[183] Kootenay Falls near Troy, Lincoln County, Montana; the "Old Fort" referred to stood opposite Jennings, Montana, about 25 miles further up the river. For mention of that Fort consult Ross Cox.
[184] See letter from Gov. Simpson in Part I of this Journal (p. 98 of this Quarterly for April 1914).
[185] That is, the house for building cedar batteaux, which were to be run down to the Columbia river at high water in the spring.
[186] Mr. J. W. Dease, who had been in charge of Fort Walla Walla, but was being transferred to Spokane House, but is delayed waiting for Peter Skene Ogden's arrival from the Snake Country of Southern Idaho.
[187] Mr. Work is assigned to spend the winter at the trading post among the Flathead Indians in Montana. The "portage" refers to the 76 miles over which they must carry the trading goods on pack animals between Spokane House and the Pend d'Oreille river.
[188] About where Hilyard now is, near city of Spokane.
[189] Rathdrum creek, probably.
[190] That is, at the Spokane Falls.
[191] Now called Hoodoo Lake, in Bonner County, Idaho. The Spokane-International By. passes by it.
[192] That is at Sina-acateen crossing of the Pend d'Oreille river, nearly opposite Laclede station of the Great Northern By.