CHAPTER XVIII
Situation of the Columbia River—Qualities of its Soil—Climate,
&c.—Vegetable and Animal Productions of the
Country 317
CHAPTER XIX
Manners, Customs, Occupations, &c., of the Natives on the
River Columbia 324
CHAPTER XX
Manners and Customs of the Natives continued—Their Wars—Their
Marriages—Medicine Men—Funeral Ceremonies—Religious
Notions—Language 329
CHAPTER XXI
Departure from Astoria or Fort George—Accident—Passage
of the Dalles or Narrows—Great Columbian Desert
{15}—Aspect of the Country—Wallawalla and Shaaptin
Rivers—Rattlesnakes—Some Details regarding the
Natives of the Upper Columbia 336
CHAPTER XXII
Meeting with the Widow of a Hunter—Her Narrative—Reflections
of the Author—Priest's Rapid—River Okenakan—Kettle
Falls—Pine Moos—Scarcity of Food—Rivers,
Lakes, &c.—Accident—A Rencontre—First View
of the Rocky Mountains 342
CHAPTER XXIII
Course of the Columbian River—Canoe River—Footmarch
toward the Rocky Mountains—Passage of the Mountains 350
CHAPTER XXIV
Arrival at the Fort of the Mountains—Description of this
Post—Some Details in Regard to the Rocky Mountains—Mountain
Sheep, &c.—Continuation of the Journey—Unhappy
Accident—Reflections—News from Canada—Hunter's
Lodge—Pembina and Red Deer Rivers 357
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