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acquaintance I previously had. He imitates all European manners ; 

 immediately after saluting me with ' clachouie,' their word for ' friend,' 

 or ' How are you ? ' and a shake of his hand, water was brought imme- 

 diately for me to wash, and a fire kindled. He then carried me to one 

 of his large canoes, in which lay a sturgeon 10 feet long, 3 at the thickest 

 part in circumference, weighing probably from 400 to 500 lb., to choose 

 what part should be cooked for me. I gave him the preference as to 

 knowledge about the savoury mouthfuls, which he took as a great com- 

 pliment. In justice to my Indian friend, I cannot but say he afforded 

 me the most comfortable meal I had had for a considerable time before, 

 from the spine and head of the fish. A tent was left here, which could 

 not be carried further, in which I slept. He was at war with the Cladsap 

 tribe, inhabitants of the opposite banks of the river, and that night ex- 

 pected an attack which was not made. He pressed me hard to sleep 

 in his lodge lest anything should befall me : this offer I would have most 

 gladly accepted, but as fear should never be shown I slept in my tent 

 fifty yards from the village. In the evening about 300 men danced the 

 war dance and sang several death songs. The description would occupy 

 too much time. In the morning he said I was a great chief, for I was 

 not afraid of the Cladsaps. One of his men, with not a little self-conse- 

 quence, showed me his skill with the bow and arrow, and then with the 

 gun. He passed arrows through a small hoop of grass 6 inches in dia- 

 meter, thrown in the air a considerable height by another person ; with 

 his rifle he placed a ball within an inch of the mark at the distance of 

 110 yards. He said no chief from King George could shoot like him, 

 neither could they sing the death song nor dance the war dance. Of 

 shooting on the wing they have no idea. A large species of eagle, Falco 

 leucocephala, was perched on a dead stump close to the village ; I charged 

 my gun with swan shot, walked up to within forty-five yards of the bird, 

 threw a stone to raise him, and when flying brought him down. This 

 had the desired effect : many of them placed their right hands on their 

 mouths the token for astonishment or dread. This fellow had still a 

 little confidence in his abilities and offered me a shot at his hat ; he threw 

 it up and I carried the whole of the crown away, leaving only the brim. 

 Great value was then laid on my gun and high offers made. My fame 

 was sounded through the camp. Cockqua said ' Cladsap cannot shoot 

 like you.' I find it to be of the utmost value to bring down a bird flying 

 when going near the lodges, at the same time taking care to make it 

 appear as a little thing and as if you were not observed. I In the lodge 

 were some baskets, hats made after their own fashion, cups and pouches, 

 of very fine workmanship ; some of them made with leaves of Typha 

 angustifolia and leaves of Helonias tenax 1 ; some with the tissues of Thuya 

 roots, and of the inner bark, and some with a small linear-leaved Fucus 

 with leaves of the stronger Carices. I received from him an assemblage 

 of baskets, cups, &c., and his own hat, with a promise that the maker (a 

 1 Xerophyttum asphodeloides var., Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 467. 



