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fight, and attacked the seamen with bows and arrows and s^oears. The 

 hitter resisted, tliroiving stones behind tliem and under their arms with great force, 

 as the Indians say, but were finally all killed. Tliis beeswax has often been 

 mentioned by travelers, and pieces of it continvie to be found after westerly 

 storms. This vessel was probably a Japanese junk, several of which have 

 from time to time been cast away on the coast. It is noticeable that many 

 of the Tilamuk diff"er in personal appearance from their neighbors at this 

 day, so as easily to be recognized by those acquainted with the peculiarity. 

 Their complexion is yellower than ordinary, and their eyes more oblique 

 and elongated. 



The spot on which Lewis and Clarke's winter encampment was fixed is 

 still discernible, and the foundation logs remained till within a year or two. 

 It was on the west bank of a little river, called by the Indians Netul, but 

 generally known as Lewis and Clarke's River, about two miles from its 

 mouth. The trail by which they used to reach the coast can also be traced. 

 Their visit produced a stronger impression than any event before the arrival 

 of the Astoria party, and they are still remembered by the older Indians. 

 One of these Indians told a settler that the captains were real chiefs, and 

 that the Americans who had come since were but tiUkum, or common peo- 

 ple. Ske-mah-kwe-up, the chief, and almost the last sur^^vor of the Wah- 

 kiakum band of Tsinuk, presei-ved with great pride the medal given him 

 by Lewis and Clarke, until within a year or two, when it was accidentally 

 lost, to his great grief 



The Tsihalis Indians retain a recollection of Gray. Kau-kau-an, the 

 old chief at I'sihalis Point, informed me that he had seen him. Gray gave 

 them a musket and some cartridges, first, however, cutting off the balls. 

 They did not know its use, but supposed it was intended merely to make a 

 noise, and fired it off until their powder was gone, when they broke it up. 

 Afterward they found out Gray's object. He also gave them axes and 

 knives, the first they had seen. A few years after him came Captain Tom- 

 linson, with whom also they traded. Gray and he used to give them a 

 "small blanket", probably a piece of coarse cloth, for a dressed deer-skin. 



Quite a number of Soiuid Indians remember the visits of the early 

 ships to their waters, although, as might be expected, they liave confused 



