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Show of the !:i:Hilr. snl't in the Unitt•!l States. 'l'he musquctor.Q too ha.l'C t·c~umctl thrit· visits~ but at·r not yet h·oublesome. 'J'he natluns who inhabit this ft·rtilc udghhourhootl are nt•y nunwt·ous. 'l'hc 'Vnppatoo iulct rxtentls lht·ee hundred ~· al'ds wick, ftn· (('ll ot• twd\'c miles to the south, as far as the hill ~ nc~w whi<'lt H receives the watcl's of a small creel. whose ' '0111'('('8 ~u·c not fat• ihHn those or the Killamucl, l'L\'ct·. On that rt·c 'k rrs.it.les the CJackstat· nation, a n:r merous people of twelve huJHII'ccl soul~, who subsist on fish aud wappatoo. and" ho tt·aul' ~y means of' the Killamuck l'ive•·· with the natiou ol' Umt name on the seacoast. JJOWCl' tlown the inlet, tow~ll'd :.; Clac Volumbia, is the tr·ihe callctl ()athlacunmp. Ou the sluicr which connects the iulct wHh the . Mulf uomah, at·c tlw tt·ihl'~, Uathlanahquiah, ancl Cath· taconaalll}l: ancl on " 'Hppatoo islam], tlu.· tl'ihcs or Clannall· minarnun. and Clai111:Ul'&ah. ImmctliateJy oppositt·, uca\' the Towallllahioo)(s, are the QuathlaJlOtlcs, mul highcl' up Oil t ltc side or the Coluuahia. the Shotos. All thcstl tribes, as wdl as the Cat hlalmws, who live somc\l' hat lower on the rivet·, a.nd have an oltl village on Jlee1· i ·lantl, may be con~ ·ideJ'(•<l ~u1 parts of the g•·cat J\lultnoma h nation, whit'h has its IH"illcillal l'Csiucncc on 'Vappatoo island, nca•· the mouth of tile hu·ge l'iVCl' tO which they give thCll' name. Jc'lll'()· miles above it · junction with the ColumlJia., it rcecircs the water. or Ote Clackamos, a l'ive1· which may l.Jc traced tlu·ough a woody au<l fet·tHe country to its soul'cCs in mount J dlcrson, almo~nt to the foot ol'which it is navigalJlc fot· canoes. A nat iou oft lac ~a me name resides in eleven villages along its bol'del' ·: they Jive <.!hidly on fbh anu roots, which al.)Ountl in j he U1aekamos mad along it!:! baul\s, though they sometimes desc.-nd to the Columbht to ga.thcr wallllatoo, where 1hcy caunut be tli~; tinguishcd by dt·css or manners, ot·l:m· guago i'1·om the tt·iues ol' MuHnomahs. Two «lays' journey f1·om the Columbia, oe about t\nnty miles beyond the en .. ttancc ol' the UlacJuuuos. arc the fa1ls of the MuHnomab. Atthis lllacc nT'o the permanent residences of tbc Cushooks ~uu\ Chaltcowa hs, ~ wo t l'iu<>s who a t•e aHt·actrd to that plal'C hy the JisJ,, and by the eunn•nicncc of' tt·ading nct·o ·s the moun - 1ains ancl do ... ~· n Killamuck t·ivet·, with the nation of Kill:\~ mucks, ft·om whoHl tlwy proem· train oil. The c falls \\ ct•c occasio1wcl uy the passage of a hir,h ran~c ol' mountains; Lt!)' OtHl which the twuntt·y sts·cl ch 'S into a va!;t lcvt~l plain, wlwlly clcslifntc ol'timhc1'. As l'at• as Ow lnclian ·, with whom we couvct·setl, ha<l cvet· pcnetl'atcd 1hal count•·y, it was in lmbitcd by a nation (\alletl Calahporwah. a. vct·y numet·ou })COplc whose villages. n<'arl) l'01·ty in numlwr, al'c catt<.·re<.l alono· each !!ide of the 1\tultnomah, which fm·nish them with 1:) thcit•t•hiefsubsistcncc, n~h, aml the roots aloug its banks. All the tribes in the nci;.;hhoul'ltootl ol' \Vappatoo hlamt, we have eonsitlercd as JHultnomahs; not because they are in any degree subot·dinatc to that nation; but f I.H'Y all seem to regat·d the l\'lultnonmhs a the most 1wwed'ul. 'l'hcl'e is n11 clistii\!;Uishc(} chief, eXCCllt the OllC at the head Of the ~lult• noma.hs; aiHl they at' IDOl'COVeL' linkc(\ hy a siluilat·ity of dress amlmantl('t·s, and houses ancl language, which much Jmn·e than the feeble rcst•·aints of lndiau govet·umcnt contribute to n1ake one }H'Ople. 'J'hese ciL·cumstanccs also seJlat ·alc them from nations lowct· down the riYcr. The Clatsops, Chinnooks, 'Vahkiaeums autl (;atillamahs understand each other }l<'d'cctly; thcit·langnage v•u·ies, howe' e1·1 in some respects l't·om that of' the Sldlloots; but on reaching the 1\iultnomah Imlians, we found, that although many wot·«ls were the same, and a great numuct• difrct·ctl only in the 1nocle of accenting them, ft·om those employed by the Indians ncar tho mouth or the l5olum.hia, yet thet·e was a V<'t'Y sen· siblc variation of language. The na.tives of t.he valley arc lat·gct• ~mel rather bcU.eJ' shaped than those of the seacoast· their appearance too is generally healthy, but they a.t·c afflicted with the common disease of the t:olumbia, soronrss of the eyes. To whateve•· this uisonlcr may.ue imputed it is; a gl·cat national calnmi1~·: at all H$;C', tht:i ,. "Ye'3 arc s.t~l'il • |