JOURNAL 
191 
)a-ma8 wheriJ the rest of the party had haltecJ. When 
I arrived we all proceeded on again, and in the 
evening encamped at an old village, which had 
beeit vacated. 
Tuesday 25th, We set out after breakfast and had 
a 'l^air morning ; proceeded on to 12 o'clock, v/hen 
we again halted, the wind and tide being both against 
us. When the tide began to rise we went on again, 
saw some of the natives in canoes descending the 
river, and in the afternoon passed an Indian lodge, 
where one of the men purchased an otter skin.— 
At this time the wind rose and blew very hard 
accompanied with rain ; notwithstanding we pro- 
ceeded on till night, when we came to the mouth 
of a small creek which formed a good harbour for 
our canoes. Here we found several of the natives 
encamped and catching sturgeon, of which they had 
taken 14 large ones. 
Wednesday ^6lh, After a disagreeable night's rain^ 
and wind, we continued our voyage. As we passed 
along I saw a great many flowers full blown of dif- 
ferent colours ; and grass and other herbage grow- 
ing fast : I saw nettles two feet high of this spring's 
growth, 
Thursday 517 fh. There was a cloudy wet morning. 
We embarked early and went about 6 miles, when 
we came to a small Indian village, where the natives 
received us very kiTidly. They belong to the Chil* 
ook nation, and differ something in their language 
from the Chiii-ooks. We got some Wapto roots 
and ftsh from th^jm and then proceeded on, though 
it rained very hard. Two small canoes went on a- 
head to Deer island, in order to kill some game by 
the time we should come up. We passed several 
Indian iodges where the natives were fishing for 
sturgeon, and got a large one out of a small ca- 
aae ; a number of which followed us with 2 Indians 
