THE GreaT JOURNEY is

accompanied me were the most expert canoe-
men in the world, but they are very inferior
to these people, as they themselves acknow-
ledged, in conducting those vessels.” They
came in a couple of hours to another village—
Great Village—still some distance from the
sea. Landing and approaching it through a
wood, they were alarmed to see men fetching
their weapons and great confusion among the
houses. Mackenzie went steadily on, and
shook hands with those nearest him in the
crowd which at once surrounded him. Sud-
denly the chief broke through the throng, and
took him in his arms; then the chief’s son
flung around Mackenzie’s shoulders his own
very handsome robe of sea-otter skins. All
was well. They were conducted to the finest
house they had yet seen, and were given a
repast of roasted salmon followed by a special
local delicacy, the inner bark of the hemlock
made into cakes and soaked in salmon oil.
All the men of the village crowded in behind
them while they ate, and the feast lasted for
three hours. Mackenzie made presents of a
blanket (in return for the sea-otter robe), of