Then the squaw and the brave were taken on separate boats.
She hesitated long before finally trusting herself, and was exceedingly coy about it.

She had probably never seen a boat before.

At last, overcoming her fear she stepped tremblingly on board and in a few minutes we had them landed on the other side, where we said farewell and went on.
In the afternoon we discovered a number of natives on the right bank and landed to see what they were.

Nothing more terrible than several badly frightened squaws and children occupied the place, the men being away.
We thought this call on the ladies would suffice, and presenting them with a quantity of tobacco for their absent lords, we pulled away, leaving them still almost paralysed with fright and astonishment at our sudden and unexpected appearance and disappearance.

The valley was now very wide, and the river spread to a great width also, giving conditions totally different from any we had found above.