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Show 112 Lewis antl Clm·ke's Expctlitiou bia) to trade for wappatoo roots. In the it· drr.ss. aJ,prarancc, and indeed eve•·y circumstance of life. th~y diHer very little f 1·om the Chinnooks. <Jlatsops. and other nations in the neighbourhood. Thr chit.~f variation wr laa.vc observed is in the manner of burying thr dead; the bodies being secured in an oblong box of plank. whieh is placed in an open canoe, lying on the ground, with a paddle, and other small articles or the deceased by his sille. 'Vhil t smoking with the Indian~, captain Clarke was surprised about ten o'clock by a loml shr·ill outcry fl'om t\1c OJlposite villa;;e; on hearing which, all the Indians immediately started up to cross the creek, and Ow gni•lc inf01·me<l him tlaat some one had been J"ilktl. On examination, one of the men was discovered to lH~ ahscnt, anrl a gmn·d des1mtchcd, who met him crossing the c•·cck in great haste-. An Indian belonging to another band, ami who happened fn be witl1 the Killamucl~s that m·cning, had tl'eatrfl him with much himlncs, and walked at·m in at·m with him to a tent w11c1·e our man found a. Chinnook squaw, who was an old a(~quaiutance. From the conversation and mannrr of the stranger, Otis woJinan discovered Omt hi'i ohjeet was to mut·dct· the white man, l'or t.hc salw of 1hc few a.rticl(·s on his )lCl'!:IOU, aml whcu lae rose, and pt·coscu oul.· man to go to ~mother tent whel'e they would tind something bette1' to ca.f, !lhc held M'Neal by tho blanket; not knowing Jaea· object, he ft·t•ctl himself fa·om her, and was going on with his {lt'c•cm1cd f1·icnd. '"hen she ran out and gave the shriek'" hich hrought the men of the village over, and the strangCJ' t•an off before M'Neallwcw what had occasioned the alal'm. Thursday, 9. The morning was fine, tho wind from the northeast; and having divided our stocl\ of the blul>ber, we began at sunl'isc to retread our steps, in order to reach fort Clatsop, at the distance of thi1·ty-five miles. We met se~ vet·al pat·tics of Indians on their way to tr·adc for blubber aml oil with the Killamucks; (our t·oute lay across the same mountains which we had already passed) we also overtook a Up tlw .JJlissouri. i1S party returning from the village, and could not but regard with astonishment the heavy loatls which the women carry ovet• t.heie fatiguing and tlangerous paths. As one of the women was descending a steep part of the mountain, her loall slipped fr·om her back, and she stootl holding it by a strap with one hand, and with the other suppm·ting herself by a bush.: captain Clarke bcin~ neal' luw, undertook to replace the load. and lound it almost as much as he could lift; and above one hunllrcd pounds in weight. Loaded as they were, they kept pace with us~ till we reached the saltmakcrs' tents, where we pas ·ed the night, while they continued their route. Fritla.y~ 10. We proceeded act·oss CJatsop river, to the I•lace where we had left our canoes; and as the title was com~ ing in, immetliately embarked lot· the l'ort, at which place 've arrived about ten o'clOllk at night. Dlll·ing thch· absence, the men had been occupicll in hunting anll dr·cssing skins, but in this they were not vcl'y successful, as the deer have become scaa·cc, aml arc, indeed, seen chiefly near the prah·ies and open groumls, along the coast. 'rhis mor·ning, however, there came to the fot·t twelve Indians, in a laq;e canoe. 'fhey are of the Cathla.mah nation, our J\Carcst neighbours above, on the south side or the l'iver. The tia, ot• chief, whose name was Shahawaca]>, ha.vinb been absent on a hunting excursion, as we passel! his village, had never yet seen us, and we thercfo1·e showed him the honours of our country, as well as our reduced finances would 11ermit. \Ve invested him with a small medal, aml received a 1,resent oflndian tobacco and a basli.ct of wappatoo in retua ·n, for \vhich wo gave him a small}>iece ol' our tobacco, antl thread for a fisl1ing net. They had brought dried sal~ mon, wappatoo, dogs, and mats malle of rushes and flags: but we bought only some dogs and wappatoo. 'rhcsc Calblamahs speak the same language as the Chinnooks and Clat· sops, whom they also resemble in dress and manners. ' ' OL. II. Q. - |