CHAPTER XL 



CONTENTS. 



SCIENTIFIC OPERATIONS AT NISQUALLY — FACILITIES TENDERED BY MR. OGDEN 



— MR. DRAYTON ORDERED TO ACCOMPANY HIM — MR. DRAYTON'S PREVIOUS RE- 

 SEARCHES—PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXPEDITION — BOATS — PACKAGES AND MODE 

 OF TRANSPORTATION-TRADE AT MR. OGDEN'S POSTS — DEPARTURE OF MR. DRAY- 

 TON 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 FISH- 

 ING—DESCRIPTION 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 — WISH AM — CHUTES RIVER-JOHN 

 DAY'S RIVER— END OF THE WOODS — HIEROGLYPHIC ROCKS— BURIAL-PLACE— GRAND 

 RAPIDS-WINDMILL ROCK— ARRIVAL OF MR. DRAYTON AT WALLA WALLA— CHARAC- 

 TER AND CONDITION OF THE COMPANY'S SERVANTS-SEPARATION FROM MR. OGDEN 



— VISIT TO DR. WHITMAN — MISSIONARY STATIONS OF THE AMERICAN BOARD — 

 WATILAPTU— 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 WALLAWALLA-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- 

 COMPARISON OF THE COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS— MR. DRAYTON LEAVES WAL- 

 LAWALLA— INDIANS AT PRAYER— EXTORTION BY THE INDIANS— THEIR ATTEMPTS 

 AT THEFT— RETURN OF MR. DRAYTON TO VANCOUVER. 



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