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Show Lewis a net C La•·T~c' s .ExpetlHion abundant in tlte rive•·, we contcntc(l oul'srlves with pureha~ sing ail the dogs we could obtain. tThe nation among which we now at·c call themselves Sokulks; and with ~h<'m are united a f'cw of anotber nation, who l'eside on a western bran<·h. c~mptying it s<'lf into the ColumLia a few miles above thr month of the latter rivrr, and whose name is Chimnapum. 'fhc language or boHt ~hese nations. of each of which we ohh1incd a vocalmlaa·y. diffci'S hut little fr·om c•a<•h other, ot· ft·om that or the Chopunnish who inhahit the Kooslwoskee and Lewis's t·ivCJ• In tlu·ir cll·css ami general appca•·anel' also t bey t•rsemhle mulllt those nations; ~he men wear~ ing a robe of dl'ct· ot· antdopt> sldn, under which a few of them ha' c a sluwt kath<'l'll sllirt. The most striking difflw~ cncc b(·t ween them is among t.lu.· fl,malcs, the Sokulk women lwing mor·e inclined ~o corJHtlency than any we have yet seen: t.hei1• !'ta.tul'c is low, tt.eiJ• r~u·cs IH'mul, and theit• hea()s fl.attcnt>d in stwh a manucr that Ow fot•ehead is in a straight line f•·o•u the nose to tl•e cr·own of the head: their ey<'s are of a. clit·ty sable, their hair· too is eoarsc and bla<•k, and braidccl as above witho\tt ornament of any kind: instcacl of wea•·ing, as do the Cho1mnnish, long leathern shirts, higl•ly decorated with 1wads and shclls, the Sokulk f(~ maJcs have no other cove~·ing but a t•·uss or piece of leather tied round t.hc hips and then drawn tight between the legs. ']'he ornaments usually worn by hotb sexes an~ la•·ge blue or white beads, either pendant from their ears, or· round the necks, wr·ists, and ~u·ms: they have likewise bracelets of brass, copper, and horn, and some trinkets of shells, fish boot's. and <·-111·ious feathers. The houses of the Sokulks are made of lat•t:;c mats uf ru:;hes, and are gemwaiJy of a squa1·e or ohlong fol'm, vary in!! in l('ngth fa·om iiftccn to sixty feet, and t;uppoa·tcd in the insidt• hy poles or forks about six feet high: the 1op is covcretl with mats, leaving a space of twelve or fifteen incll('.s the whole length of the house, for the pur· pose of admitting the light and sufrering the smoke to pass dn·ough: t.hc roof is nearly ilat, which seems to indicatt> Up the .Missourz. that rains are not common in this open country, and the house is not divided into a(la•·tments, the fire being in the middle of thr large room, and immediately under the hole in the roof: the l'Ooms arc ot·namented with their nets, ~igs, and other flshint; ta<·klt), as well as the bow for each inhabi tant. a.nd a lal'ge quiver of arrows, which arc h<'aded with flint gtpncs. 'fhe Sokulks Sef'lll to he of a mild and JH'tl<'<'ahle clispo-sition. arul live in a statt· of compa.•·ative h:-q,piness. The mt>n like t.hos<' on tiH• Kimouenim, a1·c said to contt·nt th<'m· sdves with a single wife, with whom we ohservc the husbaml sha.·es the lahom·s of IH'Otm·int.; subsistence much mo•·e than is usual among savagrs. 'Vhat ma.y lle considered as an utu•quivocaJ proof of their good di position, is the gt•cat respect which was shown to old age. Among other· ma.t·ks of it, we observed in one of the houses an old woman perfectly lllind, and who we were informed had lived moi'C than a. hunciJ'ed winh:lJ'o. In this state of de .. cr(•pit.ude, she O<'<'U}licd the best position in the house, seemed to he h·t•atNI with g•·ca.t kindness, ancl whatever she said wa list,·nNI to with much a~h·nlion. 'J'hey are by no means intrusive. and as their li ~ ht•l'i('s supply them with a competrnt. ifnof an ubuntlant sub istence, although they receive thaniSully whatever we choose to give. tlu~y do not impor~ une us by bq.;~ing. The fish is, indeed, their chief fnod. exN·pi the roots. and the casual supplies ol' the antelope, which to those who have only bows and ara·ows, must IJe very scanty. 'l"'his di"t may be the dit·cet or the remote cause ol' the chief disoa·der which 1wevai!s amoug them, as well as among the Flatheads, on the Kooskooskee and Lewis's river·. With aiJ these Indians a bad sm·cncss of the eyes is a vea·y common diso•·dcr, which is sum·rcd to ripen by neglect, till many a1·e dcptivecl of one of their eyt·s, and some have totally lost the usc of both. rrhi!:l dreadful cala. mity may \'easonably. we think, be imputed to the constant reflection of the sun on the waters where they are constantly |