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Show 12:}1 Lcwzs and Clm·J.w's EXjJC£litiun tllc upper point of the roof for the :vhole extent of the liu~id- 1• ng. 0 n c•1ch side of tltis range Js placed anothrt·, wluch ~ ' . . . forms the eaVeS of the house, and JS about five feet }ugh; hut ~s the lmilc1ing is ol'tcu sunk to the d<.'}lth of four or five ft•ct, the caves come very ncar the surface of the earth. Smaller llieccs ol' timbm· ar·c HOW extended by llairs, in the form of raffrt·s, fa·om the lowcL' to the UJ>llCl' !Jearn, wheJ'e they are al tached at uoth ends with eot·ds of ccdal' h;u·k. On these rafters two or three ranges of small l'olrs arc Jllaced horizontally, aud secured iu the same way with sh·in~s of cedar bark. The sides a 1·c now ma.dc wilh a range of wale boal'ds, sunk a small distance into the ga·omul, '"itb the U}lpcr ends projecting above the polrs at the caves, lo which they arc secured by a bram pns.,ing outside, pat•allel wilh the eave} Wles, and tied by c01·ds of ecdat• b<nk passing tln·ough holes made in the boards at ccl'tain <list.auccs. The gable ends and Itartitions arc formed in Hw same way, being fastenctl by beams on the outside, parallel to the ral'tct·s. The root' is tl•en covered with a double range or thin boards, except au apcrt UI'C of two 01' three feet in the centt•c. for the smoke to }laSS tht•ough. rrhc entrance is IJy a SUI;\ 1 hole, CUt OUl Of the L>mwcls, antl just large cuOUf.;h to admil the body. 'l'hc vct·y hw~cst houses only al'c dividctl hy p(u·titious, for though three or four families reside iu the same t·oom, there is t}uito space enough for all of them. In the C<'ntrc of each room is a space six ot• eight feet squat·c, sunk to tho depth of twclvo iuches below the rest of the iloor, and inclose<l by fuut• pieces of square timber. Ilcrc Uwy make the .firr, for whiell pur}lOSe pine hark is generally llrefel'l'ed. Around this fire· place, mats arc spread, and sorvc as scats during the day, and vc&'Y frequently as beds at. night; there is however a more permanent bed made, by fixing, ill two or sometimes tb1·ec sides of the room, posts rcaehiug fa·om the roof down to the ground, and at the distance of four feet from the wall. F•·om these Jlosts to the -wall itsell', one or two ranges of bual'ds_ nrc placc«.l so as to form shclfc~, on which tlwy ci· UjJ the .Missouri. 1.25 thcr sleep, orwhero they stow away their various articles of merchandise. 11110 uncured fish is hung in the smoke of thcit· fire , as is also the llcsh of Htc elk, when they arc forlunate enough lo pa•ocm·c any, which is but t·arcly. Sundny ~0. ' l'his morning we sent out two pat·ties of huutct ·s in difflwcnt clit·cctions. Soon aflcr we wrre visitccl by twu Clatsop men and a woman, who brought several articles to trade: we purchasrd a. small <Jnantity of ta·ain oil for a pair of brass at•mbamls, and succcrded in obtaining a sca-ottet' kin, for which we ga.ve our only r·cmaining fout· fathoms of blue heads, the same qua.ufity of white ones, and a knife: we gave a. fish-hook also in exchange for one of th ·it· hat~,;. 'I'hcsc aa·e made ol' ccdat• b;u·k and hcar-gt•ass, intCI'WOVOn togdbcr in the fot·m ol' au Eul'opcan ha.t, with a small bt·im of about two inches, and a high m·own. widening upwat·ds. They :u·e }j~ht, Ol'namcntcd with Yarious colom·s antlligus·cs, and be4 ing ncal'ly watcr-Iwool', al'c much mot·c durable than either chip OL' straw hats. 'l'he ·c hats l'os·m a small article of tl'atlic with the w]Jitcs. and the manufac1ut•e is one or tho best cxel'lions of Indian in<lustl'y. Thry arc, however. very dextcl'OUS in making a , ·ariety of domestic utensils, among whieh ~\.I'C bowls, spoons, serwr.rs. spits, and baskets. 'fhc bowl ot·tt·ough is of difl'ct·ent ·hapcs, sometimes round, scmicit ·rular, in the fot·m of a canoe, or cubic, and gcnrr·aJly dug out or a sinblc piece of wootl, the lat·gct· vessel having hole~ in the sides by way or handle, ami a.ll executed with great neatness. In these vessels they boil their food ' by t.Jn·owinc .. ~ hot stones into the watrr, and cxtL·act oil 1'1·om difltn·cntani-mals in tliC same "ay. Spoons at•o not very abundant, not• i~ thca·e any thin~ rcmal'l~ahlc in thcit• sltape, except that they aa·c large and the howl ln·oatl. i'ieat is roasted on one end of a sh~u·p scewcr, placed "''ect before the Ih·c, wHh the othca· fixed in the ga·ountl. The spit fot• fish is split at. the top into two p:u·ts, between which the :fish is placed, cut open, '"ith its sitfc8 CXh.•ntlccJ by lllC~JlS of small splinters. rl'be usual plate io a small mat of I'ushcs or flags, on which , |