CHAPTER XL 



CONTENTS. 



SCIENTIFIC OPERATIONS AT NISQUALLY — FACILITIES TENDERED BY MR. OGDEN — 

 MR. DRAYTON ORDERED TO ACCOMPANY HIM— MR. DRAYTON'S PREVIOUS RESEARCHES 

 — PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXPEDITION — BOATS — PACKAGES AND MODE OF TRANS- 

 PORTATION—TRADE AT MR. OGDEN'S POSTS — DEPARTURE OF MR. DRAYTON FROM 

 VANCOUVER — CASCADES — CASCADE MOUNTAINS— PORTAGES-GUMMING THE BOATS 

 —SUNKEN FOREST — RATTLESNAKES — METHODIST MISSION — INDIANS WITHIN ITS 

 SPHERE— THE DALLES— MODE OF CURING FISH THERE— MODE OF FISHING— DESCRIP- 

 TION OF THE DALLES— SYSTEM OF THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY— PORTAGE AT THE 

 DALLES— MISSIONARY EFFORTS— IMPROVIDENCE OF THE INDIANS — DESCRIPTION OF 

 THE COUNTRY— ITS CLIMATE— Vi^ISHAM— CHUTES RIVER— JOHN DAY'S RIVER— END OF 

 THE WOODS— HIEROGLYPHIC ROCKS— BURIAL-PLACE— GRAND RAPIDS— WINDMILL ROCK 

 —ARRIVAL OF MR DRAYTON AT VVALLAWALL A— CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF THE 

 COMPANY'S SERVANTS— SEPARATION FROM MR. OGDEN — VISIT TO DR. WHITMAN- 

 MISSIONARY STATIONS OF THE AMERICAN BOARD — WAIILAPTU — GRANDE RONDE— 

 FLAG OF PEACE — CONDITION OF THE MISSIONARIES- CLIMATE— TREES— PROSPECTS 

 OF THE MISSION— THEIR SCHOOL— INDIAN FARMING— BLUE MOUNTAINS— HOT WINDS- 

 MODE OF FISHING AT WALLA WALLA— ARRIVAL OF INDIANS- FALL OF THE COLUMBIA 

 — WALLAWALLA AND NEZ PERCE TRIBES— THEIR MODE OF DRESSING SKINS — MODE 

 OF CARRYING THEIR CHILDREN — MEDICINE - WOMAN — CUSTOMS IN RELATION TO 

 FEMALES— GREAT FALLS OF THE COLUMBIA— CO.MPARISON OF THE COLUMBIA AND 

 SNAKE RIVERS— MR. DRAYTON LEAVES WALLAWALLA— INDIANS AT PRAYER— E.XTOR- 

 TION BY THE INDIANS— THEIR ATTEMPTS AT THEFT— RETURN OF MR. DRAYTON TO 

 VANCOUVER. 



