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Show r .1-· JO 'C'R~ AL. in each of thery'l. At night 've encamp(;d wl1cre we had plenty of good wood oak and ash. Frida:t ::8 th . The morning was cloudy. \Ve set out turfy, and at 10 o'clock came to Deer island. where tho.:;~ "Lo bad gone ahead in the small canoe~ had enc<tnli)ed, and all gone out to hunt except one. In a short tifl}e a hunter retu1·ned "itl1 a large dter, ~nd we coJu.:luclt <.l to stay here all day and repair two of onr canoes, that leaked. It rained at intervals during the day. Our hunters came in and had killed 7 deer in all. Some of the n1en went to bring in the nH'at, .md others went out and killed some geese a11d ducks. At the hlst Yillage we passed I took notice of a diffcl'encc in ti1e dre~s of the females, from thdt of those be!ov;•, about tbe cot\st and Hailey's Bay. Instead of tht! short petticoat, they have a piece of thi11 dressed skin tied tight round their loins, with a narrow slip coming up between tlleir thighs. On this island th ere are a greater number of ~nakes, than I had eYer seen in any other place ; they appeared u lmos~ as ntm1erou5 a~ the blades of g-rass ; and are tt Sf>Ccics of Garter snake. \Vhen oUt· m~n went fot· t.he deet·, they found that the fowls had devoured full!' of the c~rca~es entirely, except the bones. So the)' brought m the othet· t·wo ; and we finished our canoes anrl. put them in the water. The Columbia rirer is now very high, which makes it more difficu1i to ascend. Satnndau 29tlz. The mm~ning was pleasant with some whito ft·ost and we pl'oceeded on early ; pa%ed some olrl Indian lociges, and in the afternoon came to a la~-p;e village, where \ve were recrived wiLll gl'eat kinrlncss, and got fish and wapto roots to t-ilt. Here w~ bou~~it son1e dogs and waptos, and then went on ~g1an .. ~-tho-:.J t a nuje, and encamped. One oft he sick n;cn IS ri.'llte recovered anu the other two are gcttmgbeth~ I·. Smuiay SOt!J, The mor·nino- was fair with some 0 JOUR1 AL. 205 spcHt it with the Indians, and got dogs, fish, shap·uled and roots from them. At 10 o'clock we began to take our horses ovet· the rivel' at this place, as we can lessen our journey considerably by crossing: \Ve borrowed canoes from the natives, and swam the horses along side, and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon had them alllanclecl safe, after' a good deal of trouble. :From this place we can discover a range of mountains, covered "'ith snow, in a southeast dit·ection and about fifty miles distant. In the evening the weather wa~ r!uudy, anci it thunclcl'cd and tht·eatened rain, a few lh'Ops of which fdl. vVe remained here all night, and about dat':( ahoYc and hundr'ed of the nati\·es came down from the forks to see us. They joined \-rith those at tllis place and performed a great dance. \Ve wet·e a very interesting- sight to the sut·t·oundinJ; crowd, as nine-u .. nths of them hatlnevcr before seen a white n1an. Tuesday 29th. The natives remained about our '~amp all night ; and we bought some dogs and a horse from then1. The day was fair, and we got all our baggage transported to the soul~ side of the ri,'er. Het·e are a great many of the natives encamp· eel on a large creek, which comes in from the south, and those on the north side are moving over as fast as they can. vV c encamped on the creek, and got three horses, some dogs, sh:Ap-a-leel, some roots called com-mas and other small roots, which were good to eat and nourishing. rrednt>sday JOt h. This was a cloudy morning, and we stayed here till about I l o'clock to collect our horses, got tvro more; and have now altogether twenty-t !ree horses. Vve ttH::n set out from \ r al-l..t-wal-la r·rvet• anrl nation ; proceeded on about fourteen miles through an extensivt: plctin, when we struck a ba·,mch of the \Val ~la-wal-la riv~r·, and halted for the night. vVe saw no animals ur Lit·ds of any kind, except two ph,.atsanti, or~e of wluch Capt, ClarJ"e ki11ed. Tl1e s |