-The Skin Ferry- Boat.-Frenzy of Prevost.-His Melancholy Fate.-Enfeebled State of John Day.-Mr. Crooks Again Left Behind.-The Party Emerge From Among the Mountains.-Interview With Shoshonies.- A Guide Procured to Conduct the Party Across a Mountain.- Ferriage Across Snake River.-Reunion With Mr Crook's Men.- Final Departure From the River. CHAPTER XXXVII -- Departure From Snake River-Mountains to the North.- Wayworn Travellers-An Increase of the Dorion Family.-A Camp of Shoshonies.-A New-Year Festival Among the Snakes.-A Wintry March Through the Mountains.-A Sunny Prospect, and Milder Climate.-Indian Horse- Tracks.-Grassy Valleys.-A Camp of Sciatogas.-Joy of the Travellers.- Dangers of Abundance.- Habits of the Sciatogas.-Fate of Carriere.-The Umatilla.- Arrival at the Banks of the Columbia.-Tidings of the Scattered Members of the Expedition.-Scenery on the Columbia.-Tidings of Astoria-Arrival at the Falls. CHAPTER XXXVIII. -- The Village of Wish-ram.-Roguery of the Inhabitants.-Their Habitations.-Tidings of Astoria.-Of the Tonquin Massacre. -Thieves About the Camp.-A Band of Braggarts-Embarkation.- Arrival at Astoria.-A Joyful Reception.-Old Comrade.- Adventures of Reed, M'Lellan, and M'Kenzie Among the Snake River Mountains.-Rejoicing at Astoria. CHAPTER XXXIX. -- Scanty Fare During the Winter.-A Poor Hunting Ground.- The Return of the Fishing Season.-The Uthlecan or Smelt.-Its Qualities.- Vast Shoals of it.-Sturgeon.-Indian Modes of Taking It.-The Salmon- Different Species.-Nature of the Country About the Coast.-Forests and Forest Trees.-A Remarkable Flowering Vine.-Animals.-Birds.-Reptiles- Climate West of the Mountains-Mildness of the Temperature.-Soil of the Coast and the Interior.