CHAPTER V. 



NARRATIVE AND ITINERARY CONTINUED.-ROUTES OF DETACHED 

 PARTIES IN CHARGE OF LIEUT. ABBOT. 



FIRST EXPLORATION IN DES CHUTES VALLEY. PARTY ACCIDENT. QcE-Y-EE BROOK. DRY CANON. WlLD VIEW. CANON OF MPTO-LY-AS 



RIVER LATE ARRIVAL IN CAMP. STRANGE CHARACTER OF THE CANON. INDIAN GRAVE. ASCENT OF CANON SIDE. PSUC-SEE-QUE 



CREEK AND CANON. CHIT-TIKE CREEK AND CANON. WAM CHUCK CANON. GOLD HUNTERS. INDIANS. A SURPRISE. HOT 



SPRINGS. WlLD LATERAL GORGE. CAVES. BASIN. MOUNTAIN. NEE-NEE SPRINGS. MUTTON MOUNTAINS. TYSCH PRAIRIE. 



TYSCH CREEK AND CANON. FlRST 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. WlLD 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 CHUTES 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 



CAN0N. OLD INDIAN TRAIL. PRECIPICE. CASTLE ROCK. BAROMETER BROKEN. TRAVELLING DOWN A CANON. DES CHUTES CANOJT. 



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 PARTY. BAROMETER REPAIRED. Dft. NEWBERRY SICK. TYSCU CREEK 



AGAIN. INDIAN WAR. DISAGREEABLE 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-SEE 

 CREEK. FALLEN TIMBER. YAUGH-PAS-SES MEADOW. &quot;KILL THE CAHT.&quot; GREAT DIFFICULTY FROM FALLEN TIMBER. NEW ORDER OF 

 MARCH. BRANCH OF TYSCH CREEK. WAT-TUM-PA LAKE. OO-LAL-LE BERRIES. DELAY. LU-AH-HUM-LU-AH-HUM 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 THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. 

 CANON. DISAPPOINTMENT. SPRING OF WATER DISCOVERED. STEEP DESCENT INTO ANOTHER CANON. LAKE AND INDIAN &quot;STONE 

 HOUSE.&quot; 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 GRASS. MULE 

 LOST&amp;gt; SETTLEMENT. NEWS ABOUT INDIAN WAR MR. CURRIN. MULE RECOVERED BY SAM. OREGON CITY. LIEUT. WILLIAMSON S 



PARTY. NEWS. LOSS 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. MAJOB 

 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 STEWART 



CREEK. HOT SPRING. SlSKIYOU MOUNTAINS. KLAMATH RIVER. YREKA. LlTTLB SCOTT S MOUNTAINS. FoRT JONES. LlEUT. CROOK 



DETAINED. DISAPPOINTMENT. SNOW. 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 6. 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, north 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 

 behind in Depot camp to await our return. My instruments consisted of a Gambey sextant and 

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

 matic compass. 



