CHAPTER XII I. 



CONTENTS. 



CONTINUATION OF LIEUTENANT JOHNSON'S TOUR— FORT COLVILLE— KETTLE FALLS— 

 QUIARLPI INDIANS— HEIGHT OF FORT COLVILLE ABOVE THE SEA— ITS CLIMATE— ITS 

 AGRICULTURE— SPOKANE INDIANS— THEIR MODE OF LIFE— THEIR PHYSICAL CHARAC- 

 TER—THEIR DRESS— THEIR GOVERNMENT AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS— AUTHORITY OF 

 THEIR CHIEFS — THEIR PUNISHMENTS— THEIR SUPERSTITIONS — THEIR CALENDAR — 

 OPERATIONS OF THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY IN THE NORTH — OUTPOSTS OF COL- 

 VILLE— FORT CHILCOTIN— FORT GEORGE— FORT THOMPSON— FORT ST. JAMES— NORTH- 

 ERN INDIANS— TAKALI AND ATNAHS— THEIR DRESS— THEIR HABITATION S-THEIR FOOD 

 —THEIR MODE OF FISHING— THEIR FUNERAL RITES— THEIR MEDICINE-MEN— ERASER'S 

 RIVER — LIEUTENANT JOHNSON'S PARTY LEAVES FORT COLVILLE — MISSIONARY 

 STATION AT CHIMIKAINE — CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBOURING INDIANS — THEIR 

 TREATMENT OF FEMALES— THEIR BURIALS— THEIR MARRIAGES— DEPARTURE FROM 

 THE MISSION— ADVENTURE AT A CAMP OF SPOKANE INDIANS— INDIANS TRAVELLING 



— KOOSKOOSKEE INDIANS— MISSION AT LAPVVAI — MR. SPALDING— HIS EXERTIONS TO 

 CIVILIZE THE INDIANS— FREQUENT VISITS OF THE OREGON INDIANS TO THE UNITED 

 STATES — DEPARTURE FROM LAPWAI — INDIAN FARMS — HALF-BREEDS — MIGRATION 

 OF THE BUFFALO — SNAKE RIVER — SANDY DESERT — CCEUR D'ALENE — NEZ PERCft 

 INDIANS — INDIANS AROUND LAPWAI— SAW-MILL— DECREASE OF WILD ANIMALS— MR. 

 HALE'S TOUR AND REMARKS— FALLS OF THE PELUSE— LEGEND RELATING TO THEM— 

 WALLA WALLA — LANGUAGES OF INDIANS — YAKIMA RIVER — MISERABLE GROUP OF 

 SQUAWS— SLOW COMMUNICATION OF NEWS IN OREGON— NUMEROUS RATTLESNAKES 



— SPIPEN RIVER — TOBIAS CAMP — PRAIRIES — LITTLE PRAIRIE — SMALOCHO RIVER- 

 RETURN TO NISQUALLY— EASTERN INDIANS OF OREGON — BLACKFEET— SHOSHONES— 

 CROWS— BONACKS—YOUTAS— TRIBES ALLIED TO THE BON A CKS — MONKEY INDIANS- 

 APACHES— PRESSURE OF THE TRIBES TOWARDS THE SOUTH-ITS PROBABLE CAUSES. 



