Chapter III

Indian Chief Seattle.--Frogs and Indians.--Spring Flowers
and Birds.--The Red _Tamahnous_.--The Little Pend
d'Oreille.--Indian Legend.--From Seattle to Fort
Colville.--Crossing the Columbia River Bar.--The River and
its Surroundings.--Its Former Magnitude.--The Grande
Coulee.--Early Explorers, Heceta, Meares, Vancouver,
Grey.--Curious Burial-Place.--Chinese
Miners.--Umatilla.--Walla Walla.--Sage-Brush and
Bunch-Grass.--Flowers in the Desert.--"Stick"
Indians.--Klickatats.--Spokane Indian.--Snakes.--Dead
Chiefs.--A Kamas-Field.--Basaltic Rocks. 38