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They took the precaution to keep along the tops of the rocks as much as possible on their way back to the canoe, and reached their camp in safety, congratulating themselves on their escape, and feeling no desire to make a second visit to the grim warriors of Wish-ram. M'Kenzie and his party resumed their journey the next morning.
In general, the dwellings of the savages on the Pacific side of that great barrier were mere tents and cabins of mats, or skins, or straw, the country being destitute of timber. In Wish-ram, on the contrary, the houses were built of wood, with long sloping roofs. The floor was sunk about six feet below the surface of the ground, with a low door at the gable end, extremely narrow, and partly sunk.
He withdrew, therefore, and returning to his warriors among the rocks held long deliberations. Blood for blood is a principle in Indian equity and Indian honor; but though the inhabitants of Wish-ram were men of war, they were likewise men of traffic, and it was suggested that honor for once might give way to profit.
This being granted, the heroes of Wish-ram crossed the river once more, returned to their villages to feast upon the horses whose blood they had so vaingloriously drunk, and the travellers pursued their voyage without further molestation.
Hunt arrived at the falls of the Columbia, and encamped at the village of the Wish-ram, situated at the head of that dangerous pass of the river called "the Long Narrows". The Village of Wish-ram. Roguery of the Inhabitants. Their Habitations. Tidings of Astoria. Of the Tonquin Massacre. Thieves About the Camp. A Band of Braggarts Embarkation. Arrival at Astoria. A Joyful Reception. Old Comrade.
Stuart heard of these depredations, and hastened forward to the relief of the convoy, but could not reach them before dusk, by which time they had arrived at the village of Wish-ram, already noted for its great fishery, and the knavish propensities of its inhabitants. Here they found themselves benighted in a strange place, and surrounded by savages bent on pilfering, if not upon open robbery.
Arrival of M'Kenzie. Affairs at the Shahaptan. News of War. Dismay of M'Dougal.-Determination to Abandon Astoria. Departure of M'Kenzie for the Interior. Adventure at the Rapids. Visit to the Ruffians of Wish-ram. A Perilous Situation. Meeting With M'Tavish and His Party. Arrival at the Shahaptan. Plundered Caches.-Determination of the Wintering Partners Not to Leave the Country.
The worthies of Wish-ram, however, were not disposed to part so easily with their visitors. Their cupidity had been quickened by the plunder which they had already taken, and their confidence increased by the impunity with which their outrage had passed.
Adventures of Reed, M'Lellan, and M'Kenzie Among the Snake River Mountains. Rejoicing at Astoria. OF the village of Wish-ram, the aborigines' fishing mart of the Columbia, we have given some account in an early chapter of this work.
The old chieftain repaired to his friend, M'Dougal, with indignation flaming in his countenance, and bitterly reproached him for having permitted his son to degrade himself into a beast, and to render himself an object of scorn and laughter to his slave. Spring Arrangements at Astoria. Various Expeditions Set Out.-The Long Narrows. Pilfering Indians. Thievish Tribe at Wish-ram.
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