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Show 20G Le'Wis and Clcn·J.~e's l~XJJC tlition milts ft·om f01·t CJatsop, the mou.tla of a small creek, wh or~ we fountl out· hunters. They l1ad been fortunate enough to kill two elk, but at such a distance that we could not send for them IJcf"ore the next morning, 1\fonday, 1\farch 2'1, when they wm·c hrougl•tin fot• breakfast. 'V e then proceeded. 'T'he counb·y is covct·cd with a thid~ growth of timber: the water howcvet• is sltallow to the distanee of fout· mile ft•om shm·c; and although thct·c is a channel deep <>nough for eanor~ on the south side. yet as the title was low, wl'l fo und some difficulty iu passing along. At one o•eJock we rea<·.hed tho Cathlamah ' ·illage. where we halted for about two hours, and pm·chascd some wappatoo anti a dog for the inva.lid11. This village we have ah·cady described, as situated opposite to the seal islands: on one of these the Indians have placed their dead in canoes, raised on scaffolds, above the reach of the tide. '"J'heso peollle seem to be mot·o foml of carvjng in wood than thci1· neighbours, am\ have various specimens of their· taste about the houses. The broad pieces su)l'pot·tiug the roof and the boat·d through whicb doors arc cut, arc the objects O'n which they chieny display thoit· ingenuity, and arc ornamented with cut·ious figm·es, sunwtimos rcpl'escnting lJCt'sons in a sitting postu1·c suppor ting a bm·dcn. On resuming our route among tho : <>nl islands, we mistook out· way, which an Indian o~SCI' V · iug, he rmrsucd us and put us into the J"ight claannel. Be oon, howevcr·1 cmbanassrd us, by claiming the cauoe wo bad taken from the CJatSOJ)S, and whiC'.h he tJcd ~u·cd was hi!l JWOperfy: we had found it among the Clatsops, and scjzcd it as a t·cpl'isal for a theft c01nmiUed hy that uation; but fwing uuwilling to do an act or inJnstiee to this Indian, aud ltavinr, no time 1 o di ·euss the (]Ucstion of right, we ('OID l> I'Oilli!l<'d with him for an dk skin, wit.h which he rctuJ'nctl vcrfcefly satisfied. " 'e continued out· route along the sho•·c, ~Hul artt' l' 111aldng fil'tn·n miles encampt~d at an old village ,,r nine lto11scs, Hppo!-!ite to the lowct· Yillagc of the " 'ahki· ~t('·ums. Here we wet·c ovtwtakcn 4y two VltinnooJ·s, whn ~07 came to us afl,(w dal'k, and spent the night at om· camp. We found ]llcnty of wood fot• fit·cs, which wct·c •1nitc necessary, as the wcathe•· had become cold. ' L'his morning, '"I\wsday 25, pi'OYcd so disagreeably cold that we did not set out bcf'o•·e seven o'clock, when having breakfasted, we continued along tlac southern side of tho rivm·. The wind, h owcvct·, as well as a st&·ung cul'rcnt was ngainst us, so that 've JWOcec•led slowly. On lamliug for tlinncr at noon, we were joined by some Clatsops, who had been OIL a tt·nding voyage to the SkiJJoots, ~nd were now on tLeir r eturn lo~ul ed with dl'icd anchovies, wap11atoo, and sturgeon. Aftet' linnet• we ct·ossed the river to a large i ~hmd , along the sitle <jf which we contint&ed about a mile ~ill we reached a single house, occupied by three men, two women, mul the same number of boys, all of the Cathlamah nation. They were engagctl in iishing ot· trolling fot• stnl'gt.·ou, of wl•ich they tmd caught about a dozen, but tiJCy a~kcd so mu(•h for· them that WC WCl'C afr·aid to pu rchasn. Ohc of the men put•cbasctl the skin of a sea-otter, in ~xcluUlge fot· a dressed elk skin anti a lmndkerehirf. Neat• adjoining this house was another party of Cathlamahs, who had becu up the ri vcr on a :fishing excursion, aud been successful jn 11rocuring a large supply, which they were not disJlosed to sell. \Ve proceellcd on to the head of t.he island, and Own crossed to the north side ofthe rivcl'. Ilero the coast f01·mcd a continued swam11 for several mHos back, so that it was late iu the evening before we were able to reach a s11ot .fit for our camp. At length we di scoverell the entrance of a small creek, opposite to the p]acc where we wct·c encamped on the sixth of N ovcmbcr, antl thougb the ground was low and moist, yet as the spot was sheltered from tho wind, we re· solved to !lass the night there: we had now made fiftecR miles. llm·c we found anothc1· party of ten Cathlamahs, who had cst.ablish~ll a temporary rc~idcncc here fo t· the '(lttrposc of fishing sturgeon and taking seal, ;n both of which_ tl•t>~r ltaf\ bm~n succt.·ssful. They gave U'Y Rome of the fl6~h |