Often, Too, They Had To Grope
Their Way Through The Yet Burning Forests, In Constant Peril From
The Limbs And Trunks Of Trees, Which Frequently Fell Across Their
Path.
At length they gave up the attempt to find a pass as
hopeless, under actual circumstances, and made their way back to
the camp to report their failure.
45.
The Skynses Their traffic Hunting Food Horses A horse-
race Devotional feeling of the Skynses, Nez Perces and
Flatheads Prayers Exhortations A preacher on horseback
Effect of religion on the manners of the tribes A new light.
DURING the absence of this detachment, a sociable intercourse had
been kept up between the main party and the Skynses, who had
removed into the neighborhood of the camp. These people dwell
about the waters of the Way-lee-way and the adjacent country, and
trade regularly with the Hudson's Bay Company; generally giving
horses in exchange for the articles of which they stand in need.
They bring beaver skins, also, to the trading posts; not procured
by trapping, but by a course of internal traffic with the shy and
ignorant Shoshokoes and Too-el-icans, who keep in distant and
unfrequented parts of the country, and will not venture near the
trading houses. The Skynses hunt the deer and elk occasionally;
and depend, for a part of the year, on fishing. Their main
subsistence, however, is upon roots, especially the kamash. This
bulbous root is said to be of a delicious flavor, and highly
nutritious.
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