CHAPTER XXI

UPPER COLUMBIA TO PUGET SOUND

McDonald's Indian tales--Chemakan Mission--Settlements in Colville valley--Visits Spokane House--Garry's Lodge--Arrival of main party at Camp Washington--March to Walla Walla--Pelouse River-- Crosses Snake River--Rides to old Fort Walla Walla--Visits Walla Walla valley--Pu-pu-mox-mox--Lander ordered to survey Nahchess Pass--Descends Columbia to Dallas, to Vancouver--Colonel Bonneville--Ascends Cowlitz River in canoe--Four days in drenching rains--Lander balks--Tinkham ordered to cross Snoqualmie Pass--Officers reach Olympia--Captain McClellan ordered to run line to Snoqualmie Pass--His failure--Tinkham succeeds--McClellan aggrieved--Governor Stevens's opinion of pioneers--McClellan's 396