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will kill us. We purchased from them a qitamlty 
of dried pouaded fish, which they had prepared in 
that way for sale. They have six scaffolds of a great 
size for the purpose of drying their fish on. 
Saturday 26th, A fine morning. We hauldd up 
all our canoes to dress and repair them, as they had 
been injured in passing over the pertage, round the 
falls. Some hunters went out and killed 6 deer 
and some squirrels. In the afternoon about 20 of the 
natives came to our camp (among whom were the 
head chiefs of the two villages about the falls) wh© 
had been out hunting when we passed down. The 
Commanding Officers gave medals to the chiefe, and 
some other small articles ; and they appeared satis- 
fied and some remained Vrith tis all night. 
Sunday 27th, This was a fine clear morning, but 
the wind blew very hard up the river, and we remain- 
ed here all day. This is the first hunting ground we 
have had for a long time, and some of our men went 
out. Part of the natives remained with fis ; but we 
cannot find out to what nation they belong. We 
suppose them to be a band of the Flathead nation, as 
all their heads are compressed into the same form ; 
though they do not speak exactly the same language, 
but there is no great difference, and this may be a 
dialect of the same. This singular and deforming 
operation is performed in infancy in the following 
manner. A piece of board is placed against the 
back of the head extending from the shoulders some 
distance above it ; another shorter piece extends 
from the eye braws to the top of the first, and they 
are then bound together with thongs or cords made 
of skins, so as to press back the forehead, make the 
head rise at the top, and force it out above the ears. 
In the evening our hunters came in and had killed 4 
deer and some squirrels. The wind blew hard all 
this day. 
M<inday %^tJi, Just before day light there was a 
