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a Cloudy morning Som rain the after part of last night & this morning. I could not Sleep for the noise kept by the Swans, Geese, white & black brant, Ducks &c. on a opposit base, & Sand hill Crane, they were emensely numerous and their noise horrid. We Set out at Sun rise &
| N. 35° W | 3 | miles to a Stard. point river about ¾ of a mile wide a Small prarie on the Std. |
| N. 30° W. | 3 | miles to the South West Side of an Island 〈near〉 Seperated from the Stard. Side by a narrow channel river widens to about 1½ miles Green bryor Isd. |
| N. 12° W. | 3 | miles to a Lard. point of 2 rocks 〈psd. Ind.〉 opposit the upper pt. of an Isd. on Std. Side psd. 2 house on the Lard. Sid, passed the lower pt. of the Island Std. at 2 miles. behind this Island a little above the lower point on the Std. side is a large village of ¼ of a mile in extent. I counted 14 large houses in front next the slew 7 canoes loaded with Indians Came up to See us. low rock |
| N. 22° W. | 6 | miles to a Stard point passed a large Slew ¼ of a mile wide or at a ½ of a mile on th Lard. Side Some low rockey clifts below. The language of those people have a great Similarity to those above. met 3 canoes of Indians |
| N. 30° W. [1] | 5 | miles to a point of woodland Stard. Side. a range of high hills here forms the Stard. bank of the river, the Shore bold and rocky covered with a thick growth of pine timber an ex- tensive low 〈bottom〉 Island & bottoms on the Lard. side passed 2 Islands on Std. & the Lard. pt. on 3d |
| N. 40° W. | 7 | m. to a point of woodland Std. passed the Lower point of the Island Close under the Lard Side at 5 miles a Small Is- land in the middle of the river. passed an old village on the Island at 3 miles, The high hills leave the river on the Stard. at 3 miles, a high bottom below met 4 canoes of Indians one of those canoes had emigies bow & Stern & 26 Indians in them all [2] |
| N. 40° W. | 5 | miles to a point of high piney land on the Lard Side the Stard. Shore bold and rockey passed a Creek at 2 miles on the Stard Side, below which is an old village. rained all the evening and Some fine rain at intervals all day river wide & Deep |
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our hunters killed 10 Brant 4 of which were white with black wings 2 Ducks, and a Swan which were divided, we Came too and Encamped on the Lard. Side under a high ridgey land, [3] the high land come to the river on each Side. the river about 1½ mile wide. those high lands rise gradually from the river & bottoms— we are all wet Cold and disagreeable, rain Continues & encreases. I killed a Pheasent which is very fat— [4] my feet and legs cold. I saw 17 Snakes to day on a Island, but little appearance of Frost at [tear] this place.
Rained all the after part of last night, rain continues this morning, I [s]lept but verry little last night for the noise Kept dureing the whole of the night by the Swans, Geese, white & Grey Brant Ducks &c. on a Small Sand Island close under the Lard. Side; they were emensely noumerous, and their noise horid— we Set out 〈at about Sun rise〉 early here the river is not more than ¾ of a mile in width, passed a Small Prarie on the Stard. Side passed 2 houses about ½ a mile from each other on the Lard. Side a Canoe came from the upper house, with 3 men in its mearly to view us, passed an Isld. Covered with tall trees & green briers Seperated from the Stard. Shore by a narrow Chanel [5] at 9 [8?] miles I observed on the Chanel which passes on the Stard Side of this Island a Short distance above its lower point is Situated a large village, the front of which occupies nearly ¼ of a mile fronting the Chanel, and closely Connected, I counted 14 houses [NB: Quathlapotle nation] [6] in front here the river widens to about 1½ miles. Seven canoes of Indians came out from this large village to view and trade with us, they appeared orderly and well disposed, they accompanied us a fiew miles and returned back. about 1½ miles below this village on the Lard Side behind a rockey Sharp point, we passed a Chanel ¼ of a mile wide, [7] which I take to be the one the Indian Canoe entered yesterday from the lower point of Immage Canoe Island [X: So named] a Some low clifts of rocks below this Chanel, a large Island Close under the Stard Side opposit, [8] and 2 Small Islands, below, here we met 2 canoes from below,— below those Islands a range of high hills form the Stard. Bank of the river, the Shore bold and rockey, Covered with a thick groth of Pine an extensive low Island, [9] Seperated from the Lard side by a narrow Chanel, on this Island we Stoped to Dine I walked out found it open & covered with 〈Small〉 grass interspersed with Small ponds, in which was great numbr. of foul, the remains of an old village on the lower part of this Island, I saw Several deer our hunters killed on this Island a Swan, 4 white 6 Grey brant & 2 Ducks all of them were divided, below the lower point of this Island, I saw Several deer our hunters killed on this Island a Swan, 4 white 6 Grey brant & 2 Ducks all of them were divided, below the lower point of this Island a range of high hills [10] which runs S. E. forms the Lard. bank of the river the Shores bold and rockey & hills Covered with pine, The high hills leave the river on the Stard. Side a high bottom between the hill & river. We met 4 Canoes of Indians from below, in which there is 26 Indians, one of those Canoes is large, and ornimented with Images on the bow & Stern. That in the Bow the likeness of a Bear, and in Stern the picture of a man— we landed on the Lard. Side & camped a little below the mouth of a creek [11] on the Stard. Side a little below the mouth of which is an Old Village which is now abandaned—; [12] here the river is about one and a half miles wide. and deep, The high Hills which run in a N W. & S E. derection form both banks of the river the Shore boald and rockey, the hills rise gradually & are Covered with a thick groth of pine &c. The valley which is from above the mouth of Quick Sand River to this place may be computed at 60 miles wide on a Derect line, & extends a great Distanc to the right & left rich thickly Covered with tall timber, with a fiew Small Praries bordering on the river and on the Islands; Some fiew Standing Ponds & Several Small Streams of running water on either Side of the river; This is certainly a fertill and a handsom valley, at this time Crouded with Indians. The day proved Cloudy with rain the greater part of it, we are all wet cold and disagreeable— I saw but little appearance of frost in this valley which we call 〈Wap-pa-too Columbia〉 [NB: Columbian Valley] [13] from the root or plants growing Spontaniously in this valley only In my walk of to Day I saw 17 Striped Snakes I killed a grouse which was verry fat, and larger than Common. This is the first night which we have been entirely clear of Indians Since our arrival on the waters of the Columbia River. We made 32 miles to day by estimation—
Tuesday 5th Nov. 1805. hard rain the later part of last night. we proceeded on about 10 miles and passed a verry large village at the foot of an Island [14] on the Stard. Side they have a number of canoes Some of the Savages came out in the River in their canoes to See us they wanted to trade with us for muskets offered us dressed Elk Skins. passed Several Islands Some of the hunters killed one Swan and Several brants. we had Several Small Showers of rain we Came 31 miles to day and Camped on the Lard. Shore— the pine hills make close to River
Tuesday 5th. We embarked very early. Some rain fell last night about 2 o'clock, and the morning was cloudy. We passed several handsome islands, generally near the shore, on the one side or the other of the river. The county on both sides is somewhat higher than what we passed yesterday, and closely covered with spruce timber. The bottoms are large, covered with cotton wood, maple, and the like kinds of wood. We passed a great many Indian camps, their lodges made chiefly of poles and cedar bark. At noon we stopped about an hour at an island, and some of the men went out and killed nine brants and a swan. Three of the brants [15] were quite white except the points of their wings, which were black. We proceeded on in the afternoon, during which some rain and a little hail fell; went 31 miles and encamped on the north side. Here the tide rises and falls 4 feet.
Tuesday 5th Nov. 1805. began to rain abt. one oClock last night and rained untill morn. the morning cloudy. we Set out eairly and proceeded on verry well the River verry Strait. passd. Islands as usal [16] abt. 10 miles [page torn] the largest village we have [page torn] the S. Side. the cabbens [page torn] they had a great no[mber] [page torn] Some of them got in their [canoes and] came out in the River to See us. they wanted to trade us Elk Skins for muskets. we proceeded on 20 miles Since we Started this morng. and halted about 1 oC. to dine on an Isl. [17] Several men went out a Short time to hunt, and killed one Swan and Several brants. we then proceeded on. passed one or 2 more villages had Several Small Showers of rain the Isld. continues all the way covd. with cotton timber. the bottoms cont. as usal. we went 31 miles to day and Camped on the Lard. Side where the pine hills make close to the River and Some clifts of rocks on L. Shore. the River about a mile wide this evening rainy.—
Tuesday Novemr. 5th It began to rain about one o'Clock last night, and continued till day light & This morning was Cloudy. We set out early on our Voyage, & found the River run very strait, & grew wider. We passed a number of large Islands for the distance of 10 Miles, and then went by the largest Indian Village that we had yet seen on this River; This village lay on the South side of the River. The Cabbins in this Village all joined, and the Indians belonging to this Village, had a great number of Canoes. Some of the Indians from this Village, came out with their Canoes in the River to us; & wanted to Trade us Elk skins, for Muskets, or Guns of any kind, but our Officers refused, we having not more Rifles than what we wanted. We proceeded on, and halted about 1 o'Clock to dine on an Island, where several of our Men went out & killed a swan & several Brants.—
We continued on our Voyage at 2 o'Clock P. M, & passed 2 More Indian Villages, lying on the South side of the River. The Islands still continued as we passed down the River all the way, we went this day; & we had frequently small showers of rain. The Islands I have last mentioned, were covered with Cotton wood, & other timber. The bottom land along the shore, continue the same as those I last mentioned. We came about 31 Miles this day, & encamped on the North side of the River, where hills covered with pine Trees made close into the River, & some Clifts of Rocks. This evening continued Rainey. the River was about 1 Mile wide at this place.
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