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124 Remarks J.E. Smith's Narrative - from the Dalles Journal. Messrs. Smith and Schaeffter, the last of the Minnesota expedition to our State by the Saskatchewan route of whose adventures, a brief account written by Mr. Jones, one of the party, was published in our columns some weeks since, arrived in town on the 8th unclear, (June 8th) They bring with them the boy Gibson, who was left at the Mountain Fort last December, on account of having his feet badly frozen. They look in pretty good condition, though somewhat rusty in apparel, as might naturally be expected. It appears that after the party of three had left them on the 24th of February last heavy falls of snow continued for several weeks, and the Indians having nearly all left, they had considerable difficulty, to use a homely but expressive phrase, in keeping body and soul together. Moss and the inner bark of a species of pine, formed for several weeks the staple article of food to be found in their larder. They succeeded in saving one horse. On the 29th of April, leaving winter quarters, they resumed their travels with the Hudson Bay Company's train, en route from the Mountain Fort to Colville. They encountered snow from five to eight feet deep between the Knottancies and Flat Head Lake, and with thirty-seven horses to break the track, were eighteen days accomplishing this distance. One horse died on the trip. All hands got short of provisions, Killed a colt which was about three days old, which proved quite a unclear. Fine