177 



CHAPTER IX. 



FROM SYNIAKWATEEN TO THE PACK RIVER FROM PACK RIVER 



TO THE KOOTANIE THE TOBACCO PLAINS HUDSON'S BAY 

 COMPANY'S TRADING-POST THE KOOTANIE INDIANS A KOO- 

 TANIE CANOE THE GALTON EANGE AND FLATHEAD RIVER 



THE MOOSE DEER WAPITI OR OREGON ELK CARIBOU 



VIRGINIAN DEER WHITE-TAILED DEER BLACK-TAILED DEER 



MULE DEER THE ASCENT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS CAMP 



IN THE GLEN YELLOW-HAIRED PORCUPINE SAY'S STRIPED 



SQUIRREL PINUS CONTORTA ROCK PTARMIGAN THE MOUNTAIN 



GOAT THE BIGHORN AND ROCK-WHISTLER. 



LEAVING Syniakwateen, the trail runs through 

 twenty-five miles of dark, gloomy, grassless 

 forest, until reaching the Pack river, a small 

 stream, except in the flood-time : from this river 

 to the Kootanie, the trees are less thickly 

 clustered. 



In the Kootanie valley there is an abundance of 

 grass ; we crossed the river at its south-eastern 

 bend, to reach the Tobacco plains, a gravelly waste, 

 the grass on it at this time (July) completely 

 dried into hay by the sun. A small trading-post 

 of the Hudson's Bay Company stands near the 

 crossing, occupied by one trader, who obtains the 



VOL. II. X 



