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the niunth of the Colunihia, is reproduced in figure 2. Similar pieces 

 were undoubtedly seen by Lewis and Clark a generation earlier. 



The second sketch made during the autumn of 1850, plate 6, bears 

 the legend "Columbia River near Oak Point, Oct. 1850." The point 

 is on the right bank of the Columbia about midway between the mouth 

 and Vancouver, and was so named by Lieutenant Broughton in 1792." 

 When going up the river they arrived at a spot "where, for the first 



Fig. I. — Specimens collected by George Gibbs on the lower Columliia. 



a, bone knife handle, length 8^ inches, U.S.N.M. no. 708 ; b, club for killing 

 fish, wood, length 18 inches, U.S.N.M. no. 651; c, spoon, wood, length of figure 

 on handle 3! inches, no number ; d. bowl, wood, diameters 6 and 8 inches, 



U.S.N.M. no. 691. 



time in this river, some oak-trees were seen, one of which measured 

 thirteen feet in girth; this obtained the name of Oak Point." 



The canoe is the most interesting feature of the sketch. To quote 

 again from Lewis and Clark" (pp. 433-434) : 



The industry of the Indians is not confined to household utensils : the great proof 

 of their skill is the construction of their canoes. In a country, ipdccd. wlierc so 



° Vancouver, op. cit. vol. 2, p. 61. 

 'Oo. cit. 



