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visited our quarters with nine girls whicli she kept as 
prostitutes. Xo the hono^i*- of tlic IMiJllicaclsj "whO 
li ve on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, and 
extend some distance down the Columbia, we must 
mention them as an exception ; as they do not exhi- 
bit those loose feelings of carnal desire, nor appear" 
addicted to the common customs of prostitu*' 
lion : and they are the only nation on the whole 
route^ where any thing like chastity is regarded. Ii| 
the evening our two hunters returned, but had kilFed 
nothing. 
Satuj^day ^2nd. We had a cloudy wet morning. 
Three hunters were sent on ahead to remain at some 
l^ood hunting ground until we should all come up ; 
2ind six others to hunt near the fort. In the evening 
all these came In, except one, without any success, 
Sunday 2Src/. There v/as a cloudy wet morning.~ 
The hunter who remained out last night, came in 
cnrly, and had killed an dk. We were employed 
this forenoon in dividing and packing up our load- 
ing ; and distributing it among the canoes, which 
Were five in number, three large and ty/o smalL At 
noon we put it on board ; and at 1 o'clock left fort 
CJIatsop. The afcernoon was fair, v>^e proceeded 
round Point William, went about 19 miles, and en- 
camped at the moiitb of a creek, where we fovmd the 
three hunters, that had been sent on ahead ; and 
who had killed two elk about a mile and an haHf 
distant. 
Monday 2^th, After a bad night's rest, on account 
of the rain 15 men went out and brought the meat of 
the two elk to our camp. The morning was fair and 
after breakfast they all embarked, except the men be* 
longing to my canoe which the tide had left aground. 
The hunters went on in the small canoe ahead, and 
I had to wait for the rising of the tide. In about two 
hours I was able to follow the other canoes, and pro- 
ceeded on about 12 miles to a village of the Cath- 
