CHAPTER VIII

A substitute for game, and a luxurious breakfast--Expectations

of a repast, and a disappointment--Visit of a Snake chief--

his abhorrence of horse meat--A band of Snake Indians--Their

chief--Trade with Indians for salmon--Mr. Ashworth's

adventure--An Indian horse-thief--Visit to the Snake camp--

A Banneck camp--Supercilious conduct of the Indians--Snake

river--Equipment of a trapping party--Indian mode of catching

salmon--Loss of a favorite horse--Powder river--Cut rocks--

Grand Ronde--Captain Bonneville--Kayouse and Nez Percé

Indians--An Indian beauty--Blue mountains--A feline visit, 250

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