Chapter 3

Indian Chief Seattle.--Frogs and Indians.--Spring Flowers and Birds.--The Red _Tamáhnous_.--The Little Pend d'Oreille.--Indian Legend.--From Seattle to Fort Colville.--Crossing the Columbia River Bar.--The River and its Surroundings.--Its Former Magnitude.--The Grande Coulée.--Early Explorers, Heceta, Meares, Vancouver, Grey.--Curious Burial-Place.--Chinese Miners.--Umatilla.--Walla Walla.--Sage-Brush and Bunch-Grass.--Flowers in the Desert.--"Stick" Indians.--Klickatats.--Spokane Indian.--Snakes.--Dead Chiefs.--A Kamas-Field.--Basaltic Rocks. 38