CHAPTER XXII

Meeting with the Widow of a Hunter--Her Narrative--Reflections of the Author--Priest’s Rapid--River Okenakan--Kettle Falls--Pine Moos--Scarcity of Food--Rivers, Lakes, &c.--Accident--A Rencontre--First View of the Rocky Mountains 342

Course of the Columbian River--Canoe River--Footmarch toward the Rocky Mountains--Passage of the Mountains 350