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Show 22.S ancl weal~, and the loss of one eye is by no m ·ans uncommon, whilo in gt~own persons total blindness is l't·cqucut, antl alnlOst universal in olt\ age. '.fhe dt·css of the men has nothing diffiwent fr·om thnt used below, but arc chic'fly l'('marlwd by a passion for large bt·ass buttons, which they fix on a sailot·'s jacket, w ltcn they are so ftwtu mt.tc as to obtain one, without regard to any at•t•augement. The women also weal' U1c sh01't l'obe all'eacly desc.t·ib~d; but tht·it· hn.it· ic; most conamonl) bl'aidt\tl into two tresses falling ove1· eal'lt em· in Jhmt ofth • body, autl instead of' the tis ·ue ol' hark, they employ a piece Of leather in tho sha}lC ol'a pocket hanclket•chicf tied l'OUUd thl' loius. 'l'his last is the only and itwilcctual def(·ncc when tln· ''armt.h ofthe weather induce~ them to tlt1·ow aside thr robe. 1,he houses at·c in gcnct·al on a level with the gJ'Otmd. th.ou51.& SOIHC ai'C sun!\. to the depth of two 01' lhi'CC feet into th.e gt·ouml, and like those near the coa!St atlo•·ncd or disfigured by carvings or paintings on the JlOsts, dom·sarad beds: th.ey do not possess any 1)eculiar weapon e).cept a ldnt.l oflH'oad swot·d ma<lc of iron, l't·om three to rom· feet Jong, the blade about four iu.chcs wide, vet·y thin and shal'p at all its edges, \.\swell as at the point. 'l'hcy have also blutlgeons of wood ill the same form; and both kiuds generally hang ~lt the head of their beds. These ~t·c formidable wtmlwns. Liko the natives ol' the seacoast, they are also VCI'Y fond of col~, bot., and Yapour baths, which arc used at all scatsons, aml fot• the Jmrposc of bcalth as well as plca..-urc. 'l'hey, howcvcJ·, ad<l a species of l.mth peculiar to themselves, by washiug thu ' whole hotly with urine every morning. 'rhe mode of bUt·ying the doad in canoes, is no longoi' practised by the natives hel·e. 'J'uc plaec or deposit is a vault i'oJ•med of boards, slanting like the roof of a house fl'OID a JlOlc SUJllWrtcd by two f01•ks. Undm· this vault the dcauat·o placed hot·izontally on boards, on the sul'facc of the cat·th, and carefully ~overed w Hh mats. Many bodies arc hct·<~ laitl on eaoh other, to the height of three ot· tom· corpses, and dif~ ~rent artie c~, w\licb wel'e most estc'?mNl LIJ Hw (kad. ar!' lfrll tlle JJlissom·i. placed by t.ltcit· side; theit· canoes t.hemselv.es being some· times bt·okt•n to strengthen the vault. '!'he trade of all these inhabitants is in anchovies, stut•- oeon but chiefly in wappatoo, to obtain which, the inhabi- 5t ants' both above tand below them on the rivm·, como at. all seasons, and sUl'PlY in turn, beads, cloth, and v~wious othct· ;Lrticlcs procured from the Eut·opcans. Saturday, April 5. 'Ve dried our meat. as well as the cloucly weathc•r would \)ermit. In the course of his chase yesterday, one or our men who killed the beat·, found a nest of anothel' with tht·ce cubs in it. llo 1·cturncd to-day in Jwpcs or finding hcJ·, but he bt·ought ouly the cubs, without being able to sec the dam, aml on this oecasion, Dt·ewycr, out• most expe~·icnccd huntsrnan, assured us that he had never known a single instance where a fen\,tle bear, who ha.<l otwe been dist uebed by a hunter and obliged to leave her young, I'Ctut·nrd to them again. 'l'hc young bcat·s were sold l'ot• w:.qllmtoo to some of the many Indians who visited us in pal'ties during the day, and beh:tvcd very welL llaving made our 11\'epal'ations of clried meat, wo set out next morning, Sunday 6, by uine o'clock, and continued along the north side of the l'ivm· fo-r a few miles, and then eros sell to the river to look fot~ the hunte1·s, who had been sent i'ot·wal'd the day bei'ore yest~·rday. \Vc found them at the upper end of the bottom with some Indians, for we arc nc,'el' frec<l from the visits ol' the natives. They had killed three ell,, ami woundc<llwo others bO badly, that it was still pos~ible to get them. 'V c thcrefot·e landed, and ha,·ing prepared scafl~lds and secured the five elk, we cneampcd fol' the night, aml the following evening, llomlay 7, the wca.thcr having bceu fait· and pleasant., had driell a sufficient quantity of uu.~a.t to sct•ve us as far as the Chotmnnish, with occasional suJlplit•s, if we can procure them, of dogs, 1·oots, and horses. J n the course of the day t)eYcralpaet ie · of Rhahalas, from~ yilla~c eight H'lilt·~ ahov~ |