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2nd.—Light rain in course of the day. Start 4 past 5a.m. Proceed 
as usual and encamp above Rapids a Poteint at } past 6 o’clock. 
3rd.—Fine weather. Start at 4 past 5a.m. Clear Isle des Portage? 
and take breakfast by 110’clock. (Hauled our Boat up without discharg- 
ing; gummed). Encamp 5 miles above the Piscouhoose River at} past 6 
p.m. Trade a little meat and a few roots (our canoe proceeds no farther). 
4th.—Fine weather. Embark at } past 4 o’clock. Encamp a 
league above Clear water Creek* at 8 p.m. The gentlemen afoot found 
a good deal of snow on the hills to-day. 
5th.—Fine weather. Resume our journey at 5 o’clock. Arrive at 
Okanagan® at 5 p.m. 
Friday 6th.—Send off the Boat Manned by 12 men (4 being addi- 
tional to return with the Doctor, etc.) and Mr. Douglas, Passenger, in 
order that they may pass the Dalles while the gentlemen remain behind 
to settle the accts. of this place. 
7th.—Fine weather. At 10 o’clock Messrs..McLoughlin, McLeod 
and E. Ermatinger leave Okanagan on horseback in order to join the 
Boat at the Grosse Roche whither they arrive at 3 p.m. having met 
with a great deal of snow the first half of the distance on the hills. The 
Boat only arrives at 7 p.m. Encamp. 
Sth.—Fine weather. Embark at 5 a.m. Reach nearly the upper 
end of the Grand Coulée® and encamp at 7 p.m. 
9th.—Shght rain afternoon. Start at 5 a.m. and encamp at 4 past 
7 p.m. Perrault falls sick and is unable to work. 
10th.—Rain afternoon. Embark 4 past 4 o’clock. Pass the 
Spokane river at noon. Encamp from 12 to 15 miles above at 7 p.m. 

1 Corrupted to present “Port Eaton’; correctly, Paquin rapid. 
2 Island rapid is 15 miles upstream from the southern boundary of Kittitas co., 
Wash. Ross Cox calls it ‘ Rocky island’ rapid. In his journal of the return trip, 
Ermatinger calls it ‘Isles des Pierres’ rapid. 
3 Now called Wenatchee river; falls into the Columbia from west, about 20 
miles above the line between Chelan and Kittitas counties. 
* Probably Chelan river which discharges Chelan lake, a beautiful mountain 
lake 45 miles long. Lyman in “The Columbia River,” says that its water “forms a 
streak of blue cutting right across the impetuous downflow” of the Columbia. 
5 Fort Okanagan was founded in September, 1811, by David Stuart of the 
Pacific Fur Co. It was the post, through which, via Kamloops and Alexandria on 
the Fraser river, supplies were transported from the Columbia to the New Caledonia 
posts, for many years. The Fort was situated east of the confluence of Okanagan 
and Columbia rivers. 
* Near boundary between Lincoln and Douglas counties, Wash. It is supposed 
to be a former bed of the Columbia, and rejoins the river near Priest rapid. Paul 
Kane (“Wanderings in North America,” 299), describes the scenery, both of the 
Grand coulée and of the Columbia hereabouts as of surpassing grandeur and beauty. 
