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Paul Kane. MISSION STATION OF WALKER AND EELLS, SPOKANE RIVER. September 9, /847. Watercolor on paper, 5 3 /s x 9 3 /8".
Collection, Stark Museum of Art.
mete they found a part of the foot
of a man one of the Indians put the mete
in his sack they traveled on for 3 days
and Knights without camping on
the 39 they ware so exosted that
they put a shore to sleap one was
I~ft to cepe watch but he went
to slepe to, the Eroqua in the night
got up and tuck the sack that
had the mete in and thrugh it in
the river with all it contained in
the morning the sack was mo whare
to be found, they proseded on to the
spocan Fort whare they gave the
Eraqua up to Mr MC.Mullin who
was in charge the, Eraqua was sent off
know dought to sum more distant
poast
we gumed the boats this afternoon
In the fall of 1838. an axedint acurad
whare 11 persons
ware dround here
71h.A stite rane all day
8th.· fine and clear saw carrabue bre
= ckfasted at the Rappe S t Maran
9th.. went but a short distanse to day
having to cut our way through the
timber that had fallen
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across the banks of the. River
I ()1li Saw the tracks human feet
in the sand and was astonished
as know Indians live here or
seldom cum to this part arived
at Coumpmont de Barge at 2
P.M. whare we comenced makeing
our in campment
IIth.nothing ofimportence
12th. they men cut a lobstick
of a Ill. feet and I was requested
to put my name on it as
it was intended forme, our
little partey then turned out
and fired 3 rounds and gave
3 cheers in oner of thure
Bu~hway as I was called
~ nothing
J.@ rain all day
.L5l!! fine no game
J.6.!!!. sum of the largest
flakes of snow I ever saw
expect to cross on snow sews
on my arival here I found
my oald friend Cappow Blaug
=h the Shew shwopp Chief he had
a grate quantate of dried mea
=t I got sum and bever tails
17th. hard frost found a
conew in cach came down
the river they men though
it was the bregade coming
..l.8M! hard frost
~snow
20th. 2 men and 2 Indians
leve for the point de boan
to cut a road for the inc
=umans
21 st... for sum time the tops
of the mountains have ben
covered with clouds know
ch~ce to cketch them
22a a month from Col vii
and know brigade
230 fine and coald
24th. Prew, Sanschcay and
Lefrombeys agree to start
with me tomorrow a cro
= s~ the Mountains on foot
2511l. the men hav declin
=ed to start for want of
Mockisens
2.6..th coald ise made 2 inshes
in the night. they men have
tried every expedant to bring
the brigade sutch as making
a cross and derecting the arm
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