Chapter VIII

A substitute for game, and a luxurious breakfast--Expectations
of a repast, and a disappointment--Visit of a Snake chief--
his abhorrence of horse meat--A band of Snake Indians--Their
chief--Trade with Indians for salmon--Mr. Ashworth's
adventure--An Indian horse-thief--Visit to the Snake camp--
A Banneck camp--Supercilious conduct of the Indians--Snake
river--Equipment of a trapping party--Indian mode of catching
salmon--Loss of a favorite horse--Powder river--Cut rocks--
Grand Ronde--Captain Bonneville--Kayouse and Nez Percé
Indians--An Indian beauty--Blue mountains--A feline visit, 250