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Leave the rendezvous — An accession to the band — A renegado Blackfoot 

 chief— Captain Stewart and Mr. Ashvvorth — Muddy creek — More carous- 

 ing — Abundance of trout — Bear river — A hard day's march — Volcanic coun- 

 try — White-clay pits and " Beer spring" — Rare birds and common birds — 

 Mr. Thomas McKay — Captain Bonneville's party — Captains Stewart and 

 Wyetii's visit to the lodge of the "bald chief" — Blackfoot river — Adventure 

 with a grizzly bear — Death of " Zip Koon" — Young grizzly bears and buf- 

 falo calves — A Blackfoot Indian — Dangerous experiment of McKay — the 

 three " Tetons" — Large trout — Shoshone river — Site of " Fort Hall" — Pre- 

 parations for a buflalo hunt, 72 



Chapteh VL Departure of the hunting camp — A false alarm— Blackfeet In- 

 dians — Requisites of a mountain-man — Good fare, and good appetites — An 

 experiment — Grizzly bears — Ncz Perce Indian — Adventure with a grizzly 

 bear — Hunters' anecdotes — Homeward l)ound — Arrival at " Fort Hall" — A 

 salute — Emaciation from lowdiet — Mr. McKay's company — Buffalo lodges-- 

 Effects of judicious training — Indian worship — A " Camp Meeting" — Mr. 

 Jason Lee, a favorite — A fatal accident and a burial, 92 



CiiAPTEU VII. Departure of McKay's party, Captain Stewart, and the mis- 

 sionaries — Debauch at the fort — Departure of the company — Poor provision — 

 Blackfeet hunting ground — Sufferings from thirst — Goddin's creek — An- 

 toine (toddin, the trapper — Scarcity of game — A buffalo — Rugged moun- 

 tains — More game — Unusual economy —Habits of the white wolf — " Thorn- 

 burg's pass" — Difficult traveiUng — The captain in jeopardy among the 

 snow — A countermarch — Deserted Banneck camp — Toilsome and dangerous 

 passage of the mountain — Mallade river — Beaver dams, and beaver — A 

 party of Snake Indians — Another Banneck camp — " Kamas prairie" — Indian 

 mode of preparing the kamas — Racine blanc, or biscuit root — Loss of horses 

 by fatigue — Boisee or Big-wood river — Salmon — Choke-cherries, &c. 110 



Chapter VIIL A substitute for game, and a luxurious breakfast — Expecta- 

 tions of a repast, and a disappointment — Visit of a Snake chief — his abhor- 

 rence of horse meat — A band of Snake Indians — their chief — Trade with 

 Indians for salmon — Mr. Ashworth's adventure — An Indian horse-thief — 

 Visit to the Snake camp — A Banneck camp — Supercilious conduct of the 

 Indians — Snake river — Equipment of a trapping party — Indian mode of 

 catching salmon — Loss of a favorite horse — Powder river — Cut rocks — 

 Grand Ronde — Captain Bonneville — Kayouse and Nez Perce Indians — An 

 Indian beauty — Blue mountains— A feline visit, 129 



Chapter IX. Passage of the Blue mountains — Sufferings from thirst — 

 Utalla river — .\ transformation — A novel meal — Columbia river and Fort 

 Walla-walla — A dinner with the missionaries — Anecdote of Mr. Lee — 

 Brief notice of the Fort — Departure of the missionaries — Notice of the Wal- 

 la-walla Indians — Departure for Fort \'^ancouver — Wild ducks — Indian 

 graves — Visits from Indians — Ophthalmia, a prevalent disease — A company 

 of Chinook Indian.s — The Dalles — The party joined by Captain Wyeth — 

 Embarkation in canoes — A heavy gale — Dangerous navigation — Pusillani- 

 mous conduct of an Indian helmsman — A zealous botanist — Departure of 

 Captain Wyeth with five men — Cascades — A portage — Meeting with the 

 missionaries — Loss of a canoe — A toilsome duty — Arrival at Fort Vancou- 

 ver — Dr. John McLoughhn, the chief factor — Domiciliation of the travel- 

 lers at Fort Vancouver, 1 50 



Chapter X. Fort Vancouver— .Agricultural and other improvements— Van- 

 couver "camp"— Expedition to the Wallammot— The falls— A village of 



