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Show 1~4 J(;UHNAL. wc·11 ouf t() t'l: nt. l\1yself and ·! mrn went bc!Gw thr. T~~r...:. i~l or ...... _,'. ' •Y li ,l cl', and killt.J drl dk, :wme cleu· : 1r.d :t blar·k l l:t.r. ..." "bu-. r..t•: :3rd. ",V c went out and killed some deer; iiL ~I d1 t!l 10 brin ~ in the meal of th e.: bear and dl'y that of lL~ t:th; h•tt it !<tined so hard we could not dry the :1:e t ; Hnd therefore brouhht in the cnrc a~e of the ·)c,. r. On our way '\Ve saw 3 sm ul l cnbb m a d_cn, bnl the old bear was not with them . In the cvenmg y:~ rctnrn<:d to our camp, and remained there ull rin·ht. b.Fridm; ttth . After a doudy morning, we tnmecl out ancl-killt:d a deer and some geese, and then went to ! he camp. A p~uty that wtnt out on the upper sick of ~andy river, killed 4 dk, and ~omc ol the men 1ven.: out drying- the.: me<.:t. . \\hi !\.! 1 was out bunl ii'l~, C~1pt. Clarke f;ot mforma~ t:.ln tl!.tt a large l'iH; l' came in on tbe south side d' the C<J:umLia, ~d;out 4Q miles below t his I'lace, o•mosite a lurtre island, \\- hicb haJ cullCe <d ed it fl'om l ~- ·~ . . 't our , it;w; an'! w~nt down wlth. ~'" men to ~'H' \\: 1 · }Ie foui~d it to he a \'Cl'Y l t~rr;e rin:r, 500 .''trcts v.tde, 'With sc n.:r<d nations ot IlHiians lidng on it; and its source ~ UP!JO~cd .to be n~ar the heucl \';.'::lt~r ~ ?.f_soc?e of the l'J P.:r:-;, wh1ch fallmto the gulph oi Cl!rllorr:la. On their 1 tturn t h~.y bought some dogs at <~n li1c!I:m yjJlag....:; ~tt:d la~t night ani\'ed at camp. l·our men •,ver\.! st:n t on abcad this fol'eneon in a canoe to hunt; al1Lll 'r<.::llt 0\.!t with t'r,-o mol'e to the ckn where we •,·\ w the < t,lJs, to watch for t lte old be ill' ; we stayed there u!Hil <tt~ ri.\: and t hl'n encamped c:bout a qil~tter of a mi:e c.~: :·, rt lld ·wen t back c:ar!y in the morlllng i Lut thv r.'.l o 11c W .. \S not rdur!1c l: so we took the •:o0'j all·, t~ t ·:t ' IH: d to r<tmp. , (/a t!,-r.·~.. r .> 1i . Th.! wt:atl,e: ,,·as ple:lsant. 1 here :~ u b":,tr i-f :l pl'<liti..: and n num b~r of ponds belo\r the n: ·JmL <, f ~m:dr I-1-.-et·; <1nci about two m~i e s from \;,(, ( _ '· ' ': th; -soil i" i'i-:h wi th white ct.d~r tirr, · 1 0 U nN 1 ' M l\, 41.l.Jo • f ~ • Lc, 1 .1 1 :..~ 1 l5 vc1y muc h stn-pp~( I t •1· - 1 l , 1!..:.') J ~r . , tn , n .. ! ·l \'LS ::1 ki 1 ~~ usc.: ot it both !o t fDu! u :~d ·: : >~ ! : i :·g·.·; .'\ ··m ~nbet· of the In.l!.lll'i \'isit lh d ail y ; an< l!J~ f· · 111 ~ :..: ; ;.n g-ener:·l ho..ve tb .t lt:uth-.•t• C · -t\'1.: tJ! l! ~ rv;. 1: Lh~i•· !->ins, wm-:h i.;; s<..-.'!lewtwt in the fu 'f: i c l - ;t t· ·~ ~:~· . • 'unda11 Gth. V e bad a fi11c WJmi n ;· ' ll i1 ~om· .~. >:•-r, '• ab.;ut JO o\·luck we set out; t): "> ·cd :. L ttt:i 1 l - - . . . I I . ' I l t q pt'r:Ut l ·~ 0!1 tne noj· l1 SHe, W.1h.ll '.V ~; r o1: 1 ' it) . >l', for til ~ fo ~~- as we went do ;,·n ; pro r:t.;c !eel on ~~bo-:.lt '· mlie'; a.d c;•.r.1e to Otli' !.U!Htr!:i' C a!!.p. 'l'hc·y hJ• ;\; : ~~d S t::lk j ~- 0 Fe b<.lv.:~ ser~t Ol•t iv! t :i~ !1l l:at i.i1 j. b··:",\'1 to cir:: it. \Ve a :··! no\'.' :tt t rc.. h:..:.d cr t !•,· :-, -- I 1. I - C' ,. t CuiHm•)>t Ya! ..?)' ; w lLC.1 1s a Hih! ·:.t :•-) .~~JOUt 7( ) miks lo.1g, ~.bmmdm,~ ; W•lt l1 roc. ts o:,. (aI •t . I,. .~ ~·~ n~ l- .•t 'l ' 1~ , which the n:..ltin.:s u~e for f.Jcd, t' StJ(: LiJ: l ;~ tht.: \Vap •J roots which they p,-ather ouL of the p c r~ c: .i. T h ~ t; .~; ber is mostly of the fir kind, with some c:1::t ry, dl' ~ vood, soft maple and a~.h ; an< l « var!. ety ot. s l Jrt. •:; ·; whi c ~ 1 bc:<tr ft·uit of a Gnc llavour, t b\H t!1:.: n'ttil·L':) m <.~kc u<.>e of to t· foocl. l'rfm}.-;:; 7tl;. T:~!;<; w,1s a plc n s~nt clay, but rloHdy. ,..,.., .. l , ' . ' •• . { hree hunters went Oil attC:l.Cl <.'\~a1t1 ~nn u.~ !':.:~t 9.!. the p~rty rernain{.:d tll'ying meat w snu~i~t on '"'hi lt.: we p~\ssed th ~ Colnrnbi~ piains, as thtt·t: ij no game.: .in that pa-rt of the colmtry, according to the ~•c~·out~t · lr'yen by the nat iv~s, '" ho <u·e cLa ily co rni!lf; do v.1 ; ~nd !lay that those rcrnt~ining in the plains a1 \,; i:1 <l , t.u-vin::r conclitiou, and will continne so nntil thl' <) :;.tlm~n bc1,~, io to run, wbicb is Ytry soon e. pr.:clccl t M:-. M' K r•;.zie :tho mentions th at the we ~t c> I'n };;(l inn_; m.1~. c· II."Je of the i:HJCI' te g·llment of the b:t i'k r,t t"t es {;, ~ food; and tk<t it is g-en~~:~lly consitlerecl by tl! ~ '!' C•"C in E' l'iot· Indiaqc; as a deliearv, r:tther than a·1 :tr< ic. t" o t to rr.mcm food ; t ll:tt oa this :mel Jie1·bs th ey arc u'lecl to zu-.t.a in t i t(·P t sch ·c~ 011 th e ir jollJ·nics. He likewi se sL'ltcs that of the inn•-r r itHl c,f the !H: rnlock, taken oft' enrly in the Sf~tjng the~ 1n: kc:. a k ind of cakes, which tile,\· Cftt wi:.l! 3almon oil, :mel vf wl:;ch they appc~r Y('rr fond. |