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was too weak and reduced to partake of 
the fare which Mr. Black, the person in 
charge, kindly set before me, but only 
begging him to procure me a guide to 
convey me to the Great Falls, lay down 
on a heap of fire-wood, to be free from 
Mosquitoes, and slept till morning. I 
paid my former guide with ten charges of 
ammunition, and gave him some tobacco 
(that universal currency) to buy his pro- 
vision on the way home; then taking a 
larger canoe, and two guides, set off on the 
morning of Saturday, the 26th, for Fort 
Vancouver. I had the good fortune to 
purchase a fresh salmon, from a party of 
Indians, soon after leaving Walla-wallah, 
and my acquaintance with the channel 
enabled me to drift securely at night over 
a part of the river, where the Indians of 
some neighbouring lodges are in the habit 
of stopping and pillaging the boats which 
s. The next day I arrived at the Great 
Falls, where I found from five hundred to 
seven hundred Indians, but was sorry to 
learn that the Chief, Pawquanawaha, who 
had been my last guide to the sea, was not 
at home; but as I am now en pays de con- 
naissance, and can speak the language 
tolerably well, I easily procured two others, 
one of whom I knew before. The Chiefess 
refreshed me with nuts and whortleberries, 
and I proceeded fifteen miles, where I 
camped for the night. A large party of 
seventy-three men came to smoke with me, 
and all seemed to behave decently, till I 
found that my tobacco-box was gone ; 
. having been taken from the pocket of my 
jacket, which I had hung up to dry, being 
drenched in the canoe while descending 
the Falls. As soon as I discovered my 
loss I perched myself on a rock, and, in 
their own tongue, gave the Indians a 
furious reprimand, applying to them all the 
epithets of abuse which I had often heard 
them bestow on another; and reminding 
them that though they saw me only a 
Blanket Man, I was more than that, I was 
the Grass Man, and therefore not at all 
afraid of them. I could not, however, 
Ss mesver my box, but slept unmolested after 
all the bustle. On Tuesday, the 29th, I 
DOUGLAS’ EXCURSION TO 
reached the Grand Rapids, but foun 
river so rough, from a high wind 
raised the water in great waves, that 
obliged to halt, and betook myself to 
lodge of Chamtalia, my old guide, 
set before me a hearty meal of who 
berries and fresh salmon. He then sj 
of accompanying me in a larger canoe, ant 
two Indians, to the sea; but seeing that 
kind fellow was busily employed at th 
time in curing his salmon, I refused 
services, and hired his brother and 
instead. I hastened on, lest the 
which had been rising for some 
should increase so as to delay my p 
and, by great exertion and starting 
day-light, accomplished the desired 
and at noon of the last day of August 
day previous to that (the Ist of Sep 
on which the ship was fixed to sail, lande 
at Point Vancouver, whence in poo 
weary and travel-soiled, glad at 
though possessing nothing but a 
leather trousers, and Old hat, having. 
my jacket, neck-kerchief, and worn = 
shoes, I made my way to the Fort, à: 
traversed eight hundred miles of the 
lumbia valley in twelve days, unatte 
a single person, except my Indian 
EXCURSION TO NORTH CALIFORNIA 
THE UMPTQUA OR ARGUILAR RI ^ 
&c. TO PROCURE CONES OF THE 
GANTIC PINE. 
intended to accompany my collections, 
see them stowed in the Dryad; but 
ing Captain Davidson, who had come 
the Fort, to take leave of the gen 
there, I mentioned my wishes to bim 
gladly embraced the opportunity of 
and writing a few lines to MY ^ 
England. 
Saturday 2nd to Friday Ru 
warm and cloudy, with heavy 
night. Employed myself gleaning 
seeds of the choice plants that 
lected last year, especially 
neum, Gualtheria Shallon, 
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