Chapter X

Captain Clark procures four horses for the transportation of
the baggage. Some further account 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 provided 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 Wahhowpum village. Dance of the natives. Their ingenuity
in declining to purchase the canoes, on the supposition that
the party would be compelled to leave them behind defeated.
The party having obtained a complement of horses, proceed by
land. Arrive at the Pishquitpah village, and some account of
that people. Their frank and hospitable treatment from the
Wollawollahs. Their mode of dancing described. Their mode of
making fish-weirs. Their amiable character, and their unusual
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