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Show Lewis and Clcu·J~c' s ExJJed.itwn humoured, so that we gave to the plaN~ the name of the Friendly village. 'V c hrcakl"asted here, and af~tw pu•·r!lasing twelve dogs, foul' sacks of fish, and a frw tl•·a<•d h(•t·ra.es, proceeded on our journey. 'rhc hills as _we pa::;!:wd ~s·c lugh with steep an(\ rocl'Y sitlcs. ~md some pmc and wJuic oak. ami an uud(wga·owth of sln·ubs scattcrr.<l over them. Four miles below tlais village is a small river on the right sid<·; immediately below is a village of Cbilluckittcqma.wH, cousisi in~ of cl<>ven houses. Jlcrc we landed and smoked a }liiJC with the inhabitants, who were very cllcerfu) and fa·icudly. They ~s well as the people of the last village inform us, that this rher comes a considerable distance fs·om the N. N. :E. that it has a great numbcl' of falls, which pt·evcnt the salmon ft·om passing Ul), a.ml that thct·c arc ten nations rrsiding on it who subsist on bc·nics, or· such game as th(•y can 1n·ocurc with their bows and at·•·ows. At ils mouth tlac river is sixty yards wide, and has a. deep aud very r·apid chauucl. From the numbe1· or faJJs of'" hich the lndians spoke, we gave it the name of (.;ata.raut rivet·. \Ve purchased fout· dogs. and then proceeded. The counu·y as we advance is mon· l'O<'ky and broken, and the Jlinc and low '" hitcoak on the hills in· c1•easc in great quantity. Thl'ec miles IJdow Catas·ad l'iver we passed three lat·ge t•ocks in the l'iver; that in the middle 9.::; large and lou~e1· iban the rest, aud l'rom the (' ia·cumstmacr (,)r its ha,•ing several Hquare vaults on it, ohtaincd the name Gf Sqmlehrc bland. A short distance IJclow an~ h\ o buts ()f Indians on the right: the river now widens, and in tha·cc miles "e came to two more houses ou the right. one mile beyond which is a rocl'Y island in a bend of the a·inw to\Y~u·tls the left. " 'ithin the ucxt six miles we passed l'ourtt·cu huts of Indians, scattered on the right hank, and tlu•n rcLu·hed the entrance of a river on the left, which we ca 'led l.aiJieshc~s river, aftet• Lal>ieshc one of out· party • .Just above this l'ivcr i a lo'' gt•otmd mot·e thickly timbered than usual. and in front arc four huts o'' Indians on the bank, which arc the iirst ~e haTe seen on that side of the Columbia. '!'he ex· U11 thr Jllissoul'i. ~eption may he occasioned by this spot"s being more tltan usu· ually protected from the ntllli'Oach or their enemies, by tbe ereek. and the thicl wood behind. 'Ve again embarked, and at t h~ diqfanc>.~ of a mile passed the mouth of a rapid creek on the right eighteen ya•·ds ,vide: in this et•cck the Indians whom we left take theil" fish, and ft·om the number of canoes which were in it, we callc<l it Canoe creek. Opposite to this creek is a laa·ge sandbar, which eontinucs fo1· four miles along the left side of the a·iver. .T w»t below this a beautiful cascade falls in on the left O\'Cl' a precipice or rock one hundred feet in bright. One mile further arc foul' Indian huts in the low ground on the left: and two mih~s bcyoml this ~L point of laud on the l'ight, where the mounjains become l•igh on both sides, and posses~ mot·e timbc1· and ;;s·catct· val'ict ic~ of if. than 1• it h4>:•·to, am\ those on the left at·e covm·crl with snow. One mile fa·om this point we ha.lte•l for tlw nigl•t at three Indian huts on the right, having made thil'ly-two miles. On om· first ar!' iva.l they seemed SUl'Jll'iscd, but not alarmc•l at our appearam• c, and we FiOon became intimate by means of smoking and out· favourito cntcl'tainmcnt f'or the Indians, the 'Violin. '.rhey gave us fntit, some roots, and root-bread, and we pur~ chased t'a·o•n them three t.logs. The houses of these people as·e similar to those of the Indians above. and thcil' Janguag the same: their dress also, eonsisting or robes Ol: skins of wolves, deer, elk, and wihl-ca.t, is mad€' nc~u·ly al'tea· the same model: thcit· hair is wot·n in plaits down ca(•b shoultler .. nn<l round thcit· ne<•k is put a stt·ip of some sJ ... jn with the tail of the animal Jmugin~ down ovct· the breast: like the Indians abol'e they are foncl of otter skins, and give a. $;1'eat p1·icc fm· them. 'Vc hm:e saw the skin of a mountain sheep, which they say li"e among the rocks in the mountains: the skin was covered with white bait·, the woullong, tlliclt, aml coarse, with loug coarse hail· on the top of the neek, and the back l'esembling somewhat dtc bl'istles of u. goa,t. Jm VOIJ. n. 1l |