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 curving upward; farther on down, bows and sterns both were high, and had figures of men and beasts. Some of the Indians owned articles of white men's manufacture, which they said came from below.

"What you say dese hyar Injuns call demselves, Marse Will?" York was heard to ask.

"Skilloots, York."

"An' what were dose we met 'foh we met dese Galoots?"

"The Chilluckittequaws, York."

"Jes' so," gasped York. "But I ain't gwine to say it."

On November 2 the canoes were partly carried around, partly slid through, the rapids which formed the foot of other rapids termed by the captains the Great Shute. Presently the river opened two miles wide, and smooth and placid. That night the water rose nine inches on a stake set at the river's edge in front of the camp.

"We're in tidewater, lads!" announced Captain Lewis. "The ocean tides ascend this far. That means there are no more rapids; the ocean itself can't be very distant."

Each night after this a stake was set out and the rise measured. Each day the men sniffed for the smell of salt water and listened for the sound of the surf. Sa-ca-ja-we-a was very much excited; she had come especially to see the big water.

During the night of November 4 the rise from the