landward, renders getting upon the shore difficult.  Some long sights were therefore necessary.  The survey was made up to the head of the Inlet on the 2d of June.  Preparations were then commenced for taking the supplies and instruments over the coast range of mountains to the head of Lake Lindeman on the Lewes River.  Commander Newell kindly aided me in making arrangements with the Indians, and did all he could to induce them to be reasonable in their demands.  This, however, neither he nor any one else could accomplish.  They refused to carry to the lake for less than $20 per hundred pounds, and as they had learned that the expedition was an English one, the second chief of the Chilkoot Indians recalled some memories of an old quarrel which the tribe had with the English many years ago, in which an uncle of his was killed, and he thought we should pay for the loss of his uncle by being charged an exorbitant price for our packing, of which he had the sole control.  Commander Newell told him I had a permit from the Great Father at Washington to pass through his country safely, that he would see that I did so, and if the Indians interfered with me they would be punished for doing so.  After much talk they consented to carry our stuff to the summit of the mountain for $10 per hundred pounds.  This is about two-thirds of the whole distance, includes all the climbing and all the woods, and is by far the most difficult part of the way.

“On the 6th of June 120 Indians, men, women and children, started for the summit.  I sent two of my party with them to see the goods delivered at the place agreed upon.  Each carrier when given a pack also got a ticket, on which was inscribed the contents of the pack, its weight, and the amount the individual was to get for carrying it.  They were made to understand that they had to produce these tickets on delivering their packs, but were not told for what reason.  As each pack was delivered one of my men receipted the ticket and returned it.  The Indians did not seem to understand the import of this; a few of them pretended to have lost their tickets; and as they could not get paid without them, my assistant, who had duplicates of every ticket, furnished them with receipted copies, after examining their packs.

“While they were packing to the summit I was producing the survey, and I met them on their return at the foot of the canon, about eight miles from the coast, where I paid them.  They came to the camp in the early morning before I was up, and for about two hours there was quite a hubbub.  When paying them I tried to get their names, but very few of them would give any Indian name, nearly all, after a little reflection, giving some common English name.  My list contained little else than Jack, Tom, Joe, Charlie, &c. some of which were duplicated three and four times.  I then found why some of them had pretended to lose their tickets at the summit.  Three or four who had thus acted presented themselves twice for payment, producing first the receipted ticket, afterwards the one they claimed to have lost, demanding pay for both.  They were much taken aback when they found that their duplicity had been discovered.