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missionaries, as they told me, have made individual selections of lands 

 to the amount of one thousand acres each, in prospect of the whole 

 country falling under our laws. 



We received an invitation from Mr. Raymond to take dinner, which 

 we accepted ; previous to which, I rode about two miles, to the situa- 

 tion selected by the Rev. Mr. Hines, in company with that gentleman. 

 On our way, he pointed out to me the site selected for the seminary, 

 &c. We found Mr. Hines's family encamped under some oak trees, 

 in a beautiful prairie, to which place he had but just removed ; he 

 intended putting up his house at once, and they had the ordinary com- 

 forts about them. We returned, and found the table well spread with 

 good things, consisting of salmon, pork, potted cheese, strawberries 

 and cream, and nice hot cakes, and an ample supply for the large 

 company. 



We were extremely desirous of obtaining information relative to the 

 future plans of these missionaries as to teaching and otherwise for- 

 warding the civilization of the Indian boys; but from all that we could 

 learn from the missionaries, as well as lay members, my impression 

 was, that no fixed plan of operations has yet been digested ; and I was 

 somewhat surprised to hear them talking of putting up extensive build- 

 ings for missionary purposes, when it is fully apparent that there is but 

 a very limited field for spiritual operations in this part of the country. 

 The number now attached and under tuition are probably all that can 

 be converted, and it does not exceed the number of those attached to 

 the mission. I was exceedingly desirous of drawing their attention to 

 the tribes of the north, which are a much more numerous and hardier 

 race, with a healthy climate. It is true that a mission station has been 

 established at Nisqually, but they are doing nothing with the native 

 tribes, and that post is only on the borders of many larger tribes to the 

 northward. As the holders of a charge, committed to their hands by 

 a persevering and enlightened class of Christians at home, who are 

 greatly interested in their doings and actions, they will be held respon- 

 sible for any neglect in the great cause they have undertaken to 

 advance, and in which much time and money have already been 

 spent. 



That all may judge of the extent of this field of missionary labours 

 I will enumerate the numbers of Indians within its limits. Nisqually, 

 two hundred ; Clatsop, two hundred and nine; Chinooks, two hundred 

 and twenty; Kilamukes, four hundred; Callapuyas, six hundred; 

 Dalles, two hundred and fifty : say in all this district, two thousand 

 Indians ; and this field is in part occupied by the Catholics, as I have 

 before stated. Of these, the Methodist missionaries have under their 



