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who had received as visiters a party of fifty Clalams, by appointment 

 to gamble for blankets: they continued their games throughout the 

 night. 



At Tskutska Point, the canal divides in two branches ; one taking a 

 northerly direction, while the other pursues its course to the southwest. 

 After leaving the Suquamish, they met the Toandos, a small tribe, 

 inhabiting the mountains ; who, from their own account, are able to 

 muster one hundred and fifty warriors. 



Lieutenant Case reports them as the best-looking men they had met 

 with. After passing further down the canal, they found the Scocomish 

 tribe, who inhabit its southern end. These resemble in appearance the 

 Toandos, with whom they are in close alliance, and have one hundred 

 and fifty fighting men. 



The canal was not found to terminate at the place where the 

 examination of Vancouver ended; but, taking a short turn to the 

 northward and eastward for ten miles, it approaches the waters of 

 Puget Sound within a distance of two and a half miles. The inter- 

 vening country is rough and hilly. From this point, Lieutenant Case 

 had communication with the ship; and a supply of bread, of which he 

 was in want, was sent him. 



At the southern extremity of Hood's Canal, there is a large inlet, 

 called Black Creek, by which the Indians communicate with the 

 Chickeelees and Columbia rivers. 



Before reaching the southern end of the canal, the rocky shore of 

 the west side, near Mount Olympus, had gradually sloped into low 

 land, with a thickly-wooded and good soil. 



At the extreme end of the canal, there was also a wide creek, which 

 had an extensive mud-flat at its mouth. This is the case with all the 

 creeks that empty into these waters. The water in the centre of the 

 sound is too deep for anchorage ; but there are several good harbours, 

 of all which surveys were made. They will be found in the Hydro- 

 graphical Atlas. 



There is plenty of water in the small harbours; and some few of 

 them have water enough running into them to turn mills. There is no 

 very great extent of country for cultivation, and the climate is very 

 similar to that experienced at Nisqually. The survey being completed, 

 the boats returned to the ship on the 3d of July. 



During this time we had been steadily employed at the observatory, 

 and by the 4th I had completed the pendulum and astronomical obser- 

 vations. 



Wishing to give the crew a holiday on the anniversary of the Decla- 

 ration of our Independence, and to allow them to have a full day's 



