Adventures on the Columbia River [microform] : including the narrative of a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains among various tribes of Indians hitherto unknown : together with a journey across the American continent

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The following Narrative embracesaperiod ofh\x years, five of
which were spent among various tribes on the banks of the
Columbia River and its tributary streams; and the remaining
portion was occupied in the voyage outwards, and the journey
across the continent.
' During this period the author ascended the Columbia nine
times, and descended it eight; wintered among various tribes
was engaged in several encounters with the Indians; was lost
fourteen days in a wilderness, and had many otherextraordinary
esca^s.
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He keptjournals ofthe principalevents whichoccurred during
the greater part of this period, the substance of whichwill be
found imbodied in the followingpages. Those wholove to read
of "battle, riiurder, and sudden death," will, in his descriptionof
thedangers and privations to which the life of an Indian trader is
subject,find muchtogratify theirtaste; while tosuchasare fond
ofnature, in itsrudestandmostsavageforms,hetrustshissketches
of the wild and wandering tribes of WesternAmerica may not
be founduninteresting.
Theycannotlayclaimtothebeautifulcolouringwhichtheroman-
ticpenof a Chateaubriand has imparted to hispicture of Indian
manners; for the author, unfortunately, did not meet with any
tribewhich approachedthat celebrated writer'ssplendiddescrip-
ti(mof savage life. Hehasseen manyof them before the con-