CHAPTER IX. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM OAHU— SICKNESS OF THE CREW OF THE PORPOISE— SEARCH FOR 

 UNKNOWN ISLANDS— CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT— BAR OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER-DETER- 

 MINATION TO PROCEED TO THE NORTHWARD— DANGER OF THE VESSELS NEAR CAPE 

 GRENVILLE— WRECK OF A JAPANESE JUNK— INDIAN CANOE — STRAITS OF JUAN DE 

 FUCA— INDIANS VISIT THE SHIP— THEIR APPEARANCE— MODE OF TAKING WILD-FOWL 

 -PROTECTION ISLAND — PORT DISCOVERY— INDIANS— THEIR MANNERS, ETC. — THEIR 

 CANOES— THEIR WARS— GENERAL ORDER— WOODS AROUND PORT DISCOVERY— INDIAN 

 MESSENGER — INDIAN BURIAL-PLACES — DEPARTURE FROM PORT DISCOVERY — PORT 

 TOWNSEND — PORT LAWRENCE — APPLE -TREE COVE — ADMIRALTY INLET — PUGET 

 SOUND — ANCHORAGE AT NISQU ALLY — VISIT FROM MR. ANDERSON AND CAPTAIN 

 M'NIEL — SCENERY AT NISQU ALLY — PLAN OF OUR OPERATIONS — VISIT TO FORT 

 NISQUALLY — MISSION — PUGET SOUND COMPANY — MOUNT RAINIER — PRESENT OF 

 BULLOCKS FROM MR. ANDERSON- STEAMER BEAVER— LIEUTENANT JOHNSON'S PARTY 

 SET OUT— DEPARTURE OF CAPTAIN WILKES'S PARTY— RIVER NISQUALLY— CAMP AT 

 SHUTE'S RIVER— BUTE PRAIRIE— CHICKEELES RIVER— COWLITZ FARM— MR. FORREST'S 

 HOSPITALITY— CLIMATE OF COWLITZ— SIMON PLUMONDON— NATIVE MODE OF DRESS- 

 ING LEATHER— EMBARKATION ON THE COWLITZ RIVER— ITS SHORES— SUPPOSED BEDS 

 OF COAL — ENTRANCE INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER — MOUNT COFFIN — OAK POINT 

 —ST. HELEN'S REACH — TONGUE POINT — ASTORIA — EXCURSION TO POINT ADAMS- 

 MISSIONARIES AT CLATSOP — CLATSOP VILLAGE — PUNISHMENT OF A MURDERER — 

 VOYAGE TO VANCOUVER — TONGUE POINT — INDIAN MEDICINE-MAN— COFFIN ROCK- 

 INDIAN MOURNING— WARRIOR POINT— CALLAPUYA— VILLAGE OF VANCOUVER — FORT 

 VANCOUVER— DR. M'LAUGHLIN— COMPANY'S ESTABLISHMENT— BUSINESS TRANSACTED 

 XT VANCOUVER — CONDITION OF THE COMPANY'S SERVANTS AND DEPENDANTS — 

 HOSPITABLE RECEPTION OF THE MISSIONARIES— HALF-BREED CHILDREN — MORALS- 

 CROPS — FARiM- DAIRY FARM — OLD FORT VANCOUVER — GRIST AND SAW MILLS — 

 MANUFACTURE OF AXES-SUDDEN RISE OF THE RIVER— PARTY OF YOUNG AMERI 

 CANS. 



