[91]. For an account of David Porter, see Franchère, note 105.—Ed.
[92]. This is the island of Maui, north-west of Hawaii. There are two high volcanic islands, east Maui and west Maui, connected by a low isthmus.—Ed.
[93]. Concerning James Keith and Alexander Stuart, see Franchère, notes 108, 102.—Ed.
[94]. For a sketch of Pierre Dorion, see Bradbury’s Travels, note 7.—Ed.
[95]. Ross is here enumerating all the Salishan tribes living on the Columbia between the Yakima and Spokane rivers, and on the lower Okanagan. For the first seven, see notes 42, 44, 45, 48, ante. The Inspellum were east of Okanagan. The Sinpohellechach were the San Poils at the mouth of San Poil River, forty-five miles west of Spokane River. They were closely related to the Spokane Indians. Samilkamigh is, of course, Similkameen, a tribe on the river of the same name.—Ed.
[96]. The Conconully River is an affluent of the Okanagan, entering a short distance above its mouth.—Ed.
[97]. From his residence among the Okanagan and his marriage to the daughter of a chief of this tribe, Ross had ample opportunity to learn their customs; he seems to speak wholly from observation. Ross Cox, who in 1816 was stationed at Okanagan, also gives a description of these Indians, which in the main agrees with Ross’s account, although differing in some important details.—Ed.
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