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Show I '!10 J.Jewis awl Cta1·l~c's Ex1wdition distinction in dt·ess, being a few leggings and moccasins., which we find here like those wot·n by the Chotmnnish, These people have ten ot· twrln~ very good lwrs-es, whicl1 arc the first we have seen sio(.-c leaving this neighbourhood last autumn. 'rbe countJ·y below is, indeed, of sudt a. na- ture, as to pt•event the usc of this animal, exceptio the Columbian vaJlcy, aml thct·e they would (.)cor gJ't>at scl'Vice, l'o1· the iubabitant.s reside chicJly on the river ~1d and the country is too thiekly wood<>d to sulfN· them to hunt game on hot·seback. 1\Iost of these. they infol'm us, haYc bern taken in a warlike excut·sion, which was lately made against. tho Towanahiooks, a ll•u·t or the Snake nation living in the uptlCI' part of the ~fultnomah, to the !SOlltlll'aSt of this place. Their language is the same with that of the Chilluckittcquaws. 'l'hcy seemed inclined to be very civil, and gave us in exchange, some roots, shapclell, tilbet·ts, dl'icll bcnics, and fi vc dogs. After dinner we proeeedetl, and 11assiug at the c.listanc0 ol' six: miles, the high cliffs on the left, encampc<l at the mouth of a small run on the same side. A little above us is a village, consisting of about one hundt·ed lighting men~ a tribe called Smat'l~shops, many of whom pa.ssetl thQ even ing with. us: They do not diffel' in any respect from the inhabitants of the village below. In hopes of puruhasing horses we did not set out the next mo1·ning, Tucsc.la.y 15, tm after brl':tkfast, ami in the Rteautimc exposed out• nuwclmrulise, ami made them v~u·ious offcl' ; tmt a.s the)' declined (.)arterin1.5, we left them nncl sooo reach cd the Scpulchn~ t·ock, where we haltt•d a few min11.tcs. 'l'ht' rotk itself stands ncar the middle of the river, and contain!' about two acres of ground alJovc high water. On this sur~ face are scattr1·cd thirteen ,·aults, conBtructcd lik~ those below the UaJ,ills, and some of them more than half filled with dead (.)odies. After satisfying om· curiosity with these Yenerable remains, we rettn·ltl'd to 1 he northern shore, aud l)l'ocecdcd to a village at the distance of four miles: on land- Up the .lJfissoul'l. j~ag, we fonml tlaat the inhabitants belongrd to the wnme nation we had just h·ft~ and as tht'Y al!:lo had hot·ses, wr made a second atfrmpt to pun·hase a ft•w of thrm: hut with all our dt:~xuwity in t'Xhihitin~ out· wart.•s, W<' <'Oulct not intluee them to sell. as wr had none of the only at·t iclt.•s whil'.h they seemt.·tl desil·ous of procuring, a sort ol' war hatc·lwt. cal1rd by the nOJ'thwcst tt·adeJ·s an eye-dog. 'V" t hrr<'fot·e Jmi·ohased two dogs, and taking I rave of these 'Vrocksoclnvilla~ ums, r•·oceedcd to another of thri•· villanes. just below the ~ntt·ancc of Catar·act river. Ilrre too, we ti·i<·d in vain to purchase some horses. uor tlid we meet with more sul·tcss at the t\vo villa.gt.'S ofChillul'ldttc'}Uaws. a few milt:•s further up the river. At tlH'<'C in the aftct·noon, we came to the mouth of Qui nett e1·cek, which we ascended a short distance aml encam1lrd l'or the night. at the svot we had called Hock 1'01·t. llcrc we were soon visited by somr or the r><·ople from the gt•eat nanows and falls: ancl on our expt·essing a 'vish to purchase hor·ses, they ag•·eN1 to meet us to-moa· .. ow on the n01·th siclc or (JI(' t•ivcr, wht·rc "c would oprn a trafflc. 'fbcy th(·n rd urncd to their villages to collect the horses, and in the morniug. 'Vedncsday 16, captain Cb:ll'ke ero8!iCd '"'ith nine men, anti a. la.rge pa1·t of the merchandise, in ortlt.~l' to I,us·chasc twelve hoa·scs to ta·ausp01·t ous· bagg~tge, and some 1wuracll·d flsh, as a reserve dm·ing the pas!.m!;t~ or tlll· Uoeky mountain.;;. The t•est of the men were employed iu hunting and prc1ml'ing saddles. From the rapids to this place, atHl indeed as far as the £ommcncemcnt o 'the narrow!:!, the Columhia. i~ f1·om half a mile to three (1uarters in w1dth, and possesses srancly any current: its bed consists (ll'incipally uf rot·k. l'xcept aL the t'nh·ance of LalJichc t·ivcr. which takes its ri~e in mouut Hood, from whieh, like Quicl~saml rivN·, it lJt·iogs down vast quantities of' suntl. During the whole cout·se or the Columbia f1·om the Rapids to Lhe Chillud •. ittcqua\\'8 arc the trunks of many large pine trt>cS standii•g et·tact in watc~, 'VOT,. TJ . 'f l |