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Show Z8 Lewis cwd Vla1·Tce·s Expedition blue cloth, ancl also ;.l sailor's rouncl jacket; but we obtaiued only a few poumlc<l roots, and some fish, for "hich we of course paid them. Among otber things we ol>scrved s~me acorns, the fruit of the ,vhite oak. These they usc as Jood either· raw or roasted, and on inquiry informctl us that they were procured from the Imlians 'vho live near the great falls. This place they designate by a name very commonly ap}lliedjto it by the Indians, aml highly expressive, the word Timm, ·which they pronounce so as to make it verfectly l'C• present the sounll of a distant cataract. After breakfast we resumed our journey, and in the course or three miles passed a rapid where large rocks were strewed across the river, and at the head of which. on tbc right shore were two huts of Indians. We stopped here for the purpose or examinin;; it, as we always do whenever any danger is to be apprehended, and send round by land all tl1ose who cannot swim. :Five miles further is anotbor rapid, foa·med by large rocks pro· jecting fr·om each side, above which WCI'e five huts of Indi-ans on the right side, occupied like those we bad ah·cacly seen, in da·ying fish. One mile below this is the lower point of an island close to the right si,lc, opposite to which on that sbot·e, at~c two Indian huts. On the left side of the river at this place, arc immense piles of rocks, which seem to have slipllcd ft·om the cliffs unde1· which they lie; they continue till spreading still nlrthct· into the river, at the distance of a mile ft·om the island, they occasion a very dangerous t•apid; a little below which on the right side are five huts. For many miles the river is now narrow and obstructed with very large rocks thrown into its cltanncl; the hills continue high and covered, as is very rarely the case, with a few low pine trees on their tops. Between three and f'our miles below the last rapid occurs a second, which is also difficult, and three miles below it is a small river, which seems to rise in the open plains to the southeast, and falls in on the left. It is foriy yards wide 4\t its mouth; but discharges only a small quantity of watet• Up the .Missouri. at present: we gave it the name of Lepage's river from Lepa~ c~ one of our company. Near this little river and immediately below it, we had to cncountm· a new rapid. The rivet• is crowtlcd in every direction, 'vith la1·gc rocks and small rocl\:y islands; the passage crooked and difficult, and fot· two miles we wc1·e obliged to witul witb great care along- the nat•J•ow channels and between tl1e huge J'OCks. At tlw end of this rapid arc four huts of Indians on the right. and two miles bt>low iive more huts on the same side. Jlet~e we landed and passed the night, after making thi1'ly-th1·cc miles. 'The inhabitants of these huts explain~ cd to us that they '"ere the relations of those who live at the great falls. They appear to be of the same nation with those we have seen above, whom, intlced, they resemble in every thing cxct'pt that their language, although the same, bas some wot•ds different. They have all piN·ccd noses, and the men when in run dress wear a long taptwing piece of shell or· l1ead put tht•ough the nose. These people did not, however, receive us with the same cordiality to whi(~h we have IJeen ac-ustomcd. 'J'hey are }>Oor; but we wet·c able to purchase from them some wood to make a fir·e for supper, of which they have but ·little, aAd which they s~LY they bring f1·om the great t'alls. The hills in this neighbourhood are high and rugged, and a few scattered tt·ccs, either small pine or scrubby white oak, ar·e occasionally seen on them. From the last t•apids we also observed the conical mountain towards the southwest, which the Indians say is not far to the left of the great falls. From its vicinity to that 11lace we (~alled it the 'l'ilnm or Falls mountain. 'rhc country through which we passed is furnished with several fine sp1·ings, which rise either high up the sides of the hills or else in the river meadows, and discharge themselves into the Columbia. 'Ve coulcl not help remarking tlaat almost univet•sa1Iy the fishing establishments of the Indians, Loth on t.hc Columbia and the waters of Lewis's river, are on the right hank. On inquir·y we were led to ·believe that the |