the term in the Chinook jargon of the Northwest for the potato. The Multnomah Falls is the most noteworthy of the five cascades on the Oregon side of the river, which the explorers passed before they reached the head of tidewater, on April 9, and began the arduous portage around the Cascades of the Columbia and the Dalles. On April 23 (Chapter XXVII.) they passed the mouth of Rock River. The "Wollawollas" encountered as they journeyed along the south or Oregon side of the Columbia are now the Walla Walla Indians, and the Youmalolam River (page. 75) is now the Umatilla. The end of this chapter finds the party travelling on horseback along the Walla Walla River through the county of that name. On May 1 they were between the present towns of Prescott and Waitesburg, in Washington. Their journey east of the Columbia continued along Touchet Creek, and, later, along the Kooskooskee, now the Clearwater, in Nez Perc County, Idaho. The The explorers were well to the eastward. of the Bitter Root Mountains when they made the camp described in Chapter XXIX., to await the melting of the snow. Quamash Flats of Chapter XXX. were named for the camass root which was valued by the Indians. This chapter describes the difficult passage of the Bitter Root Mountains. Traveler's Rest Creek (p. 158) is near the summit of these mountains. The travellers had advanced from Idaho into Montana, but they had not yet passed the Great Divide. THE ROUTE OF LEWIS AND CLARK. Captain Lewis went ahead (Chapter XXXI.), advancing between the Bitter Root and Rocky Mountain ranges, crossing the Missoula River and camping near the present site of Missoula, Montana. On July 7 they crossed the pass in the Rockies. which brought them finally to the eastern side. They continued down the Medicine, now the Sun River, to the rendezvous at the Great Falls of the Missouri. Maria's River, which Lewis starts out to explore in Chapter XXXI. and XXXII., flows from near the northern boundary of Montana to the Missouri, near the town of Ophir. In Chapter XXXIII. and XXXIV. we can trace the journey of Captain Clark along Clark's or Bitter Root River to Ross' Hole, across the Rockies through Lewis' Pass, down Wisdom or Big Hole River to the forks of the Jefferson, down to the Missouri, and then up the Gallatin, crossing to the Yellowstone and following it to a meeting with Lewis on the Missouri. The Divide was crossed on July 6, when Clark passed into Beaverhead County, Montana, travelling west of Bismarck City, Montana. A part of this journey followed the present line of the Northern Pacific Railroad from Gallatin City through Bozeman Pass to Livingston. On July 27 they passed from the Big Horn into the Yellowstone and "took a last look at the Rocky Mountains." It was not until August 12 (Chapter XXXV.), that the party were reunited. On their return to the Mandan villages, near Bismarck, they parted with the faithful Sacajawea, one of the most interesting figures of this expedition, and she and her husband and child remained behind. The hunter Colter, who turned back here to the wilderness, entered upon a dramatic series of adventures, which in 1807 included a flight from the Blackfeet that led to his discovery of the wonders of the Yellowstone National Park. The Indian chief Big White, who accompanied the explorers from this point, was prevented by the hostile Arikaras from returning the next year, and the Missouri Fur Company was paid $7000 to escort him back in 1809. The return down the Missouri and Mississippi ended at St. Louis on September 23, 1806, closing a journey of 8000 miles. The modest ending of the Journals is characteristic. The appendices with their wealth of facts indicate how thoroughly the explorers carried out Jefferson's instructions as to observations. The journals kept by Captains Lewis and Clark, and other note books of the expedition, were finally placed in the hands of Nicholas Biddle, who prepared this voluminous mass, over 1,200,000 words, for publication in the continuous narrative presented here, which has been and will always be the popular edition. R. H. Contents. Difficulty of procuring means of subsistence for the party. They determine to resume their journey to the mountains. They leave in the hands of the Indians a written memorandum, importing their having penetrated to the Pacific, through the route of the Missouri and Columbia, and through the Rocky mountains. The party com- mence their return route. Dexterity of the Cathlamah Indians in carving. Description of the Coweliskee river. They experience much hospitality from the natives. An instance of the extreme voracity of the vulture. The party are visited by many strange Indians, all of whom are kind and hospitable. Scarcity of game, and embarrassments of the party on that account. Captain Clark discovers a tribe not seen in the descent down the Columbia. Singular adven- ture to obtain provisions from them. Particu- lar description of the Multnomah village and river. Description of mount Jefferson. Some account by captain Clark of the Neerchokio acter of the soil and its productions. The nu- merous tribes residing in its vicinity. The prob- ability that they were all of the tribe of the Multnomahs originally, inferred from similarity of dress, manners, language, &c. Description of their dress, weapons of war, their mode of burying the dead. Description of another vil- lage, called the Wahclellah village. Their mode of architecture. Extraordinary height of Bea- con rock. Unfriendly character of the Indians at that place. The party, alarmed for their safety, resolve to inflict summary vengeance, in case the Wahclellah tribe persist in their out- rages and insults. Interview with the chief of that tribe, and confidence restored. Difficulty of drawing the canoes over the rapids. Visited by a party of the Yehugh tribe. Short notice of the Weocksockwillackum tribe. Curious phe- Captain Clark procures four horses for the trans- portation of the baggage. Some further ac- count of the Skilloot tribe. Their joy at the first appearance of salmon in the Columbia. Their thievish propensities. The party arrive at the village of the Eneeshurs, where the natives are found alike unfriendly. The party now pro- vided with horses. The party prevented from the exercise of hostility against this nation by a friendly adjustment. The scarcity of timber so great that they are compelled to buy wood to cook their provisions. Arrive at the Wahhow- pum village. Dance of the natives. Their in- |