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hundred regular inhabitants, who live, like the rest, upon salmon ; 

 but they appeared to have more comforts about them than any vre had 

 yet seen. 



At Niculuita Mr. Drayton obtained a drawling of a child's head 

 that had just been released from its bandages, in order to secure its 

 flattened head. Both the parents show^ed great delight at the success 

 they had met with in effecting this distortion. The wood-cuts give 

 a correct idea of the child's appearance. 



FROXT VIEW. SIDE VIEW. 



There were from fifty to one hundred Indians constantly follow- 

 ing the brigade, and aiding the men. The price for half an hour's 

 service was generally two leaves of tobacco, which was sought after 

 with great eagerness. These Indians paint their faces with red and 

 yellow clay. Their women seemed to be of more consequence than 

 is usual among savages, and some of them even took command over 

 the men. 



At John Day's river great quantities of salmon are taken, and 

 there are, in consequence, many temporary lodges here. Notwith- 

 standing this is a rocky region, there are vast quantities of fine sand 

 deposited every where, which is brought down the river. On this the 

 encampments are necessarily made ; and the sand is exceedingly dry 

 and hot, which renders the camping disagreeable. There are few 

 places more uncomfortable ; for a basaltic wall rises nine hundred or 

 a thousand feet within two hundred yards of the camp, which reflects 

 the sun's rays down upon the beach of white sand, rendering the 

 atmosphere almost insupportable. To give some idea of the heat, Mr. 

 Drayton found it uncomfortably hot to sit down upon the rocks an 

 hour after the sun had set. 



One of their amusements at the time of encamping was a rattle- 

 snake hunt, in which several large ones were killed. 



The brigade, as usual, set out early, and with the sun there arose 



