CHAPTER XI.

Climbing the Mountain in a Rainstorm-Pean's Dirty Blankets--His Careful Treatment of His Old Musket--A Novel Charge for Big Game--The Chatter of the Pine Squirrel--A Shot Through the Brush--Venison for Supper--A Lame Conversation: English on the One Side, Chinook on the Other--The Winchester Express Staggers the Natives--Peculiarities of the Columbia Black Tail Deer.