Our country in story . nds were melting thesnows on the mountains and cov-ering the hills with green. Moreand more delightful grew thecountry and the climate. Therewere groves of mighty trees sixto ten feet in diameter; richgrowths of maple, wild cherry,crab apple, and giant grapevines; great patches of black-berries, gardens of wild roses,and great jungles of wide-spreading ferns. Bands of Chinook Indianswere going down the rivfer withloads of salmon to trade forbeads and wapato, a round whiteroot resembling our potato. TheChinooks had a new sort of boat,a long light canoe, wide in the middle
Our country in story . nds were melting thesnows on the mountains and cov-ering the hills with green. Moreand more delightful grew thecountry and the climate. Therewere groves of mighty trees sixto ten feet in diameter; richgrowths of maple, wild cherry,crab apple, and giant grapevines; great patches of black-berries, gardens of wild roses,and great jungles of wide-spreading ferns. Bands of Chinook Indianswere going down the rivfer withloads of salmon to trade forbeads and wapato, a round whiteroot resembling our potato. TheChinooks had a new sort of boat,a long light canoe, wide in the middle and taperingtowards the ends, with interesting figures of men andbeasts carved on the bow. The captains bought one ofthese for a hatchet and a few trinkets. Among all the tribes along the Columbia River, Indianbabes were seen wrapped up like mummies with a flatboard pressed firmly on the forehead in such a way asto force it upon the top of the head. A flat head wasconsidered a tribal badge of honor among the A WATERFALL OF THE COLUMBIA WEST TO THE PACIFIC 299 Farther back in the mountains the explorers found onlythe women to have flattened heads, but among the Chi-nooks both men and women were thus marked. Farther down-stream a band of Indians clad in sailor-jackets, trousers, and round hats, hailed the voyagers inEnglish. Go two days down, said they; two shipsthere from Boston; white men in them. Two ships! white men! exclaimed the exploring on they sped. They did not even see the mouth ofthe Willamette River, the largest of the Columbias tribu-taries, on which now stands the thriving city of did they heed the numerous interesting villages onthe way. But away they glided through noble forests,past shadowy mountains and burning campfires whereredmen walked between them and the brightening of hundreds of waterfowl and numerous otherbirds swept noisily up-stream, flying away from the lash-ing ocean waves and stormy winds. The autum
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