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Show , 156 JOURNAL. "•ill l~ill us. We -pnrchas.ed frotn then1 a quantity of dncd pounded fish, which they had prepared in that way for sale. They have six scaffolds of a great size fot· the purpose of drying thcit· fish on. Saturday 26th. A fine morning. We hauled up all our canoes to dress and repair them, as they bad been injul'ed in passing; over the pertage, round the falls. Some hunters went out and killed 6 deer and some squirrels. In the afternoon about 20 of the natives came to om· camp (among whom were the head chiefs of the two villages about the falls) who had been out hunting when we passed down. The Cmnmanding Officers gave medals to the chiefs, and some other small articles ; and they appeared satis· ficd and some remained with us all night. Sunday 27th. This was a fine clear morning, but the wind blew ve1·y hard up the river, and we remained here all day. This is tbe first hunting ground we have had for a. long time, and some of ou1· men went out. Part of the natives remained with us; ldnt we cannot find out to what nation they belong. We suppose them to be a band of the Flathead nation, a6 all their heads are compressed into the same form; though they do not speak exactly the same language, but the1·e is no great difference, and thi~ may be a dial~ct of the same. This singular and deforming operation is performed in infancy in th~ following manne1·. A pi~ce of boat·d is placed against the back of the hyad extending from the shoulders some distance above it ; another shorter piece extends from the eye brows to the top of the first, and they are tl_1cn bound together with tl:ongs or cot ds made of ~kms, so as to pt•t:ss back the fon~ht:ad, make the head rise at the top, and fol'ce it out above the ears. In the ev~ning our hunters came in and had killed 4 deel' and ~ome squinels. The wind blew hard all this ch1y. Monc/ar.; 28th. Just before day light there was~ . 15'7 sl10Wet' of rain ; but at sun rise the morning wa5 fine ~nd cleat·. At 8 o'clock we ct~barked, went about 1 miles, and halted at a small village of the natives an(l got some dogs from th,.m. Hct e we stayed about an hour and proceeded on .1gain for about a mile, when we were compdJed to stop on account of the wind which blew so hard aheacl that we were unable t~ continue our voyage. In the course of the day there were some showees or_rain. In tlw evening one of the men went ont and killed a fine deer. \V c were in "good safe hr.rbonr ar.d remained there all nifl'ht, ac· companied by the na1 i vcs. 0 Tw:sday '29th. ''Y e ct_nlnwkerl early in a cloudy mormng- ; passed h1gh hills on both sides of the river, on which there was pine timber; and some birch on the banks of the rivet'. At breakfast time we stopt at a small village of the natives and purchased some more dogs : then -proceeded on ; passed a number more Indian camps, and a high n1otmtainous country ott both sides. In the evening we discovered a bi P·h • (l mountam to the south, not more than five miles off; covered with snow. 'Ve have here sttll water; and the breadth gf the rivet is from three qu.1rters to a mile. We \Yent 23 miles and encamped at a small village on the north side. . Wednesday 30th. The morning was cloudy ; the rtvet· and country '\Ve funnel much the same as yes· terday. At noon we slopped to dine and one of the •?en went out and killed a Jal'g e buck. A number of fine spring-s come down the hills on the South side; and we passed a small ri vt:r on the north. In the e'.'cning w~ came to t11e head of falls, where the1·e is a l,u·ge Indidn villav,e. On our way dO\\ 11 we s:.tw a gl'cat many swans, geese and ducks; and a number of se~ otter: Th(.!l'C al'c .,ume sm,tll bottoms aloug the nv~t·, With cotton wood on thLin, and on tht b~mka. o~thc river some white oak, usll <.I.d hazlenut. At a cll.stance there are ponds wbi h abound with gt:esc 0 |