Chapter XXI

Calculation of time—Singular manner of naming children—Peculiar
modes of address—Anecdote of an Indian chief—Indian forbearance—
Conduct of the whites in Indian countries—Comparison of crime
between Indians and whites—Manner of swaddling infants—Hardships
during infancy—Savage customs—Indian constitution—Chief cause of
scanty population—A day’s journey—Calculation of distance—Rough
roads—Indian ideas—Social habits—Some remarks on the system
adopted for converting Indians to the Christian faith 304

APPENDIX

Chinook Vocabulary 321

Table of the Weather at the Mouth of the Columbia 330

ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS
ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER