Few Indians were to be seen along the banks of the river, but occasionally the party came to a pile of planks and timbers which were the materials from which were built the houses of such Indians as came here in the fishing season to catch a supply for the winter and for trading purposes.

Occasionally, the complete scarcity of fuel compelled the explorers to depart from their general rule to avoid taking any Indian property without leave; and they used some of these house materials for firewood, with the intent to pay the rightful owners, if they should ever be found.

On the sixteenth of October, they met with a party of Indians, of whom the journal gives this account:-- "After crossing by land we halted for dinner, and whilst we were eating were visited by five Indians, who came up the river on foot in great haste.

We received them kindly, smoked with them, and gave them a piece of tobacco to smoke with their tribe.

On receiving the present they set out to return, and continued running as fast as they could while they remained in sight.