Chapter IX

Description of Wappatoo island, and the mode in which the
nations gather wappatoo. The character of the soil and its
productions. The numerous tribes residing in its vicinity. The
probability that they were all of the tribe of the Multnomahs
originally, inferred from similarity of dress, manners,
language, &c. Description of their dress, weapons of war, their
mode of burying the dead. Description of another village,
called the Wahelellah village. Their mode of architecture.
Extraordinary height of Beacon rock. Unfriendly character of
the Indians at that place. The party, alarmed for their safety,
resolve to inflict summary vengeance, in case the Wahelellah
tribe persist in their outrages and insults. Interview with
the chief of that tribe, and confidence restored. Difficulty
of drawing the canoes over the rapids. Visited by a party of
the Yehugh tribe. Short notice of the Weocksockwillackum tribe.
Curious phenomenon observed in the Columbia, from the Rapids to
the Chilluckittequaws. 223