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 From the Mountains. -AIr. CASipRs,, of the firm of 5t.z-L 5 TE and G8NpRe1, cached scEElisel itlaiis city en V Nedaesay last last. fron the Rocky Mountains. This geptlemsa left here on the 9th of April last, by laa with but two companions, to perform journey of one thousand miles, througb. desert land, untenanted save by sayags, 1 He returned on the 18th of July. V. deduct several days, during which time be was ddetaifsed i:s !tlhe settlements, 1t viii leave only three months for the accom. plshment of this .perilous adventure. Tbe sanie route was never before travelled ineo short a period. By and by, We shall thiak nothing of making excursions to the Noun. tans; and undertake them with scayceh greater inducements than govern the mul6. tndes who flock to our places of fashiopa. l Ble resort in the summer months.

 Mir. Campbell was not molested in any manner by the numerous bands ot Indians through whose country f4e was conpelIeda pass. He remained about fifteen days al the Company post at the foot Of the Black Hills. Returning, he resolved 10 attemH Ithe aacigation of the Platte riVer-a means oftranSportation which has heretofore been. by the traders generally, deemed altogether impracticable. lie accordingly consirucs. ed batteau, loaded t with a large nun. Iber of packs of Buffalo robes, and, by the occasional employment of small boats made of skins, he was enabled 10 descend ! the river a distance of six hundred miles, in Esafety. The navigation of the Platte s made very difficult by its great width, is l shallowness, the absence of channel h any part of ii, and is quick-sand bottom.

 The traders and trappers in that country during the past winter, were generally sue. eessfaI. Mir. CAMPBELL understood from some of the Snake Indians, and little doubt Is entertained of is correctness, that a par. I Ity of Indians of an adjoining tribe bad murdered two of he tfaPPefs beiongiag to the New England expedition under Capt Ngeth. This is the only outrage known to have been committed during the year,in that country, upon Americans.

 The U. 5. Dragons under Col. BoBef, were at the Grand pawnee Village. TheY were in excellent heaith-had formed a very advantageous treaty with the Paw. noes, and were shortly 10 proceed 10 in AWiekaree village---a nation particqlarlY hostile 10 our people--for the purpose q holding a council with them. This tribe to the number of a thousand warriors, ant about 400 lodges, were four days traye from Col. DoDGE's encampnent. Mr CAMPBELL had an interview with them a their vitage-was hospiiably treated, aul informed by them of the position of tht Dragons, and of the expected visit. Pre- para.ions were being made to give them friendly reception.