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Show JOURNAL. our Com man cling Officers we.re empl~yed in getting sp..:ci mens of the lan~uag·e of the natt ves, th ere 0eing three, or p.\l't . of three, d.ifferent ~1ation !:> here, They are almo~t w1thout clothmg, hav11~!:'; no covering of any account, except some deer skm robes and a few le~gins of the same materials. The women h;we scarce sufficient to cover their nakeclness.C.~ pt. Lewis had an observation at noon, which gave 46° 15 1 S .9 north latitude. At one we proceeded on down the Gre"\t Columbia, which is a very beautiful riv :r. The cout·se 1s something to the east of south fol' about 12 miles antl then winds round to al· most a west course. \Ve p ·sssecl son1e islands and a number or the camps or the nativts, which appcm· to be very ~h y and dist.mt. \Ve went 2 I miles und halted close below an Indian camp; where they have thirty canoes ; and a great quantity of dried nsh. SaturdaiJ I 9th. The morning was clea1· and plea· sant, with some white fro~t. A number of the natives came: to out· camp, and our Commallding Officers presented one of them with a medal a11d other small articles. At 8 o'clock we prt.)ceedecl on ; passed some islands and bad rapids, but no accident happened. \Ve also p<lssed a g-reat m~1ny lncli.H1 camps. In the whole country around th<.-!re at'c only Jerel pl~ins , except a few bilis on some parts of the river. \Ve went 36 miles and halted opposite a larg·e Indi:1n camp; and about thirty-six ca11oe loads of them came over to see us; some of whom remained all nig-ht; but vve could not have much convenuti011 with them as we did not understand tbeie language. They at'C clothed much in the same m :mne t· witb tbose tit the forks above. The custom prevails amono- tlle~c lndi. ans of burying alI the property of th~., dece<~sed, ·with tha body. Amongst these sa\·a~• e::, "h~n any c I 1· . ' l OA t 1cm < 1 ~, lns baskets, bags, clothing, horses anc , JOUHNAL. ISS othu· pmperty arc all interred : even his canoe 1s :5plit into pieces and set up round his gTave. Sunday 20th. A fine clear frosty morning. \Ve set out early, ; passed along a handsome part of the river; saw some pelicans and gulls. And as the bhores are lined with de~d salmon, there are a~ bundance of crows and raYl!n~. Vast quantities of these fish die at this time of the year. At noon ,.,e came to an Indian camp on the point of a large isbnd, where we stopped and got some fish and other pt'ovisions. \Ve here saw some articles which shewed that w bite people h ad been here or not far distant durins- the summer. They have a hempen heine and some ash p addles which they did not make t hemselves. At 1 o'clock we proceeded on ag<~in, went .1-2 miles, and encamped without any of the nati\'eS beino- along, which is unusual on this river. \Ve could not get a single stick of wood to cook with; and had only a few small green ""illows. ftfo11day 2lst. \Ve continuecl our vo ya~e at an early holll·, and had a fine mo.-ing. At 10, we came to the lodg·es of 5ome of the natives, and halted with them about 2 hours. Here we g-ot snme brc.lcl, m1de vf a small white root, which ~rows in this p.,rt oi the tountry. \Ve saw among them some small r r bes lnade of the skir1s of grey sqn~rrels, some. r · coon bkins, and aco rns, v1hich are s1g;ns of a tlnJlx!·.ecl t:ou:llt')' not far clistc1nt. lla,·ing proceeded on agum, tve passed sen~ ral more lodges of I nc\ic.~1s ; n.nn lhroug;h two very rocky r.lpicl p arts or the l'l\'el' wlth ~rcat difncnlty . 'Ve wenL 32 miles and enc<.n~ped ~~t some Indian lodges, where we procured wood irom 1he ncttivcs to cook \dlh. 1'ufsda." 22nd. The morning was fine and we 'vent on e.~t·ly, nnd s;:rw a gn·at tllH\lb.:r of duc.ks, geese and gull:;. Al I 0 o'clock we c.lmc to a large I:lc.u ,d, wh.'re the 1 i ,·er h,\S rn t i ~ ; w , y t h ron gil the pnmt of a lugh l~i!J. Oppo~itt? lo this i~land a large river comes in on |