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 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