JAMES K. HOSMER, LL.D.,

AUTHOR OF "A SHORT HISTORY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY,"

"THE STORY OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE," ETC.;

PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

In Two Volumes, with Portraits and Maps

VOLUME II.

CHICAGO

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1902

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

JUL 1 1914

CHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS
MEMORIAL COLLECTION

Copyright

A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1902

Published Oct. 15, 1902

Composition by The Dial Press, Chicago.
Presswork by John Wilson & Son,

University Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

CHAPTER I.

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The party proceed in canoes — Description of an Indian sweating bath and burial

place Many dangerous rapids passed - Narrow escape of one of the canoes

In the passage down they are visited by several Indians, all of whom manifest

pacific dispositions - Description of the Sokulk tribe- Their dress and man-

ner of building houses—Their pacific character — Their habits of living —

Their mode of boiling salmon-Vast quantities of salmon amongst the Sokulk

- Council held with this tribe - The terror and consternation excited by

Captain Clark, concerning which an interesting cause is related-Some account

of the Pisquitpaws - Their mode of burying the dead.

CHAPTER II.

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The party in their passage still visited by the Indians — Lepage's river described

-Immense quantities of salmon caught by the Indians - Description of the

river Towahnahiooks — Indian mode of stacking fish, and preparing them for

market - Description of the great falls - Description of an Indian canoe

Alarm excited by an anticipated attack from the Eheltoots — A very danger-

ous rapid passed in safety, called by the Indians the Falls Account of the

Indian houses in the neighbourhood — Another dreadful rapid passed without

injury - Some account of the Chilluckittequaw Indians · Captain Clark ex-

amines the great rapids Description of an Indian burial-place — The rapids

passed in safety

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CHAPTER III.

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First appearance of tide-water in the Columbia river - Description of the Quick-

sand river Some account of the Skilloot Indians - The party pass the river

Coweliskee Some account of the Wahkiacum Indians Arrival on the

borders of the Pacific — Disagreeable and critical situation of the party when

first encamped - Their distress occasioned by the incessant torrents of rain—

Exposed for thirty days to this drenching deluge, during which time their pro-

visions are spoiled and most of their few articles of merchandise destroyed

Distress of the party - Adventure of Shannon and his danger from the Wah-

kiacums- Difficulty of finding a place suitable for a permanent encampment

Visited by several Indians of different tribes, on whom medals are bestowed.

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Extravagant passion of the natives for blue beads, which constitute amongst them

the circulating medium of the country - The party still in search of a suit-

able place for winter quarters Still suffering from the constant deluges of rain

Are visited by the Indians, with whom they traffic but little, on account of

the extravagant prices they ask for every article Return of Captain Lewis,

who reports that he has found a suitable place for winter quarters The rain

still continues — They prepare to form an encampment on a point of high-

land on the banks of the river Nutel -- Captain Clark goes with a party to find

a place suitable for the manufacture of salt - He is hospitably entertained by

the Clatsops―This tribe addicted to the vice of gambling - Sickness of some

of the party, occasioned by the incessant rains — They form, notwithstanding,

a permanent encampment for their winter quarters.

CHAPTER V.

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A party, headed by Captain Clark, go in quest of a whale driven on the shore

of the Pacific to obtain some of the oil - They pass Clatsop river, which is

described - The perilous nature of this jaunt and the grandeur of the scenery

described - Indian mode of extracting whale oil - The life of one of Captain

Clark's party preserved by the kindness of an Indian woman - A short account

of the Chinnooks, of the Clatsops, Killamucks, the Lucktons, and an enumera-

tion of several other tribes — The manner of sepulchre among the Chinnooks,

Clatsops, etc.- Description of their weapons of war and hunting -Their mode

of building houses- Their manufactures and cookery - Their mode of mak-

ing canoes - Their great dexterity in managing that vehicle

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CHAPTER VI.

An account of the Clatsops, Killamucks, Chinnooks, and Cathlamahs — Their

uniform custom of flattening the forehead The dress of these savages, and

their ornaments, described — The licensed prostitution of the women, married

and unmarried, of which a ludicrous instance is given - The character of their

diseases The common opinion, that the treatment of women is the standard

by which the virtues of an Indian may be known, combatted, and disproved by

examples The respect entertained by these Indians for old age, compared

with the different conduct of those nations who subsist by the chase — Their

mode of government - Their ignorance of ardent spirits, and their fondness

for gambling Their dexterity in traffic - In what articles their traffic con-

sists - Their extraordinary attachment to blue beads, which forms their circu-

lating medium

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CHAPTER VII.

A general description of the beasts, birds, plants, etc., found by the party in

this expedition

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