CHAPTER LII.
Banks of the Wallah-Wallah.--Departure of David Stuart for
the Oakinagan.--Mr. Clarke's Route Up Lewis River.--
Chipunnish, or Pierced-Nose Indians--Their Character,
Appearance, and Habits.-Thievish Habits.--Laying Up of the
Boats.--Post at Pointed Heart and Spokan Rivers.--M'Kenzie,
His Route Up the Camoenum.-Bands of Travelling Indians.--
Expedition of Reed to the Caches.--Adventures of Wandering
Voyageurs and Trappers.
THE course of our narrative now takes us back to the regions beyond
the mountains, to dispose of the parties that set out from Astoria, in
company with Mr. Robert Stuart, and whom he left on the banks of the
Wallah-Wallah. Those parties likewise separated from each other shortly
after his departure, proceeding to their respective destinations, but
agreeing to meet at the mouth of the Wallah-Wallah about the beginning
of June in the following year, with such peltries as they should
have collected in the winter, so as to convoy each other through the
dangerous passes of the Columbia.
Mr. David Stuart, one of the partners, proceeded with his men to the
post already established by him at the mouth of the Oakinagan; having
furnished this with goods and ammunition, he proceeded three hundred
miles up that river, where he established another post in a good trading
neighborhood.
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