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Show Lt'tvis and Clcl1'kc's E.rJJCditiou, l.·ir. left those mad\.s, and that. all tho inhabitants of the lw115r 11 now in ruins bad fallt"n victims to tho same discasl'. ]1'rom tbe apparent ago of the woman, eonnccCNl with her site nt the time of he•· illness, capt a in Clarke j ndgcd that the sickness must havo been about thil·ty yl'ars ago, the pcl'iotl alJOut \Vhidt we bayo sup{lOSed that the small-pox {ll'evailcd on t]u; seacoast.. lle then entered into a long conve1·sation with regat·d to all the adjacent country aml its inhahitants, which the oltl man CX}llained with gt·cat intelligence, and then drew with his finger in the (lust a. sketch of the 1\'l.nltnomah, and 'YappHtoo island. 'I'his captain Clarke copiC'd and JH't> Stwvt~(l. J lc now purchased five dogs, :tntl taking leave of the Ncchrcolco YilL1ge, rrturned to camp. - , CllAl'TER IX. f.)\1'~ l'iption of '\Vnpp:ltoo i~:~lnml, nntl tlte mode in which tltt! uutions ~:-.thCJ• W.Ajt• tmtoo-thc ch nractc•· of the ~oi l nllll its prouuctions-thc numct·ous tl'iues t·eaiding in its viCillit) -tile pl'OUI\lJility that they \1 CI'C &II of the (ribe of the 1\fultuomnhs originully, infcn•t!d from si111ilnrity of dress, mannel·s, l:lngu••gc• &c.-dcscl'iption of their <h'cs~, weapons of wnr, then· mo1tc of bm·ying the dead-description of nnotht·1· villngc, called the \ Valtclcllah village- their lJIOde of urchitccturc-c:xtrnordinary hci:;ht of Deacon 1·ock-Unfriendty dtaJ·acter of the Indians at th~1t lJiacc-The Jl3rly, nlnrme<l for their safety, t'Csolvc to inflict summm·y vcn~;cancc, in case tlte \ Vu11clcllnh u·ibe persist ia. •heir out1·ngcs and insults-in tc•·vicw with the chief of tl1'll tl·ibc, nnd confi .. alcncc restored-difficulty of drnwing the cunocs O\ Cl' the •·nptds-Yisited hy a tJarly of the Ychugla t1·il1c- short noti~c of the \Vcock~ockwiliMh.llm trii.Jceurious phenomenon ohscrn:d in thu (;otumLiu, fl'Om the Unpidll to the (;}tjl, lu~kittcc1uaws. Friday, .A{lril •,i., 1801<. T11E hunters were still out in every dh·ection. 'J'hose from the opposite side of tbc r·iver returned with the Hesh of a beat· and iome ' 'cnison, but the ilcsh of six dce1· and an elk which they hat.l h.illed was so meagre and unfit for usc, that they had lel't it in the woods. Two other llcct• were brought in, but as the game seemed poor, we desllatched a lal'go party to some low grounds on the south, six miles above us, to hunt there until our arrival. As usual many of the Indians eante to our camp, !:lome descending the rivers with their families, and otl.tel'S fNm below with no object except. to gratify their cm·iosity. 'I'hc visit of captain Clarke to the Multnomahs, now enabled us to .combine all that we had seen or learnt of the neigllbour·ing (~ountries and nations. Of these the most important spot is Wap_vatoo island, a Jar~c extent of countJ•y lying between the MuHnomah, aud an m·m or the (;olumbia,. wbich we have called 'YapJlatoo inlet, and s~paratcd fl'om the m;:tinlamlhy~ sluiccei~hty yat·ds wiclt~ . whioh at the di'ltan<:t: |