458 PUGET SOUND AND OKONAGAN. 



From the point of junction, the Columbia can be traced for the dis- 

 tance of thirty-five miles. At the opposite shore of the river, the banks 

 have a more uniform appearance, and would give the idea that on reach- 

 ino- their summit of one thousand five liundred feet, an extensive table- 

 land would be seen ; but this is not the case, for mountainous land 

 rises at some distance beyond, but it has no snow upon it, and is 

 destitute of trees. Below, at a distance of ten or twelve miles, is seen 

 a high-peaked isolated rock, which Lieutenant Johnson conjectured 

 to be Buckland Rock; and beyond it, the river seems to take a turn 

 to the southward. Between the forks of the rivers, the hills are very 

 rugged, steep, and rocky. 



On the 5th of June, by the timely arrival of an Indian in a canoe, 

 they were enabled to cross the Pischous, and to find out the route they 

 ought to pursue towards Okonagan. With this aid, and without 

 much difficulty, the horses and all the baggage were safely landed 

 on tlie opposite side, after which their course continued along the 

 Columbia river. The path was a very rough one for the horses to 

 travel, being frequently over jagged rocks, which approach within a 

 few feet of the water's edge, and in places so near as to leave but a 

 ledge for the horses to pass on, rendering it both laborious and dan- 

 gerous. These rocks are of granite with veins of white marble, one 

 of which was several feet in width. Much of the rock resembles 

 slate, capable of being split into thin slabs, and of a dark gray 

 colour. They met with, during this day, many interesting plants, 

 among which were a cupressus tree and a cruciferous plant on the 

 rocks, which an Indian woman was gathering for food. To the taste, 

 they were extremely bitter. Large quantities of wild gooseberries 

 were also to be found growing among the rocks, but proved quite 

 insipid. 



They encamped on a small sand-flat on the Columbia, having made 

 about eleven miles. 



On the 6th, after travelling seven miles, they reached the banks 

 of a small stream, called by the Indians Entiyatecoom, but known 

 by the Canadian voyageurs as Point de Bois. Its course is nearly 

 east and west ; it is about one hundred feet wide, and was found at 

 its mouth too deep to ford. They, therefore, continued up the stream 

 for about a mile and a half, in hopes of finding a suitable place. 

 While thus ascending the stream, they were accosted by several 

 Indians, who motioned to them to return to the mouth of the river, 



