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The next morning I was np at G o'clock and called tbem, but they 

 heard the wind blowing and thought it would not yet be safe to go 

 around Point Wilson, so tbey did not get up, but in an hour it had 

 calmed down and tbey concluded to start ; fearing though that it would 

 rise again (as it did soon after), they rose and started without any 

 breakfast, teaching Port Townsend tbey remaiued tbere until about 

 noon. Then most of them went 3 miles farther and camped; but the 

 owners of the smaller canoes feared to go across the bay, as it was very 

 rough. 



About 8 o'clock the following morning we again started and to shorten 

 the distance some of our i)arty took a route where we were obliged to 

 make a short portage. Often in doing this, wben tbere are but few 

 persons along, they unload the canoes and take the articles and canoes 

 separately across, but this time there were so many along that they 

 were able to pull the loaded canoes across, having first laid down sticks 

 over which they were dragged. During the day there was another 

 race. We reached Port Gamble about 2 o'clock in the afternoon and 

 some thought it best to proceed, but the Port Gamble Indians invited 

 my companions to spend tbe night with them and partake of a small 

 feast, which invitation they concluded to accept. The feast consisted 

 chietly of potatoes and rice, cooked in kettles, around which they sat, 

 taking tbe food out with their large ladles. After dark the women as- 

 sembled in one house and sat down in two rows opposite each other, 

 singing for an hour or more, accomi)anied by the drum and the pound- 

 ing of sticks. When this was over, two of the Port Gamble women 

 made presents of from 5 to 12 yards of calico to each of Twana wouien, 

 and after 10 o'clock some of tbe Twanas and Klallanis began to gamble 

 and kept up tbeir game until 3 o'clock in the morning. 



Tbe next morning tbere was anotber feast of bread, crackers, and 

 coffee, some of which was carried away. It was half past 10 o'clock 

 before we left Port Gamble, boping to reach Seabeck, 20 miles dis- 

 tant, by nigbt. But soon after starting we met a strong head wind 

 which grew stronger. Sometimes, especially in rounding small points, 

 we used poles to push the canoes. The Indians seldom carry poles for 

 this purpose, but generally use spears. About 3 o'clock in tbe after- 

 noon tbe Indians got tired and encamped, only one canoe reaching iSea- 

 beck that night, and tbat was the one wbich belonged tbere. Tbe rest 

 were scattered, singly and in groups of from two to four, for a distance 

 of about 4 miles, and were not together again after this ; but the In- 

 dians were now in familiar waters and no longer felt uneasy concerning 

 the safety of each otber. I was camped with a party having four ca- 

 noes. The wind blew violently that night, the trees constantly falling 

 near us, and it rained so tbat it was almost impossible to make a tire. 

 A few had tents, others used their sails as shelter, and tbe rest arranged 

 tbeir mats on poles placed in a slanting direction so as to keep off most 

 of the rain and wind. About 3 o'clock the next moruiug an unusually 



