| Chapter 5: Kettle Falls to the Wenatchee River |
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 Thompson continues his journey down the Columbia River. He encounters many Indian tribes and learns hunting and fishing techniques from each tribe he encounters. The Methow tribe shows Thompson the ceremony of the salmon. |
| Lesson 5.1: Anxious to Acquire Knowledge Thompson's expedition encounters the Ilthkoyape Indians of the middle Columbia Region. This tribe celebrates the arrival of salmon with dances and many celebrations. |
| Lesson 5.2: A Curious Appearance Having prepared everything and ourselves about us as well as circumstances permitted and having only half a horse for our support, we readied ourselves for the voyage to the Pacific Ocean. The river before us was wholly unknown. |
| Lesson 5.3: Rings, Bells, and Beads Several dreadful whirlwinds occurred during the summer, which more resembled the sirocco than anything I had ever experienced in America. |
| Lesson 5.4: A Tribe Called Methow A chief and four young men came with horses and helped us carry the canoe to the foot of the rapid for which I gave them eight inches of tobacco that was thankfully accepted. The appearance of this tribe is the same as the last except the women are more profusely ornate with shells. |
| Lesson 5.5: Respect and Kind Attention By their account the name of the tribe is Sinkowarsin. They number about one hundred and twenty families and about eight hundred souls. |
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