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much risk ; were it otherwise, there would be no little danger in 

 these aggressions. 



The corpses of the several different tribes which are buried 

 here, are known by the difference in the structureof their canoes; 

 and the sarcophagi of the chiefs from those of the common peo- 

 ple, by the greater care which has been manifested in the 

 arrantjement of the tomb. 



October 14?A. — I walked to day around the beach to the foot 

 of Young's bay, a distance of about ten miles, to see the remains 

 of the house in which Lewis and Clark's party resided during 

 the winter which they spent here. The logs of which it is com- 

 posed, are still perfect, but the roof of bark has disappeared, and 

 the whole vicinity is overgrown with thorn and wild currant 

 bushes. 



One of Mr. Birnie's children found, a few days since, a large 

 silver medal, which had been brought here by Lewis and Clark, 

 and had probably been presented to some chief, who lost it. On 

 one side was a head, with the name " Th. Jefferson, Presi- 

 dent of the United States, 1801." On the other, two hands 

 interlocked, surmounted by a pipe and tomahawk ; and above the 

 words, " Peace and Friendship." 



Ibth. — This afternoon I embarked in a canoe with Chinamus, 

 and went with him to his residence at Chinook. The chief wel- 

 comed me to his house in a style which would do no discredit to 

 a more civilized person. His two wives were ordered to make a 

 bed for me, which they did by piling up about a dozen of their 

 soft mats, and placing my blankets upon them, and a better bed I 

 should never wish for. I was regaled, before I retired, with 

 sturgeon, salmon, wappatoos, cranberries, and every thing else 

 that the mansion afforded, and was requested to ask for any 

 thing I wanted, and it should be furnished me. Whatever may 

 be said derogatory to these people, I can testify that inhospitality 

 is not among the number of their failings. I never went into the 



