1843:], 
Mackina 
continue their er voyage down the 
Columbia. I ha aa in ti the 
Walahwalah r a fine drove of severa 
hundred eatiio, ‘which they had exchanged 
for Californian. cattle, to be received at Van- 
considered a ve 
r portion of the 
journey 
Hav ving mains oo) our animals itis tk 
fresh horses, hired from the t, and i 
creased our stock of provisions ‘with dried 
salmon 
sumed our journey dow 
J being guid ided om our road by a 
intelligent aces — whom I i ster i 
re as the Dal 
From an Pt int over sears the 
road led, we asined another far view of 
vation 
at whicl? gave for the latitude 
Se: tion country to-day was very 
unprepossessing, and our road bad; and a 
we toiled slowly along through Seeiiln loose 
sands, and over fragments of black ‘olen 
rock, our laborious thielling was st. 
contrasted wi pi a ia of Bs. 
Applegate’s fleet of boats, 
requently met cians 
road, and they “iat * er at every 
tavorale is, along 
9.—The 
sax Noutinved Pi 
the — ey in the course 0 day Mou 
St. sme sisi another snowy peak of the Cas. 
range, was visible. We crossed the 
Uni r river at a fall near its mouth. 
stream is of the same c as the 
river, with a bed of volcanic 
west remaining. 
clear; showing ped cule cone-like 
brightly drawn against ' a 
- peak of Mount Hood 
a ee they proposed to | the sky. 
o 
aris: 
pisja 
and a 
109 
| pies 
for cpanel Jangua 
ae nued to ‘evel along the river, 
a w ken fragments strew= 
at the base and over the adjoining coun- 
We made a late encampment on the river, 
and vse re purshia tridentata for fire - 
ood. the — which Pai the 
bank, w pene ood green grass. i 
45° ri 23/7, fompiide 119° 45' 09", 
ember 1.—Mount Hood is glowing in 
the sunlight this morning, and the air 
leasant, with a tem ite. of 38°, We 
eee 2 
ne = 1 valley, bounded by 
ee the right shore, ee banks of the Co- 
— are very high and steep; the river is 
1,690 feet broad, and dark bulls of rock give 
ita picturesque 9 a 
November 2 e 
= 'h : a 
among blu leah no onger room for a 
Pa et we accord ingly lett it, and took a. 
iss 
on _ uncommonly 
crossed John Da 
BA beautiful compo with 4 sappie t current 
bed of rolled st ina 
ies valley, which is characteristieo of al the 
streams in this region; and rt e de- 
scended to reach it well dese 
an 
night a few miles beyond, are amas 
slept without oe We : 
grassy hollow without water ; but as we 
