xftral,higawfee Aviralhidfrdrled: ..fiflj* L c j^ ^ f i t s #ffea
offering.: After fome' cmverfatioa with, thefe peopleff£<|fpe$ipg the
tountiy, and ournfuluje' progrefs through it, w.e retired to reft, with
fen fatinns very differenjb.fro s thofe with which w^had.ti/en in «the
morning. The weather had been generally cloudy -throughput,day*
and when the fun ,was .obfcured, extremely cold ^fre^ ^i&f®®« ? At
-noon I obtained a: meridian altitude, which gave. -§■ %. j}8 53*.! /N© rl'fr, latitude.
I likewtfc took time in t|ie afternoon.
Sunday 14. . This morning we had a bright fun, with an Eaft wind, Thefqr people
examined their fiAiiag m^lpines, wfi©U they found in themi a.gre^nu^b^r
of final! filh, and we dreffed aa many, of them as we caujd eat^-JlAys was
our departure retarded until
accompanied by the man and his twQ fons. r >A& ^V^di^ot^wajntj.the
younger, and Aould be obliged to feed him, I requited of his fa then.to
leave him, for the purpofe of filhing for the women, ^ejrepliedi that
they were accuftomed to fiA for themfelves, and that; Ineedpot fre apppi
henfive o f their encroaching upon my provifibns^as^they were jd©4t©!
fuftain themfelves in their journies ony hgrbs^ and the inner tegurneni of
the bark of trees, for the ftripping of which, he had a.thin.pi^c^jpl hone,
then hanging by his fide. The latter is-of aigltflit^us
clammy, fweet tafte, and is generally confidered by the more interior Indians
as a delicacy, rather than ap article of commqn .food- .;1Qui\giiide
informed me that there is a Aort cut acrofs the mountains, but as there
was no trace of a road, and it would Aorten ourjourpey but one day, he
Aould prefer the beaten way.
We
4 'We according]^ ^roffieeded along a lake, Weft five miles.; We then
croffedt-a ."fmall “rivef/'hnd paffedlthrough aTwamp; about South-
Weft, when Wei-began gradually, to iafeend for fome time till we
gained ,Jthe ’ Ammft'loffran hill, Where'we' had an extenfive view to
the; Somth-Eaft, from whieh'ldïreâiôn -a confiderable river appeared to
flow, qtpthe diftafrcl of about' three mile-sc-it .was reprefented to me
asb'eiâgnavigable fondantes.: :The defcent .of this’hill.was.jnore fteep
thân Ÿts -afbentj and wasftacC elded by-anîother/ whdfê'top, though not
fo eteated- afforded: :avÿiew ©f 'tihö rangé, of mountains,, côf
Vered ■ With - fnöW, whâteh; hccrorcfing. to 'the intelligence o f our guide,.
t-èrmmat'e&: dn ^ifevöceant -nWe*now left a fmall lake.on our left; then
CPofifed?! erfeek running Out of it, and at one in -the afternoon came to an
hoüfe, of the famé’- conftruftion and dimenfionsias have already beenmen*-
tioned, but fhe materials wdre much better prepared andffiniAed. The
timbef. Was ,fquafe<Tbn two fidis, and the bark taken off the two others ;
the ridge'pole was alfo Aaped in the lame manner, extending.abo.ut eight
Or ten feet beyond thé gable end, and fupporfcing a: Aed over the door:
the ’end of it Whs carved int'o'thefrmilitude ofia fnake’siihead. Several
•hieroglyphics and figures oft a limilar workmanAip, and painted with
fed earth, decorated the interior b f lhe.building. The 'inhabitants had
*teft the houle but a Aort time, and there;were lèverai bags or bundles
in it, which I did not fuffer tohe difturbed. '-Near it were two tombs, fur-
rounded in a neat manner with boards;' and covered with bark. Befide
tbem feveral poles had been eroded, one o f which .was fquared, and all of
5them pairited.- From each of them Were fufpended feveral rolls or parcels
of bark,, and our guide gave fhe following account of them ; which,
as far as we could judge--from our imperfelt knowledge o f the language,
R r 2 . ' and