. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. e took it for granted that the Indians were ourenemies and watched them suspiciously; but here seemedto be a disposition to be neighborly and helpful. We took a lesson in Chinook, euid by signs and words ^ Good now; ready to serve Exceedingly good to eat. Hunting for Another Home Site 85 held conversation until a late hour. When we were readyto leave they gave us a slice of venison, enough for severalmeals. Upon offering to pay for it we were met with ashake of the head, and with the words, Wake,
. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. e took it for granted that the Indians were ourenemies and watched them suspiciously; but here seemedto be a disposition to be neighborly and helpful. We took a lesson in Chinook, euid by signs and words ^ Good now; ready to serve Exceedingly good to eat. Hunting for Another Home Site 85 held conversation until a late hour. When we were readyto leave they gave us a slice of venison, enough for severalmeals. Upon offering to pay for it we were met with ashake of the head, and with the words, Wake, wake,kul-tus pot-latch, which we understood by their actions tomean they made us a present of it. We had made the Indians a present first, it is true;but we did not expect any return, except perhaps good-will. From that time on during the trip, — I may say, forall time since, — I found the Indians of Puget Sound alwaysready to reciprocate acts of kindness. They hold in highesteem a favor granted, if it is not accompanied by actsshovidng it to be designed simply to gain an A fleet of Siwash ceinoes. CHAPTER TWELVE CRUISING ABOUT ON PUGET SOUND Our second days cruise about the Sound took us past his-toric grounds. We went by old Fort Nisqually, one of theearliest posts of the Hudsons Bay Company on PugetSound. Some houses had been built on the spot in 1829 or1830, though the fort, one fourth of a mile back from water,was not constructed until 1833, just twenty years beforeour visit. As the tide and wind favored us, we did not stop. Soonwe came in sight of a fleet of seven vessels lying at anchorin a large bay, several miles in extent. The sight of thoseseven vessels lying in the ofTmg made a profound impres-sion upon our minds. We had never before seen so manyships at one place. Curiously enough, among them was thegood baik Mary Melville, with her gruff mate and big-hearted master. Captain Barston. Upon the eastern slope of the shores of this bay lay thetwo towns
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