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v/ere out a young; Indum came to our camp, who had 
crossed the niouatains after us. At iO o'clock our 
hunters came in, hut had not killed any thing. We 
were, however, able to furnish them with two deer 
and an half, from those that were killed yesterday. 
We then gave them some presents and took a friend- 
ly le^^e of them : and it is but justice to say, that 
the whole nation to which they belong, are the most 
friendly, honest and ingenuous people that we have 
seen in the course of our voyage and travels. After 
taking our farewell of these good hearted, hospitable 
and obliging sons of the west, we proceeded on up 
Isquet-cO'qual-la through a handsome prairie of about 
10 miles, after which the hills come close on the river, 
ou both sides, and we had a rough road to pass. 
Having made 18 miles we encamped for the mght ; 
where the country is very mountainous on botU 
sides of the river, which runs nearly east and westj 
and is a deep rapid stream about 80 yards wide. 
Saturday Sth, We had another beautiful mornings 
set out early and proceeded on the same course as 
yesterday through a rou'-gh country, with a number of 
branches or small streams flowing from the hills. We 
killed on© deer, and about 1 1 o^clock came to a valley 
three quarters of a mile wide,, all plains, where we 
halted to dine and to let our horses feed. The hills 
upon each side are handsomely covered with timber of 
the fir kind. While we rested here one of our hun- 
ters killed a eabre or antelope. At 1 o*cIock we pro- 
ceeded on again up the valley. When -sVe had gone 
about nine miles we came to and crossed a river> 
about 35 yards wide, which flows in with a rapid cur- 
rent from some snow topped hntountains on the north, 
where the valley is two or three miles wide. Havingj^ 
gone about four miles further we came to the heaSi 
of the valley, where the hills come close upon the 
river for two miles. After we had passed these nar- 
rows we came to arnother large and beautiful yallej 
