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ipiles. Here we got more fiih aiul dogs. Most of 
our people havin^^- been accustomed to meat, do not 
relish the fish, but prefer dog meat ; which, whea 
^eli cooked,- tastes very well. Here we met an In- 
tUaii of anotlier nation, who informed us we could 
get to the falls in 4 days : which 1 presume are not 
very high as the salmon come above them in abund- 
ance. The country on both sides is high dry prairie 
plains without a stick of timber. There is no wood 
of any kind to.be seen except a few small willows 
along the shore ; so that it is with difBculty v/e can 
get enough to cook with. The hills on the river are 
not very high, but rocky ; the rocks of a dark colour. 
The bed and shores of the river are very stony ; and 
the stones of a round smooth kind. 
Saturday We had a Sne morning and pro- 
ceeded on early. Two of the Flathead chiefs re- 
mained en board with us, and two of their men went 
with the stranger in a small canoe, and acted as pilots 
or guides. We saw some ducks and a few geese, but 
did not kill any of them. There is no four-footed 
game of any kind near this part of the river, that 
we could discover; and we saw no birds of any kind, 
but a few hawks, eagles and crows. At noon we halt- 
ed, cooked and eat some fish and then proceeded on. 
The country and river this day is much the same in 
appearance as ivhat we passed yesterday. A little 
before sunset we came to a bad rapid, which we did 
not wish to pass at night, so we encamped above on/' 
the north side, having made 30 miles. 
Some of the Flathead nation of Indians live all 
along the river this far down. There are not more 
than 4 lodges in a place or village, and these small 
camps or villages are 8 or 10 miles apart : at each 
camp there are 5 or 6 small canoes. Their summer * 
lodges are made of willows and flags, and their win- 
ler Iodides of split pine, almost liKe raiisj which they 
