CONTENTS. 11 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The River Above the Rapids A Luke Within Basaltic Walls- 

 Many Beautiful Waterfalls Mount Douglas and ils Glaciers 

 A Trading Post of the Hudson Bay Fur Company The 

 Hot Springs; an Ancient Indian Sanitarium Anxiously 

 Waiting for "Douglass Bill" Novel Method of Photo- 

 graphing Big Trees .75 



CHAPTER IX. 



An Early Morning Climb A Thousand Feet Above the Lake 

 Fresh Deer Signs in Sight of the Hotel Three Indians Bring 

 in Three Deer " Douglass Bill " Proves as Big a Liar as 

 Other Indians Heading off a Flock of Canvas Backs A 

 Goodly Bag of these Toothsome Birds A Siwash Hut A 

 Revolting Picture of Dirt, Filth, Nakedness, and Decayed 

 Fish Another Guide Employed Ready on Sh^rt Notice 

 Off for the Mountain * 82 



CHAPTER X. 



Characteristics of the Flathead Indians Canoeists and Pack- 

 ers by Birth and Education A Skillful Canoe Builder 

 Freighting Canoes Fi-hing Canoes Traveling Canoes 

 Two Cords of Wood for a Cargo, and Four Tons of Mer- 

 chandise for Another Dress of the Coast Indians. . 89 



CHAPTER XL 



Climbing the Mountain in a Rainstorm Pean's Dirty Blmkets 

 His Careful Treatment of His Old Musket A Novel Charge 

 for Big Game The Chatter of the Pine Squirrel A Shot 

 Through the Brush Venison for Supper A Lame Con- 

 versation: English on the One Side, Chinook on the Other 

 The Winchester Express Staggers the Natives Peculiarities 

 of the Columbia Black Tail Deer - 97 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Chinook Jargon; an Odd Conglomeration of Words; the 

 Court Language of the Northwest; a Specimen Conversa- 

 tion A Camp on the Mountain Side How the Indian Tried 



