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"After Crossing By Land We Halted For Dinner, And Whilst We
Were Eating Were Visited By Five Indians, Who Came Up The River
On Foot In Great Haste.
We received them kindly, smoked with them,
and gave them a piece of tobacco to smoke with their tribe.
On receiving the present they set out to return, and continued
running as fast as they could while they remained in sight.
Their curiosity had been excited by the accounts of our
two chiefs, who had gone on in order to apprise the tribes
of our approach and of our friendly disposition toward them.
After dinner we reloaded the canoes and proceeded.
We soon passed a rapid opposite the upper point of a sandy
island on the left, which has a smaller island near it.
At three miles is a gravelly bar in the river; four miles
beyond this the Kimooenim [Snake] empties into the Columbia,
and at its mouth has an island just below a small rapid.
"We halted above the point of junction, on the Kimooenim, to confer
with the Indians, who had collected in great numbers to receive us.
On landing we were met by our two chiefs, to whose good offices we
were indebted for this reception, and also the two Indians who had
passed us a few days since on horseback; one of whom appeared
to be a man of influence, and harangued the Indians on our arrival.
After smoking with the Indians, we formed a camp at the point
where the two rivers unite, near to which we found some driftwood,
and were supplied by our two old chiefs with the stalks of willows
and some small bushes for fuel.
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