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Show 4~ the 1 -ivrr and crerk, antl i · convt·nient to hunt along the foot of the mountains to the we~t aml soutb\\t~st. wher iht'I'C at'C S('VCra} Sj}CciCS oft imbcl' \'\' hi<·h f'm•m lim• ('0H~l't5 fo•· game. l~.. . L'OIU thiR l'U(.'k. I ht• piunaelc or tlH.' l'OUild_mountain <•ovcretl with sno\\. "hi<'h we had s<•rn a Hho1·t til. tance below the l'Ol'KS or tlw Coluauhia, ~uH.l whic·h we hall ealled the Falls or Tianm mountain, is souli1 1,,3o west, and about. thirty scvenmiks ttistant. The fate of chr countt·y on both si<lcs of the rh cr abo' e and helow the falls is stN·p, t•uggcd, and l'oelq, with a n'J'Y ·mall lH'OVOI'tion of be1·bagt•, and no timbm·, e~CCllt a few bushes: the hills, however, to the west, }mve orne scattet· d pine, white oak and othrr ldnds of t•·ees. All the timber used by tlw pco1•lc at the upper falls is rafted down the TowaltnaJriooks; aull those '' ho lho at the heatl of the naL'l'OWS we have JU~t l)aS Nl, bring tht.·it• \\ood in the same way ft·om this t.'l't'('k to the lower I><Ll't of the narrows, f 1 • 0111 "hich it js mu·ried t.ul'eo miles by land to t.hch· h&tlJita~ tions. Both above and below~ as \vcll a.s iu the narrows, we sa\l a great number or ea-otte t· ot· seals, and this t.•vening one deer was killed, and gt·cat signs of that animal seen ncar the camp. In tlw creek we shot a goose, and saw much ap~ pcat·ance of bt•aver, and one d' the pa1·ty also saw a fish, which he took w IJc "~ d&·Uln fish. A wong the willows we found several snat·cs, set IJy the natives for the }Hll'(WSe of catd.1ing wolves. Satlll·day, 26. The morning was fine: '"e sent six men to hunt and to <lollect r o-;in to pitch the canoe.~, which, by bt:ing frt.•qucntl) hauled O\Cl' a·ocl s. ha\e bt•<·ome very lca~y. 'l'lw t..•&moes wet·· also IJa·ought. out to dry. and on rxaminat. ion it ,, a,s loltnd that man) of the articles had l.H•<•ome ~poHell by being l't'llC'a.tcdly wet. )Ve wea·e occupied with tile ob~ servations necessaa·y to dctN·mine om· Jonbitude, and with conferences among the lndiaus, man) of whom <·a.me on hol'setmck to the opJlOsite shore in the foa·e1mrt of the da.y, and showed some anxiety to cross oYcl' to us: we did not Up tfte ~lissnuri. 'however tl1ink it prop<'l' to sene\ l'm· them, hut towards evt•ncw" tWO chit.'fS with liftet' ll lUt..'ll ('cl11l(' UVt:l' in a small C.lliOC: ~ th ey proved to be tlu.~ two pt·iucipal chiefs of the tl'i ut'H at and above the falls, who ha.d lJrcn alJst•nt on a. huutiug exc ursion as we pasSl'tl t ht.•it• re ·idt•nec: ru<'h ot' them ou their arrival made us a present ol' dcet·'s Hesh, autl small white cakes made of' roots. Being anxious to ingt•at ia.tc ourselves in theia· favour so as to insut·c a friendly t•eeeption on out• t•etm·n, we tl·ratecl them with all the kindness we could show: we aekuowlcdnr the ehiel's, gave a mctlal or the small size. a a·ed silk lnuulb..rl·ch it..'f, a.n ~u·mbaud, a knife, and a pict•e of paint to <'a.ch thit.'J', anti small pt·e~wnts to scvet·al of tht• pa1•ty. and haifa tle t·r: tht'SC attcutions W('l'e not lo~t on the Indians, who a}'lH'cll'ed vt·a·y well plrased with them. At ni~bt a fil'e wa.s nan de iu the middle of om· caanll, antl as the lm\ians Si\( I'OtlrlCI it 0111' men danced to (.}t~ IH!ll;ic Of the -violin, whi•·h so c.lt·lig ht('t.l clh'lll that scYea·al r csolvetl to remain with us all ni~ht: tlu· l'l'St <·,rossrd the J'iH·r. A.Jl fhc tt·i1Jes in this ncig-hhou rhoml a1·c at war willl the Snah• Judians, whom the,v all dc:ica·ibr as l ivin~ on the 'l'owalauahiool ... s, and ''hose neare~t town j~ . a.id to ht• four da) s' m:wch from tuh plare, anct in a cli a·c·t•tion nearly !!OIIllnvt'st: thrt·c bas latrly bt·cn a. battle bet ween t ht•s<~ ll'iiJt>s, btd \\ c NIUltl not ascet·tain the loss on dthea· sitlc. Tho w atcr l'OS<' today eight incht·s. a 1·ise "hi<·h \\ C t•ould only a~wriuc to the cireumstance or the "ind's having been up t ht~ a·ivc·a· fot• the last twenty-four houa· ·, since tlw iufluenec of the tide cannot lJe iensible hea·e on account of t.he falls b(•Jow. The huntet·s returned in the evcniu;,;; th<'y had seen the tracks ufdk aml bear in the mountains. and kill<'d five dt•t..•r·, four Tct·y large ga·ay squia•J•els, aaul a. ga·ousc: tht·y inl'ot·m us that the country ofr the t•ivc t· is IH·ukc~n, ston.r. and thinly timbet ·ed witb 11ine and white oa.k ; br ~idcs c.Ju•sc delicacies one of the men killed with a gig a sa.lmou t1·out. wh,eh, being fl'ied in some bear's oil, whicb had been given to us by the chie( whom we h"'-d met this morning below the narrows, |