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not ferocious, but very indolent, and where this 

 is the case, are generally very licentious ; but 

 as they are stationary for so long a period, an 

 attempt might be made through the co-opera- 

 tion of the Company's Officer, to lead them to 

 cultivate the soil, which at certain points will 

 grow turnips, cabbages, and barley : this pro- 

 duce, with the natural resources of the country 

 would greatly encourage an establishment for 

 the education of their children throughout the 

 year : to the support of which the Indians them- 

 selves might greatly contribute, and which 

 would be attended with the most beneficial 

 results. In following the track towards the 

 North Pacific Ocean, the climate is much milder 

 than to the East of the mountains, and a vast 

 encouragement would be found in seeking to 

 benefit the natives, from their being strangers 

 to the intoxicating draught of spirituous liquors, 

 in barter for their articles of trade. So little 

 acquainted with the effects of intoxication are 

 some of the Indians in this quarter, that the 

 following circumstance was related to me by an 

 Officer from the mouth of the Columbia. A Chief 

 who had traded but little with Europeans came 

 to the Fort with two of his sons, and two young 

 men of his tribe. During their stay the servants 

 made one of his sons drunk. When the old man 



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