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country, which he gave without hesitation oi* reserve. He was 

 anxious that Mr. Drayton should accompany him to Okonagan ; but 

 as this route had just been traversed by another party, it would have 

 been a waste of the short time he had to spend about Wallawalla. 

 Mr. Ogden is a general favourite ; and there is so much hilarity, and 

 such a fund of amusement about him, that one is extremely fortunate 

 to fall into his company. 



After the departure of the brigade, Mr. Drayton set out to visit 

 Dr. Whitman, in company with Mr. M'Lean, who was to proceed 

 to Okonagan with horses, to join Mr. Ogden. They rode about twenty 

 miles before dark, and passed over some of the pastures of the horses 

 belonging to the Company. An alluvial bank, one hundred feet in 

 height, was pointed out, over which the wolves had driven part of 

 a band of the horses of the Company, by surrounding them just 

 before dark. This took place some months before, and the horses 

 were killed and eaten by these voracious animals. The wolves are 

 very numerous in this country, and exceedingly troublesome. 



The country passed over on the banks of the Wallawalla, and 

 within half a mile of it, was green and fertile. This will also apply 

 to the banks of the small tributaries falling into the Wallawalla. 

 To the north and south are extensive prairies, covered with the 

 natural hay of the country, on which the cattle feed ; here these 

 grasses spring up in the early spring rains, grow luxuriantly, and are 

 afterwards converted into hay, by the great heat of the month of 

 July. Thus dried, they retain all their juices. Of this hay the 

 cattle are exceedingly fond, and prefer it even to the young grass of 

 the meadovvs bordering the stream. 



The party reached the mission about dark, and were welcomed by 

 Dr. Whitman and Mr. and Mrs. Gray, of the American Board of 

 Missions. This station was established in 1837, with three others, 

 and is known by the name of Waiilaptu. The second station, called 

 Lapwai (clear water), is at the mouth of the Kooskooskee, under the 

 Rev. Mr. Spalding. The third was about sixty miles up that river, 

 and was called Kamia, where the Rev. Mr. Smith was stationed 

 for two years ; finding, however, that he had no Indians to teach, or 

 within reach of his station, he abandoned it. The fourth, called Chi- 

 mikaine, is near the river Spokane, under the direction of Messrs. 

 Eels and Walker, sixty miles south of Colville. 



At Waiilaptu there are two houses, each of one story, built of 

 adobes, with mud roofs, to insure a cooler habitation in summer. 



