TLICKITACKS.— WALLA-WALLAS. 63 



TLICKITACKS. 



lit. 



CASINO. 



(Painted 1848.) 



This chief is one of the Tlickitack Tribe, and the principal chief 

 of all the Indians inhabiting the Columbia River, from Astoria to 

 the Cascades. In the plenitude of his power he travelled in great 

 state, and was often accompanied by a hundred slaves, obedient to 

 bis slightest caprice. The bands over whom he presided paid him 

 tribute on all the furs and fish taken, as also upon the increase of 

 their stock, to support him in this affluence. 



He was the petted chief of the Hudson's Bay Company, and 

 through him they are undoubtedly much indebted for the quiet as- 

 cendancy they always maintained over these tribes. 



It is said that on visiting Fort Vancouver, his slaves often carpeted 

 the road, from the landing to the fort, with beaver and other furs, a 

 distance of a quarter of a mile ; and that on his return, the officers of 

 the Hudson Bay Company would take the furs, and carpet the same 

 distance with blankets and other Indian goods, as his recompense. 

 He is now an old man, having outlived his prosperity and posterity, 

 to see a once numerous people reduced to a few scattered lodges, 

 which must soon disappear before the rapidly growing settlements 

 of the adventurous pioneers. 



WALLA-WALLAS. 



They reside on the Walla-Walla River, in the northern part of 

 Oregon, and subsist chiefly upon salmon, with which their streams 

 abound. 



