266 Leslie M. Scott far from an Indian village opposite the Campment de Sauble. Traded a beaver & 8 otters from the Indians here. These people are preparing to go to war in a band of the same tribe a short way to the N. who killed one of their men a short time ago without any cause. July 6. Fine. Continued on 5% hours & camped on the 3rd fork from the N. of Faladin river. There are a number of Indians here which I suspect to be the people that killed the Indian above alluded to, though they deny it, as they are all armed & prepared for an attack. They have no beaver. July 7. Fine. Proceeded 4i/ 2 hours to the [219] N. fork of the Faladin river. We were delayed IV2 hours carrying the baggage across the middle fork which is too deep to ford. Owing to the constant marching our horses are much jaded. July 8. Fair. Continued our march & in 3% hours crossed the mountain to the little Channel of the Urnqvah Comments July 5. Camp was on west side of Willamette River opposite Champoeg. John Work had been here on May 29. July 6. Camp apparently was near South Fork of Tualatin River and Gaston, where the party camped May 27. This was the "fourth and last fork" of May 27, and the "third fork from the north fork" (McKay Creek) of Tualatin River. July 7. Camp was on McKay Creek, this being the "north fork" of Tualatin River. The "middle fork," which made delay, apparently was Dairy Creek, where the party encountered similar delay on May 27. July 8. The route was that of the mountain trail of May 24, as far as Willamette Slough or Multnomah Chan- nel, near the site of Holbrook. Thence the route was northward to Scappoose plains where Thomas McKay lived. Travel was slow owing to the bad trail and the fagged condition of the horses.
