CHAPTER V. 



NARRATIVE AND ITINERARY CONTINUED— ROUTES OF DETACHED 

 PARTIES IN CHARGE OF LIEUT. ABBOT. 



First exploration in des chutes valley. — Party — Accident. — Que-y-ee brook. — Dry canon. — Wild view. — Canon of mpto-ly-as 

 river — Late arrival in camp. — Strange character of the canon. — Indian grave. — Ascent of canon side. — Psuc-bee-que 



CREEK AND CANON. — CHIT-TIKE CREEK AND CANON. — WaM CHOCK CANON — GOLD HUNTERS.— INDIANS. — A SURPRISE. — HOT 



springs. — Wild lateral gorge. — Caves. — Basin. — Mountain. — Nee-nee Springs. — Mutton mountains. — Tysch prairie. — 



Tybch creek and canon. — First settlement. — Evelyn's rancho. — Potatoes. — Indians. — Dead body Bread of kous root. — 



Wagon road. — Tysch mountains. — Fifteen mile creek. — Eight mile creek. — Five mile creek. — Fort Dalles. — Officers 

 there. — Chinook william and colonel Fremont's supposed trail. — Dalles of Columbia. — Salmon. — Trip to cascades of 

 Columbia. — Captain wells. — Mr. coe. — Indian burial place. — Wind mountains. — Submerged forest. — Cascades. — Barome- 

 tric observations to determine descent of river — Burial place. — Petrifactions. — Salmon fishing. — Wild evening walk. — 

 Measurement of width of Columbia at cascades. — Return to fort dalles — Start to return to depot camp. — Different 

 route. — Rain at night. — Rumor of good pass to Willamette. — Larger hot spring near wam chuck river. — Indians and 

 salmon in mpto-ly-as canon. — paper on tree — junction with main party. — lunar rainbow and halo. — second exploration 

 in des chctes valley and crossing of the cascade mountains. — plan. — party. — preparations. — division of party. — start. — 

 Trail disappears.— Difficulties. — Lovely view. — Water by digging. — Bright moonlight. — Rain. — Surprise. — Immense 

 canon. — View. — Difficult descent. — Pedregal. — Travelling on foot. — Crater. — Return to river — Examination of second 



CAN6N. — OLD INDIAN TRAIL. — PRECIPICE. CaSTLE ROCK. — BAROMETER BROKEN. — TRAVELLING DOWN A CANON. — DeS CHUTES CANO'.T. — 



Plateau. — Strange hill. — Canon gate. — Trap columns. — Mouth of chit-tike creek. — Indians — Re-examination of wam 



CHUCK RIVER CANON. — JUNCTION WITH MR. COLEMAN'S PAIU'Y. — BAROMETER REPAIRED. — Dr. NEWBERRY SICK. TYSCH CREEK 



again. — Indian war. — Disabreeable predicament. — Kok-kop. — Reports about pass. — Rainy night. — Indian council. — New 

 guide. — Return to nee-nee springs — Start for Willamette valley. — Wil-la-wit springs. — Indian signs. — Wan-nas-seb 

 creek. — Fallen timber. — Yaugh-pas-ses meadow. — "Kill the cart" — Great difficulty from fallen timber. — New order of 

 march. — Branch of tysch creek. — Wat-tum-pa lake. — Oo-lal-le berries. — Delay-. — Lc-ah-hum-lu-ah-hgm prairie — Ty-ty- 

 pa lake. — Game — Mount hood. — Rain. — Triangulation — Horse abandoned. — Trail disappears. — Indian blazing.— Preci- 

 pice. — High mountain. — Extended view. — Magnetic variation. — Very bad trail. — View of thb Willamette valley. — 

 Canon. — Disappointment. — Spring of water discovered. — Steep descent into another canon. — Lake and Indian "stone 

 house." — Difficult ascent. — Unpleasant information — Water and grass reached — Rain. — Anxiety. — Early start. — 

 Execrable trail — View of the Willamette valley. — Pedregal. — Fallen timber. — Camp without water or graes. — Mule 

 L0ST , — Settlement —News about indian war — Mr. currin. — Mule recovered by sam. — Oregon city. — Lieut. Williamson's 

 party. — News. — Lcs3 of the escort, with correspondence upon the subject. — Extract from Oregon statesman. — Gov. 

 curry. — Route from Vancouver to fort reading, west of the cascade mountains. — Start — Salem — Mr. Gordon — 

 Corvallis. — Eugene city. — Pass through calapooya mountains. — Winchester. — Indian war and volunteers — Major 

 Martin. — Canonville. — Despatch from the battle field. — Umpqua canon. — Traces of Indian devastation — Retreat. — 

 Escort from captain smith — Indian devastations. — Heroism of a woman. — Fokt lane. — Table rock. — Valley of etewart 

 creek. — Hot spring. — Siskiyou mountains. — Klamath river. — Yreka.— Little scott's mountains — Furtjones. — Lieut, crook 



detained. — disappointment. — s.now. — scott's valley. — scott's mountains. trinity valley. — trinity mountains. — clear 



creek — French gulch — Shasta. — Fort reading again and termination of field work — Lieut. Williamson — Orders from 

 war department. — subsequent movements, etc. 



FIRST EXPLORATION IN DES CHUTES VALLEY. 



September G. — I left Camp 40 to-day, with instructions from Lieut. Williamson to proceed to Fort 

 Dalles for provisions, and to examine the Des Chutes valley, nortli of the Three Sisters. My 

 party consisted of Mr. Anderson, who greatly assisted me in the astronomical and barometric 

 observations, Dr. Sterling, Mr. Coleman, and eight packers. Lieut. Gibson with Messrs. Daniel 

 and Vinton accompanied me with a train, to procure provisions for the escort, which remained 

 hehind in Depot camp to await our return. My instruments consisted of a Gamhey sextant and 

 mercurial horizon, one of Green's cistern barometers, No. 1089, a thermometer, and a pris- 

 matic compass. 



