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Show 126 Lewi:; aml Clal'l\e's l~.'lJ>etlilion tlvcry thing- is srrvetl. The instt·umcnt with 'vlail'11 tl1cy dig up roots, is a stJ·ong stitk, about three r~ct and u hlllf Joug, sharpem·d and a little cul'vcd at the !owrt• end, while thl' upper i!l inserted into a hand r, sfanchng trans,·cr·sely, and maclo of part of an elk or huck's horn. But the most eurious workmanship is that ot' tho haskf't. If is for·med of ccdna· bat·k and hcat·~grass, so clusrly intcrwovrn, that it i!l water ti~:;ht, without the aid of either gum or rc.•sin. Tlte form is generally conic.·, or t•athrr the sc·gmcnt of a conr, of which the smaller em) is t1w bottom of tlw baskc·t; a.ml being made of all sizes, ft·om that of the sma1lt•3t cnp to the <'apacity of fn'C oL' six gallons, answc•· the double pu1·posc of a eovcring fur the head or to contain wah~·r. Some of thrm aa·c highly ot·namcntcd with str·antls of bear g1·ass, woven into figur·es or v~u·ious colout~s, whith require gl'cat lahoua·; ~·t't th~y arc made vca·y expeditiously aml sold for a tt·H\e. it is for the construction of these haskrts, that the beargr ·ass forms an article of eonsidcra~lc t raflir.. ! t grows on· ]y ncar· tJac snowy •·cgion of the lugh monntams, and the blade, which is two feet lung and ahout thrce-<'ighths of an inch wide, is smooth, sta·ongan<l pliantj the youn~" hl:ulcs partieul: ll'ly, from their not being eX{lOS<·d to the sun and air, have an a})l>t·a.ranc.·o of gt'eat neatness, and aa·e generally prrfer·· •reel. Other hags and baslwt s, not water-proof, arc made of cc,htr hark, silk~grass, t•ushcs, flags, and common eoarso sc1lgr, for the usc of families. In the manul~tcf.urcs, as \VC'Jl as in the orclinary \vork of the ltousr, fhr insfl'umrnt most in usc is a knife, or rather a daggt·t·. The hatHlle of it is small, and has a strong loop of' twinr fur the tl.lumb, to pt'll· ycnt its being Wl't~stccl ft•om the hand. On t'al'h side is a blade, doublc-ml~~etl and pointed; the longc'r fr·om nine to trn inclu•s, the ~hot·trr ft·om four to fivf'. This lmifc is oal'rit'd about habitually in the hand, sometimes exposed, but most· ly when in com}lany with sh·angrrs, 1mt undcl' tlw roLe. M.omhLy, zo. \Vc were visited by three Clatsops, "'ho came merely for the purpose of smoking and conversing with Up the .,"lliswuri. us. 'Vc Jmve now only tht'(.'C llays' J,rovision, yet so accustomed have the men be eo me to Jive sparingly, and fast occa,... sionally, that su<'h a cil'(:umstance rxcites no concern, as we all calculate on our de~te1·ity us hunfers. The iudush·y of the Indians is not confined to hou-;elwld utensils: the gt·cat p1·oof of their· skill is the cunst ruetion of tlwit· canoes. J n a cuuntl·y, irulL·cd, where so much ofthc int<~•·cour·sc betweca diUflrc·ut tr·ibes is cat·r·ietl un hy w~tet·, the ingenuity of the prople would mlturally dir·cet itself to the improvement of canoes, which wouhl gt·adually become, fl'om a mere safe conveyance, to an dl'gant oJ·namt>ut. 'Vo have accordingly seen, on tho Columbia, canot-s of many fonns, beginning with the simpl ~ boatg neat~ the mountains, to flwse more highly decorate~, because mo1·e useful nca1·er the mouth of the Culum!Jia. Bdow the grand catat·act there nt·c four fot•ms of canol'~t: the fit·st and smallest is al)()ut fifteen feet long, and calculate1l for one or two pet·suus: it is, indeed, by no means rcm~U'kaiJle in its !!tJ·ucturc. awl is chiefly employ-· cd by the CatlJlamahs and 'Yahkiaeums among the marshy idands. 'l'be sccon(\ is fr·oru t wrnty to thi1·ty~five feet Ions, about two and a half or three feet in the beam, and two feet in tbe hold. It is chiefly remarkable in having the bowsprit, which l'ises to some heit;lat above tLe how, formeel hy tapel'ing gradually from the sides into a sharp point. Canoes of this shape nrc common to all the nations below the gt·and rapids. llut the canoes most used hy the Columhia Indians, fJ·om the Chilluckittcquaw~ inclusiv(~, to the ocean, arc t...uout thirty 01' thh·ty-five nwtlong. The how' which louks IDOI'C like tho stel'n of oua· boats, is hight"r Uwn the other (>nd, u:1d is 01'11~mcnted n ith u sortofeomb, an inch iu thickness, cut out of the same log wlaich foa·ms tiH· canoe, and extending nine or clc. ven inches 1i·om the bowsprit to tbe bof tom oftbe J.Joat. ThQ stet·n i~ ucarJy round~d otr, nnd g1·adua1Jy asf'cnd'i to a point. 'fhi9 eanoe is vet·y light arul t·onvcnienf; fvl' tl10ugh it wBl |