falling in torrents. Here the writers of this journal, being in advance The natives with the tent and the rest of the party turned out of the stream into a more westward course and we thinking they were close behind, kept on at a swift pace, but afterwards waited for the others to come up. Finding they did not come up, we determined to return in search of them fearing some accident had befallen them and fortunately discovered where they had left the stream by their foot prints, following them up in doing which, we were considerably assisted by the dogs for about a mile and 1/2 we overtook them having rejoined the stream, having just made up our minds to start off for the beach before our strength failed. We then all recommenced our journey down this frightfull stream and after proceeding about a mile was very agreeably surprised to see a native before us who was shortly afterwards joined by 12 or 14 others all armed with Tomahawks or guns who being unable to proceed thro the rain had commenced building 2 huts, on the banks of the river. One of our natives being in advance of us, one of the strange natives called Pratten said come here, and on our native going up to him, he asked who was with him and where he had been, to wh. the native replied, that he had been to the Mountain and that there were 3 or 4 white people with him, when we all got down to where our native was many more had joined him they then told us to follow them and erect our tent as soon as possible. Soon after one old man who arrived there afterwards came to our tent in a great rage, he then asked us what we did there and told us we had no business to be there. Then another native said the mountain is sacred and we ought not to have gone up, but they knew the Governor and Mr.MacLean had sent us up to cut lines and to see what mines there were in the mountain. The same native demanded the stones and shrubs wh. we