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Show J'OURNAL ~ CHAP. XY. Monday 4th. A fine nnornin;._s. VIe embarked early ; passed two large i~Iands , and a beauti.A1.l part nf the river. The tide raised the water hst m~ht 2 feet. We went about 7 Tniles and catne to a large lndian village, where they in_formc_d us tl~at in tw::> (]ays we would come to two ships With whlte people in them. The Indians here have a great deal of new ~loth among them, and other articles which they ~ot from these ships. vVe got some dogs ~ncl roo~s from the natives. The roots are of a supenor quality to any I had before seen : they are called whapto; J'esemble a potatoe when cooked, and ate about as big as a hen egg. Game is more ~lenty here tha.n up the river, and one of the men killed a deer tlns .morning. At this camp of the natives they have 5~ «:anoes, weU calculated for riding waves. vV e pro.. ceedcd on, and passed some handsome islands, and i.lown a benutifnl part of the r:Ycr. '""T e abo pasgcd a rl number of Indian lodges ; and saw a great many swans, geese, clucks, cranes, anc.l gull . ~Ve went ~8 miles and encamped on the north !5\de. In the -evening we s~tw Mount Ralny on the same side. It is a handsmne point of a mountain with little or no timhcr on it, very high, and a cons~clerabl<t di~t:mcc Dif this place. Tuesday St!J, We embarked very early. Some 1Xtin fell last night about 2 o'clock, and the n~orning was cloudy. We passed several handsome Jslands, ,renerally near t he shore, on the one side or the other 10f the river. The country on both sides is someYhat higher than what we passed yesterd«y, and 4i.tt~t1y co,ered lVith spruce timber. The bottom:> JOCRl TAL. ! .l are h"r O:-,' c ' coY red \\ ith c0ttrm 'vooc1, m~ple. anTd ,t. h Jik<.: kind., of wood. '''c pas_·~cl \~teat 11 !Jl\ .ll<,l,lll camps, their locl~es rn"rlt· '~l~tdh of_ p0le~ tl.u:. r;··da 1 t bark. At noon we stolJptd about :1n 11onr ·~t :m H'hlH, and some oftlw men "vent out 8'1cl killed nmc l.rm:ts and a swan. Three of tht brants '"ere quit<: "bite ~ ·cept the points o~ their wir,gs, which \~ele hht~ k " ' e proceeded 01.1 m th~ afternoon, dunnq- wlach "'\ome rain and a little hatl fell ; went 31 m1les and encamped on the north side. IIerc the tide rises and i:llls 4· feet. .. 1J "i,dw:Mlay 6th. '\Ve set out early in a cloudy moming after a. disagreeable night of rain. Saw J. JJmuber of the natives, g-oing up and down thL nvcr in can0cs. Also pa;;sed ~ome of their lodges. The l lhl:Jno.; :n this Jnl't of the countl-y have hut few horses, theil' ' nt...t c1urs-- and bu ~iuess being chiefly l·.y water T l1 t. !1irrh b.ncl comes more close on the t·ivcr in this )Urt. l")ia' wg sone ~9 miles we encamped on the sonth s!dtt. Tlll.r.\d"y 7th. \Y'e set out again early in a foggy ·'1-vn·nin~~ · ·went about 6 miks tdJf} c•tmc to an Indian 1 0 c nnp~ '~'I!' ere we got son1e f1:e:~h r1 1:;h. aacI c1o gs. "1~11 e (!I'·~ of the sc;11aws here ts d1ftc.:rent from that of those 11p the. ri' < t' ; it con:Jists of a long f:jnge made_ of soft b.1rk, which ti LY tie round the waist, and wh1ch comes down ahnc ~l to their l •. necs ; awl of a small "o:,...:, rnade out of snmll skin::; cut .into thongs ~md \vO\ e )um~what l~ke carpetting. 'Ve 1 emam~d here ~tbo ut 2 bom·s 'tntl then proc<;eded on. At tins place the ri,·~..-1· i;:, about 0 miks wide, \Hth at umber of sm.tll islanll~, and tite cuuntry btoken. In the eH:nil. g v~ ce1me to a p~rt of t~1e l'in.r, \\here it is 5 miles iH·o~cl. \Ve went 34 nules and t.:ncamped on tl t! ~outh si ·L at the mouth of a fine spnng. . Fri': J su:. \ v e em barkeu et rly. The 1nor~ Qg vas do tdy. <tod thel c ,. a5 a hard wmcl ftom the. ea t, "c wen~ nbout -:. 1uiks and came to a Lay l2 Ol' l 't 0 · |