Knots- Some of therm* had adorned their treffes With' beads, -wittô a
very pretty éffe£L :Thè nftén'iJ\weïe w^â
rifeely' cbnibeci, and thei#’;cofi|i]>exibh #âs ftife|^‘9 f” )pefhâ|iâ, iit,
be faid, with more cîëarilyi than âny>#6
the natives whom wé had yet feen. Their eyes,-.though keen and lflarp,
areoiot o f that dark'colour, fa generally obfëtvablein the vàtioul tribes
of Indians; they were,Jvon the contrary,-'of a‘grey htie^iwith a tinge o f
red. There was one man amohgft them 'of atrieyiTix-fext fou r finches-
in height; his manners were affable, and ho had a more1 ^repoffefifingaptwbntÿ
ëiglft years of age, and Was treated^with par-ticuk? re£pe£btby. his
party. > Every man, woman',-and child,'earned' a proportionate burden^
confiding o f beaver coating and parchment, as swell: as fkins?ofcthe>iQtter>
the marten, the bear, the lynx, and dreffeçb moofe-fkins. The laftythey
procure from the Rocky-Mountain Indians. According to .themaccount,
the people ©fithe fea eoaft prefer them ito- rany other. artmle^irt^gyeral-
of their relations and friends, they laid, wfcrë already j gone, as weft
provided as- themfelves, to barter with the people o f the coaft ; who
barter them in their .turn, except the drefted ileather;;with whiteipeople
who, as they had been informed, arrive there in large canoes.,
. Such an efcort was the moft fortunate circumftance that-could happen
in our favour. They told us, that as the women and children couldtnot
travel fall, we Ihbuld be three days in getting to the end ofaour journey,*
which rauft be fiippofed to have been very agreeable -information to
people in our exhaufted condition.
PPH about) half? ansbop^/after we jhad-^oined ou^new aeqpafntpiGe,the |7|8-
fignabtfbr*imoving*-pnwards-'Was;4given/'by the leader; of the .party, who ||Bmp—*
vociferated-the wo'rdsv Hjiiiy, Huy, when bisj^people joined him and continued
a selapi-OROns converfation, We palled alpnfg a winding road over
hills-,and tblpngh^fwarnpy vallies, from .-South to. Writ-. We then 9rolled
a de©p,< narrow .river; which difchargos itfelf into a lake, pn whole fide
We Hopped 'at five in, ffle, 'afternoon* for th© night, though, we had re-
poftd federal tiinesifince twelve at-ip-pom; fo (that '.pur mode.of travelling
bad.undergonek'Very,,ag^ceabfefhange-.-- „1 cpmputq;tb# difiance.of this
(feyVjourney at./abopt miles.' >In. the?middleiJloIf,1,the day |he
weather was clear and fukryv i •
' • :We afl'fa't downfon g| very pleafant ;grgeplpqfv andfWfre;nq fponer
featedj than our-guide apd^one of the party prepared .to. engage in play.
They had each a bundle o f about fifty final 1* Hicks, neatly, pqfllhed, .of the
hze of a quill, and five inches long: at cqrtpn number of^h^fe flicks had
red* lines round them; and as many of thefe as one of the players .might
find convenient Were curioufly rolled up in dry grals; and according to
the judgment »of his antagonift..refpefiling their,.number,and, marks, he
loft or won.. Our , foipnd was. apparently .tfle..]oier*,sas. he. parted, with
;his, bow had given him. ,
‘ The-w&atflpr of this mo,rniqgvwaS the^fame ^y^fterday ;jbut our Tuefiby *6.
low-travelldf^.we^e in na flurry to proceed; ^nd I was under tfle.necelfity
o f pielhng.them into greater expedition, by, reprefenting. the almoft exhaufted
ftate [of, our provifions. ■ - They; however, allured us, that after
the next night’s flejep jhoul.4 .arrive at the river where tthey were
gbing,