harmon's journal. 



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The day following, we proceeded on our route, 

 and, during our progress, we saw four more of 

 their villages. At the second of these, we found 

 the two men who, the last summer, visited my 

 fort. ■ These people were not, therefore, surpris- 

 ed at seeing us among them ; for, I had promised 

 these two men, that, in the course of the winter, 

 I would visit their country. They gave us the 

 same account as they had before given at the fort, 

 of the white people, who come up a large river, 

 already mentioned. And to convince us of the 

 truth of the account, they showed us guns, cloth, 

 axes, blankets, iron pots, &c. which they obtained 

 from their neighbours, the Atenas, who purchase 

 them directly of the white people. 



The five villages which we visited, contain 

 about two thousand inhabitants, who are well 

 made and robust. They subsist principally on sal- 

 mon, and other small fish. The salmon here have 

 small scales, while those at Stuart's Lake, have 

 none. — The clothing of these people, is much like 

 that of the Carriers. I procured from them ves- 

 sels, curiously wrought, of the smaller roots of the 

 spruce fir, in different shapes. Some of them are 

 open, like a kettle, and will hold water. They 

 also, let me have a blanket or rug, which was 

 manufactured by the Atenas, of the wool of a kind 

 of sheep or goat These animals are said to be 



