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Show village. "'·c were soon joined by our hunters 'vith thn:c 1Jlack-tai1rd fallow deer, and having }Hll'<~ha !:lcd a r~w "ltite salmon, IH'OCN'dcd on our route. The south si<lc of the river is impassable, and the rapidity of the cut•rcnt as well as the large t•nt•ks along the shore, t'cndct· the na"igation of e,·cn the north side extremely difficult. During the ga·catcr pat·t of the day it was neccssat·y to th·aw them along tho shore, and as we have only a single tow-rove that is stt·on~ enough, we ~U'e obliged to bl'iug them one artcr tlw otht•r. In this tedious and la.bol'ious manner, we at length a·cached the po1'tagc on the not·th side, and caa·a·icd om· baggage tg the top of a hill, about two hundred paces distant, whea·c we encamped for the night. The canoes were th·awn on shore and seem·ed, but one of them having got loose, dl'iftod dow a to the la!tt vHlage, the inhabitants of'" hich brought hea· back to us; an instance of honesty which we a·ewardcd with a lll'Csent of two knives. H rained all night and the next mol'ning, l~l'itlay, 11, so that the toots, anc.) skins which cowrctl the baggage, were wet. \Vc thcn~fore determined to take the c~\JlOC!5 first ovet· the llOI'tage, in hopei that tJy the aftot·~ noon the t·ain would cea.~e, and we might carry ou1· baggage ael'OSS without injury o rrhis was ianlBediatcly brgun by almo~ t the whole party, who in the course of the day draggci four of tlie canoe-s to the head of the rallids, with g•·cat dH'· ficulty and laiJour. A guat·d, consisting of one sick man atlll tlu·ee who had been h'mcd lJy accidents, remained with cap· tain Lewis to guard the baggage. This 1wccaution was ab· solutcly neccssat·y to l,t•otcct it ft·oru the Wahclwllalts, whom we discovered to be great thieves, notwithstanding their ap· pat·eut honesty in t•cstoring our boat; in,lcec.l, so al'l'ogant and intt·ubive have they become, that nothing but ou1· number!, we are convinced, sa,·es us from attack. They Cl·owded about us while we wct·e taking Ull the boats, ~Lnd ono ofthcm had the insolence to throw stones dowll the bank at two of our mrn. \Ve now found it necessaa·y to depart fl'oJD our mild nm\ pacific course of conduct. On returning to thq. l!ea:d of the porta,e, maDf of them met our men, and seem· Up t1w Jffissom;i. cd very HI disposed. Shit•ltls had stopprd to purchase a dog, and lJ<·ing scparatNI fa·om the t·est of' the Jlat•ty, t. wo I auUans pusht·tl him out of the a·oad. and altemptrd 1o talu• thr dog from Jdm. He lmd no weapon but a long knife, with whi4·1• lw immediately attu(•krd them both. hoping 1o put tht•m to death IJrfore tJu~y had time to •h·aw t IH'ia· al'l'ows. hut a9 soun as lhcy saw hi~ design, tlwy fled iuto the woo•!s. Soon al'1ct·war•l~ we were told hy an lndhln who spoke Clalsop, which we had onrselvei learnt dua·ing the winter, tl1at the \f:th clcllalas had carried oft' captain J.,cwis's dog to thdr villa;;c bdow. Th•·ce men well armed were instantly despat(' hcd in }llll'Buit of them, with oa·tlers to fit•e if there w~s the slight<>st resistance m· h esitation. A1 the distance of two miles, tlu.•y ('aUlC within sight of the thieves. who find· ing thcmsclvr.s JHH'sued, left the dog and made oir. 'Vt~ now o•·d(.'t'etl all the J ndians out of our camp, and explainr(l to them, that whoever stole any of our haggag.,, or insuJt.ed our men, should br instantly slwt; a resolution which we were detca·mined to enforce, as it was now om· ouly means of saf'dy. 'Ve were visited dul'ing the day hy u. chief ol'tlu~ CJahclcllahs, who sccmrt.lmortiJicd at the behaviour of the Indians, ~nd told us tha.1 the persons at the lwad of thcia· out ~ rages wea·e two ' 'ery bad men, who bclongt•d to tlaP \Vallcl( ·llah tribe, but tlm.t the nation did not by any means wish to di 'J,ph~a.se us. 'l'his <·hicf sf•cmed very well disposed, ami \\ t~ had every reason to heliev~ was much re-.l>erted by tlw nt•ighhouring lndiani. 'Ve therefor<' gaH' him a small m<·dal, and showed hia·n all the aucnt ions in ou1· powt-a·, wilh which he appran·d vel'Y mur.h gratified, and we ta·ust his intm·posit ion may pt•cvent the necessity of our resorting to fol'Ct' against his counta·ymen. • Many Indians l'a·om the villages a~ove, passed us in the course of the day, on theit· 1·etu1·n f1·om tr~ding with the mlti\'es or the valJt'y, and umong othct·s, we recognised an Eloot, "ho with tt·n or· twelve or his nation WCI'(' on their way lwme t9 the Ion~ narrows of -,be Columbia. r.l'hese |