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Show In the evt"ning the huntc~t·s lll'ought in gam<' for a sum1, .. tuous suptwt·. which w~~ bhat•t'd "ilh the Indians, both llal'· tics of whom sp('nt the night with us. Monday 4. 1'he wrathN' was clondy aml cool. and the wind from th(l west. During the night. the ticlc a·osc dghtcen inches ncar our <'amp. We srt out about ei~ht o'(')oc·k, and at the distance of three mile · t•ame to the lower end of Diamond island. It is six milt's long. ncal'ly tht'•'<' in width. and like the othrr· island • thinly cove•·cd with timbet ·. and ha a number of vond or small lakes '<•attet•cd ovt>r its surface. Be ide the animal~ ah·eady nwntioncd we shot a drer on it this morning. Ncar th•· t•nd ol' Dia~ mood isla.ntl at·e two othe1·s, srJl~u·ated by a. narrow ('hanne.l :filh.·d at high tides only, which coni inue ou the t·ight for the distance of three miles, and like the adja.(•cnt lo\V grounds, arc thickly covca·ed with 11ine. Just below the last, we lnndccl on the left bank of the l'iver·. a• a village of twenty-five houses; all of" these Wt.~l'f~ thatehctl "ith sta·aw, and built of bark, except om' which was about Jifly feet long. built of boards in the form of those higher· up the rivet·, from which it diffct•ctl however, in bl·ing complctl•ly above ground, anti covered with broac! S}>lit bo;u·ds; this village contains about two hundt·ed men of thr SkiJloot uation, who seem well JH'OVi(h•d with eanocs, of which there were at least fifly-two, ancl some of tlH'Ill V('l'Y lar~e. cl..awn up in rt·ont of the ,,illagc. On landing \H' found Ow Indian fa·om alJOH~, who had lef't US this lllOl'llillt)• and WhO now invited us into a lodge or which he appcaa·t·d to own a }lal't. Hca·e he tn•atNI us with a •·oot, round in shape, ancl a!Jout the size of a small l1·ish potatoo, which they {'all wallpatoo, it is the common :u·•·owhead Ol' sagittifolia, so much mllti,•at<'cl by the (.;hinese, ami wh<'n a·oastcd in the cmhct·s till it becomes soft, has au agl'ccable ta~:;te, and is a very f;OOd substitute t'o•· b•·<·ad. Al'ler purchasing some more of this t·oot, we resumed om· ,ioul'ney. aml at sc '00 uulc. (listancc came to the hcall of a large island near the ten. On the right shOl'C is a fine opt'n prairie for about a milo, back of whi<•h the country ri rs, and is supplied with tirubca·, sueh as white oak, pine of diffet·cnt kinds, wild crab, and s<wc•·nl speei(.'S of mulcrgrowth, while along the bot·· de•·s of the r·iver. there at·e only a few cottonwood aml ash tJ'e(:s. Jn this Jll'airie were also signs of deer aml elk. \Vhen we landed for dinner, a number of Indians from the last village, carne down fot• Uw put·posc. as we sup}lOsed, of paying us a fl·ienrlly visit, as they had put on thc.ir fnvouritc dt•rsscs. In add it ion to the it• usual coYcring tl•ey had scarlet and blue blanhets, sailot·s' jackets cuul trowsers, c;hit·ts and hats. 'l'lu.·y had all of them cithct· wat· axes, spears and how al'l'ows, or musl\.cts and pistols, with tin llowdcr• flasks. 'Ve smoi\C(l with them and endeavoured to Mhow them every attrntion, uut we soon found them very assuming and disagreeable companions. While we were catjng tlwy stole ~he pipe with which they wel'C smoking, a.ml the great <·oa.t or one of the men. We immediately searched thelll all, and discovered the coat stuffed under the l'OOt of a tl't'C Il('~U' \\here they Wt.'l'C sitting; but the pipe "e eould not rccovet•. I~.,inding us determined not to suffer any imposition, and tliscontculcd with them, they showct\ ilwir displeasm·c in tlw onl.Y way which they dared, by r·e· f.m•uiug in an ill humoul' to thdr village. We then procecd(• tl and soon met two canoes with twelve men of the same t)killoot nation, who wrrc on thdl' wa.y from below. 'I'be laa·~l'l' ol' the canoes was ornamented with 'he ligure of a Lcat· in the bow, and a man in tht· stca·n, both nearly as largt' as life, both made or 1miutrd wood, and very neatly fixed to the boat. In the same canoe were two Indian~ finely dt·es ·ed and with t•ound hats. This cia·cumstancc induct ·d us to gi vc the name of Image cauoe to the large islantl. fhe lowet· end of which we uow passed at the dis tanec of nine miles from its hfa.d. 'Vc had seen two smallet• isla.ads to the right, and t.brcc fTIOI'f} nc-ar· its lower |