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 Mir. Bradbury, in his travels in the interior of North America, relates the. following singular adventure of a man named John ColteE:

 H.Golter came to St. Louis, in Mar. l6i0, in smallcanoe, from the head waters of the Missouri, d eistaace of 309en miles, which he tfaYersea iil=3s1 iil 90 days. l saw him on his arrival, and received from him an account of ms5 adYeotuses, after he had separated from Lewis and Clark party; one of these, for its SingulaIity, shall relate. On the lrriyal of the party at the head va ters of the Missouri, Golfer observing appearance of abundanee Of beaver being there, got permission 10 remain and hunt for some time, which he did. ln company with q man of the name of Dixon, who had traYersed The imnense tract of country from St. Louis to the head quarters of the Missouri alone. Soon after, he separated from }ixon, and ttapPed in company with q hunter named Potts; and, aware of the hos tility Of the Blackfcet ln3ians, oae of whom had been killed by Lewis, they set their traps at night, and took them pP early in the morning, remaining concealed dpri g the day. They were examining their traps early one morn ing, IT q creek about six miles from the branch of the Missouri, called Jeller- sons Fork, which we ascended in a ca- Hoe, whenthey suddenly heard great noise, resembling the trampling of an Jmals, but they could not ascertainthe fact, as tue high pefpeldiealar banks on each side of the river impeded their view. Coultcrimmediately pronounc- ed ito be accustomed by Indians, and advised aninstant retreats but was ac- cused of cowardice by Potts, who in sisted that the noise was occasioned hY buifloes, and they proceeded on. Ina fewminutes afterwards, their doubts were removed by a party of Indians ma king their appearance oH both sides o the creek, to the amount of five or siA hundred, who becl1oned them 10 cemf ashore. As retreat was now inaPessi ble, Golfer turned the head of the ca noe, and at the moment of it's touch ing, an Indian seized a rife ibeionging to Potts; but Colter, whois a remark a5lY strong man, immediately retook i and handed 1t to Potts, who remained il the canoe, and on receiving if, pushes otf into the river. lie had scafcel. quilted the shore, when an arrow va shot at him, and lie cried out :" Coltel lam wounded!' r Golfer remonstrate, with him on the folly of attempting t escape, and urged him to come ashore Instead ofcompiying, he instantly IeN elled his rifle at the Indian, and she him dead on the spot. This condue situated as hewas, may appear 10 bay been an aetofmadness, but 1t was doub less the effect of sudden utsound req onlns; for iftaken alive, he must hay expected 10 be tortured to death, q

 ,ording to their custom. He was i stantiy pierced with arrows so hume