1889.] Silver Lake of Oregon. 971 
old Chaloquin, who was a great fighter in his day. He was a 
little man, with fat face, prominent eyebrows, retreating forehead 
and long hair. He was very good natured, smiling broadly on all 
interesting occasions, and appears to be of a kindly disposition. 
He was pleased to find that I knew the Klamath names of some 
fishes, such as Tswam, Xooptu, Yehnne (large suckers) Metash 
(trout), etc. He taught me the names of various wild beasts, as 
Mitap (bear), Yoho (elk), Lok (puma), and various other words. 
But he couldn't talk English, and I got very little information 
from him, and he could not understand me. So on the second 
day out I found a wild young Modoc, Pete by name, who could 
speak English pretty well, and I hired him instead. I paid the old 
man off after a friedly palaver, and furnished him with mucky- 
mucky (provisions) for the return trip. 
I found the Corporal Cronk, who had charge of the army 
property (animals, horses, wagons, etc.) which carried me and my 
provisions, to be a very inconvenient man. He was very much 
afraid that some trouble would befall the property, so he 
bothered me very much. He lost much time by making camp too 
early in the afternoon of the first day, and I gave him a talking to 
about it. So the next day he did better, and made a longer 
ride. I had plenty of time at the first camp, which was on the 
edge of a grassy meadow, by a splendid stream, clear as glass, 
which rose from the ground close by. So I went fishing with a 
mosquito-bar net I got from Mrs. Colonel Whipple, of Fort Kla- 
math, with old Chaloquin holding the other end. We caught 
small fishes of five or six species, till it was quite dark. Next day 
we passed a few houses near the Sprague river, forming a place 
called Yainax. Then, after going eight miles, we forded the river 
and turned north, and made a camp four miles further, in a littleopen 
valley in the woods. The whole country is hilly and mountainous, 
and covered with tall woods of Pinus ponderosa, except the valleys, 
which are full of good coarse grass. Old Chaloquin carried his 
bag of wokus for food. This is the roasted and ground seeds of the 
3'ellow water-lily, and looks something like cracked wheat. They 
carry a cup, and mix the wokus in it with water. It swells up 
