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Show (,cw1s antL Clal'lw's .Kl'}Jrdiliou, people do not, as we at•e compC~lh:tl to tlo, clt·ag thcit• canoe' ~ up tho 1·~J>ills, but leave thrm at tht~ lw<ul, as thry tlc· scencl, aml C'cU't·yin~ their gootl across the po1'tat;t~, hire m• bot·row othm·s f1·om the J>coplc hrlow. 'Vhen the tt·&ulc i'i ~vcr they return to tho foot of the rapi(}s, wh'-'i'C they leave tht~sc boa.ts and resume thr.ir own at the hca.tl ol' the portage. 'rhe labout· of caT'rying tlw goods att•oss is equally ·haretl by th<' Ht\"'l :mtl women. aml we we~·c st t•nek b.r t hc> tontrast brt wern the tlr<•ent concluet of all the nnt ivt•s ft·om a hove, ntltl t hr p•·oflig·acy and illmannet·s nf the 'Vallddlahs. About tlH'('<' qmH't£~t·s of a mile lwlow mw ramp jq a hnrial !-;t'Otmcl. whit· h ::,\'t'IOS <·om mon to the' 'V ~tlH· h·lla h s. ('Ia ln· lcllahs. :uul Ydthuhs. It consists of right S(~pulthres Hll the nodh Lmnk 0 f the t'i \'(' , •. Hatm'<laJ t2. The rain {'Ont.inurt1 an Hi;.!;hf. ~nil this moi'Jl· ing. Captain Lewis now took wiOa him all t\w \IH' U til ror (\uty, and hegan to dl''rlt; the J'Ctnainin~ l'<'l'io;.;ue OV(.'l' thr nl}Ht.l". 'l'his l1a.s hc<"onw mtu·h morr dillil·tdt than whl'n wr JlaSF<Cd in the autumn; :ti tha.t tiutr thl'l't': Wl'l'C in thr- W)Hlll' distance of scvrn mi1es only thrrr diffi<·ult JlOint!-i; hnt the water i~ nuw very ronsitkrahly hi~het·, ancl tlm·ing all that dh;t a.ncc 1 he a~cent is c:ut·,~diugly laborious and dangerous, no•· would it he pt·actieablc to dcscrnd, cxm·pt hy Jelling llown the empty boats by means or roprs. 'I'Iw l'outc ovet· ibis pat·t. ft•om the head to th<' foot of the vortagr, is about three miles: tlw canoes which had been all·eacly th·a ggell up were very much injured, by being driven against the J'ocks, which no pt·rcantions c•ould lH't'"rnt. 'l'his morning as wo were dt•awinr; the fifth canoe t·ouml a projecting •·ork. against which the current srts with gt·eat 'iulenct·, sliC unfoJ'fun:t(('Jy offr.rctl too much of her side to the stream. 1 I t hrn cll'OYC Iter with such force, that with all the e:xel'tions ot' tht· \lal't,y we were unable to hohl her, ami wct•c forced to 1ct ~o the cortl, ancl see her drift down the stream. aml l>e ii•J•ecovct·.n· bly lost. 'Vc then began to cal'l'y om· <'fleets across the JlOI't· age, but. as all those who had short riJlcs ' took thrm in Ol'ch~ t· to rr{lel any at-ta.ck ra·om the Indians, it was not ttutil l!p lite .ll'l issom·"i. 2!li "slvc o'clock ju the aftf'l'noon that th. last or the party reach Cfl the ht•ad Of the 1'<tpid-,, accompanied by OUI' new ft•iend Che \Valwldiah chit• f. The aftrf'nnon hcing so fat· advanced, and the weather •·ainy and cold, we determined to halt for tho night, thou~h ve t·y desi•·ons of goiut; on, for during the th•·ee last da~.· s wt~ have not advanced mm·c than Aoven miles. The po•·tagc is tv. o thousan«l eight hun«h·cd yards, a]oug a nart·ow 1'oad, at all fimcs t'tlUgh, and now •·endcred slipper) hy the t·ain. About half way is an old village which the Clah<:lella.h chid' informs us is the o<•.t.•asional l'l'Sitlen(•e of his ta·ii)C. ' l'hl' !!!t' h ow-ws a1·c uncommonly laq;r, ouc of them mt•asu&'l'd om• h uudl'~l and Rixty by l'01·t J t'ct\t. anti C ht• fs·amcs arc constt·uch·d iu the usual mantwr, cxr.q>t that it is double s-o as to app(':tJ' like one house wilhin anotltea·. The Jloors ~we on a l«·vcl \\ ith tho gl~ntHI, anti thr •·o.ofs have Lf'cn tal<eu down aml sunk in a pond bt·him1 the '' illa~e. \ Vo find that our contluct y<~stc•·tlay has ma.dc the Indians mueh mot·c t'CSJH·wtfuJ; th<·y tlu not <'I'O\nl alwut ~1s in suda numhl'l'S, aml b ·have wit Ia mtH·h mon\ pt·opl'iety. Atuon~ tlw o "ho visitml us were ahout t" <'II f .) ol' the YdJituhs. at l'iht.· of Slmhalas, 'vhom \"e had J'o1111d 011 thr IHII'th Si tlt• of l'iVt.'l', immediately abovl' the t·apith •. hut who had now <·Haig•·att~•l to the Ol)posit~ sho1·,·, \l-h<' t'l' th l')' Ji~'IICI':tlly take salmon. Like thdt· I'Chl· iious. the \\'a.hdl'llahs, tlll'y havt.• taken tlll·ir houses witla Ou·m, so that only tm<' i~ now sf.andinf; wht'I'C the old village was. 'V e ohsel'Vl' ~~em· rally, that the houses '' hi<'h have the tloot• on a leY<'l with th (•m·th, aw·e smallt..·t·. and have mot·c the ~tppCClt':\tH.'t~ uf lwiu;; temponli'J' 1 han tllO'iC whid.l al'{~ :mnk in the g&·Huntl, ,, Itl·m·c we pt'l'suuw that the fot'JilCI' at·(~ the dwrJlinMr; tlu1'iug spring and summer. while the latt<"l' arc rcsct'V(•tl fot· f he autumn a tH1 winh·r. ~lost of the houses <U'<' built of bo:u'tls and ('OYt't'cd with b:u·k. though !H>mc of thr 1\JOI'C iufet•ioJ·Idn«l ar·c (•ons1t·uctl~d wh()IJy of CC(I:u· ha.l'l<., kcpf smooth uml flat by smnll sptinfcl's H~cd c1·osswiso 1ha·ough the bark. at the di~tanct' nf' twelve or fom·(rcn in<'lll'H apart. 'l'lu·t·•· i'l hut tifiJr ditTi·J·t'IH'f' in np wnt':tll('(' 1H·f WN'H t he!:l{j |