Their eyes are exceedingly sore and weak; many of them have only a single eye, and some are perfectly blind.

Their teeth prematurely decay, and in frequent instances are altogether worn away.

Their general health, however, seems to be good, the only disorder we have remarked being tumors in different parts of the body." The more difficult rapid was passed on the second day of November, the luggage being sent down by land and the empty canoes taken down with great care.

The journal of that date says:-- "The rapid we have just passed is the last of all the descents of the Columbia.

At this place the first tidewater commences, and the river in consequence widens immediately below the rapid.