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Show Letd:.J arll[ Clarl.;c's .H3.'J7Ctlilion cltange fo1· wappatoo, but Owy Hppeal'cd sullen ami ill-hu ~ mout•ed, and rcl'uscd to give him any. He thercfot·c 14at down by the fire, opvosite to the men, atulta.king a pot·t.jiJ·e match f1·om his llockd, thl'cw a small piece ol' it into the flame, at the same time took l1is pneket compass, and hy means of a magnet, whieh happened to be in hii inkluwu, made the ucctBe turn round ' 'Cl'J IH'isldy. 'fhc match now took fire, and but·ncd violently, on which, the Indians tcni· fir.tl at this stl~ange exhibition, immediately ln·ought a CJU:lll tity of waptmtoo, a.nd laid it at his J'cet, ucg~iug him to put out t.hc bat\ iil·e: while an olc.l woman continut·d to speak with gt·rat vehemence, as if pt·aying anti implol'ing lH'Otcction. Having rcccivctl the t•oots, captain Clad~c put up the compas, and as the match went out of itsl'll', tt·atHJuillity was rcstol'ed, though the women and children still took t•<·fugc itt their beds, aml uehind the men. He now pait\ them fo\' ,vhat he bad used, and after lighting his vil>e, and smokinn with them, he continued down tho rivet~. He now found "hat we had called I mage-canoe island, to consist ol' threl' islands, the one in the middle concealing tuc opening IJc. tween the othe1• t'vo in such a way. as to pt·esent to us ou the Ollpositc side of the river·, the ap1>carancc of a single island. At the lowet• point of the thi1·d, a.nd thit•tecn miles helow the h1st village, he entered the mouth of a hu·gc rive•·, whieh was concealed uy thl'ee small islamls in its moutl.t, fr·om those wlro descend ot· go up the Columbia. This rivet', which the Indians call l\lultnomah, from a nat ion or the ame name, residing neat· it on \Yappatoo island, enters the Columuia, one huntl•·cd and fol'ty milrs ft·om the mouth of the latter river, of wl1ieh it may justly ue considered as forming one foul'th, though it had now fallen eighteen iuclles below its gt·eatcst annual !•eight. l 1't•om its t•ntl'ancc mount Regnier beat•s n~at·ly not·tb, mount St. IIclcn's no1·th, with a very high humpNI mountain a little to the cast of it, which seems to lie in the same chain \\ ilh the conic-pointed mountains bcfot•c mentioned. l\fount llood bos·e due east, and 21 9 «'apta.in C.ltn·ke now di !WOYtl'(•tl to the southea!lf , a mountain whirh we hacl uot. ~ d . r cn. and to "hicla he gave the name of mount .Teffc•·so11. I~1kc mount St. Helen's its ligm·c is a l't'gulat· cone covet·cc1 with snow, a11cl is pt·ohauly or <·qual height ''ith that mountain, though Ll·ing mol'l~ distant, so large a }Wl tion of it floes llOl ~~ppcar ahOVC the range Of lllOHntains whitl1 lie bl't ween these ancl this point. Soon af~ t~t· entering the l\J ul t nomah he was met by an old Jndiau descending the ri,·cr alone in a <·:Uioe. Al'tcr some com·c•·.., ation with him, the pilot infot'l\\t'd eaptain Chu·kc, that this oM man belougcd to the Clacluunos nation, who t'e sidtl on a.1·ivcr fo1·ty milt·s Ul> the 1\1ultnomah. 'fhc <'UI'l'<'nt of this latter rive•·, is us gentle as that of the Columbia, ils sul'fa<'l' i'l smooth and en~n, and it appcat·s to 1wssrss wac e1· enough fol' the largest ship, !:Iince, uu soumliu;; "ith a line ofii\'c fathoms, he ('ould Hnd no lwttom for at least one third of che width of the str·t·am. At the distance of sevt·n miles, he 1,asscd a sluice ot· opening, on tlw t·ight, (~ighty )'a1·ds "icle, ~mtl whi<·h sepat·at~s 'Yap1•atoo i!Sland fl'otn the continenf, hy emptying itself into the inlet lH:Iow. 'fh1·cc miles f'nr· t her up, he reach eel a ]m·g:c wooden housr, on the (•ast siclc, ·whct·c he intcud<'tl to sleep, hut on <'llt<'ring the rooms he found such swal'ms of fleas that he pt·el't•rretl 1) ing on Ow i;round in the ncighbolll·hood. ' l'hc guitlc inl'ol'mcd him thaf I his house is the tcmpo•·•u·y J'Psi<lcncc of~ he N mnaltp1innet· f •·ibc oft he Cushook nation, who reside .i ust hrlow the fall~ ol'the 1\fultnomalt, hut t'<llnC down l•rt·c occ:tbionally to c·ollrct wappatoo: it was thil'ty J(:ct ]onr;. and fot·l) de('p; ln1ilt of' Ul'Oat\ boal'ds, (' OYCJ'{' tl with the hat•k of white etclat•; the Hour on n level with tlac sm·facc of the t·at·th, aud I he ;u·~ l'ang<'mcnt of the int<'J·iur Jikc tho!:'C nC'al' the sracoast. The inlmiJitants had left t hci•· l\alltH'S, matts, LhuMers, .tl'ain-oil, baskets, unwls, and u·enchers, IJin;; about the lwusc at tho mercy ol' cver·y Yisitl:'t'; a lll'ool', iuclt•cd, of the mutuall'C· spoct fot• the p1'0JH~dy ol' mu~h ot he•·, thou;.;h we laa.Yc hac\ '\'twy conclu,;iH· n ·idrn('t' tltaf Ch~ }H'OJH'I'f~r nr whit~ tnt•n i'i |