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a cold wet morning. rain Contd. untill [blank] oClock we Set out early & proceeded on the Corse of last night &c.
| N. 50° W. | 1 | mile on the Lard. Side under Some high land. bold rockey Shore |
| N. 60° W. | 1 | mile under a bold rockey Shore on the Lard Side, opsd. the upper point of a Island close under the Stard Side the high lands closeing the river on that Side above river wide |
| N. 75° W. | 12 | miles to a point of high land on the Lard Side, passed two
Lodges on the Lard Side at 2 miles in a bottom, The high land leave The river on the Stard. Side. passd. a remarkable [described?] Knob of high land on the Stard. Side at 3 miles Close on the Waters edge— [1] we purchased of the Indians who cam in their Canoes to us with Salmon—trout—and Wap-to roots. Some of their Salmon [t]rout roots & 2 Dressed Beaver Skins for which I gave 5 Small fishing hooks. passed a Island nearest the Lard. Side at 10 mile the head of a Isd. on Std. opposit High Cliffs, with Several Speces of Pine Cedars &c. arber vita & different Species of under groth. |
| N. 80° W. | 2 | miles under a high clift on the Lard Side the lower point of the Island on Stard. opposit those hills are Covered thickly with Spruce pine arbor vita Hackmatack [2] as called a kind of alder red wood &c. &c. rain Continu |
| N. 88° W. | 5 | miles to a high Clift a little below an old village in the Stard. bend and opposit an old village on a Lard. point of a hand- som & extensive bottom. passed a Island in the middle of the river 3 miles long and one wide, passed a Small Island Close on the Stard. Side & a lower point of a former Isld. be- low which the lands high & with Clifts to the river Stard. Side |
| S. 45° W. | 5 | miles under a Clift of verry high land on the Stard. side wind high a head. We over took 2 Indian Canoes going down to trade |
| S. 50° W. | 1 | mile under a high rockey Hill of pine. The Indians leave us, Steep assent, Som Clifts [3] |
| S. 75° W. | 1 | mile under a high hill with a bold rocky Shore, high [X: Steep] assent river about 1 mile wide |
| West | 1 | mile under a high Steep hill bold rockey Shore, Encampd under the hill on Stones Scercely land Sufficent between the hills and river Clear of the tide for us to lie. Cloudy & rain all wet and disagreeable. this evening made large fires on the Stones and dried our bedding. The flees are verry troublesom which collects in our blankets, at every old village we encamp at— we killed nothing to day, we halted to dine and the bushes So thick that our hunters Could not get through, red wood, green bryors, a kind of Burch, alder, red holley [4] a kind of maple &c. &c. The Species of Pine is Spruce Pine fir [5] arber vitia &c. red Loril, the bottoms have rushes grass & nettles, the Slashes long grass bulrushes flags &c. Som willow on the waters edge |
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A cool wet raney morning we Set out early at 4 miles pass 2 Lodges of Indians in a Small bottom on the Lard Side I believe those Indians to be travelers. opposit is 〈the head of a long narrow Island close under the Starboard Side, back of this Island two Creeks fall in about 6 miles apart,〉 [NB: an 〈this〉 Island in the mouth of the large river Cow e lis kee [6] 150 yds wide— 9 miles lower a large creek Same Side] and appear to head in the high hilley countrey to the N. E. opposit 〈this long Island is 2 others one Small and about the middle of the river〉 [NB: between the mouths of these rivers are 3 Small islands [7] one on the Ld. Shore one near the middle] the other larger and nearly opposit its lower point, and opposit a high clift of Black rocks [8] on the Lard. Side at 14 miles [NB: from our camp]: here the Indians of the 2 Lodges we passed to day came in their canoes with Sundery articles to Sell, we purchased of them Wap-pa-too roots, Salmon trout, and I purchased 2 beaver Skins for which I gave 5 Small fish hooks. here the hills leave the river on the Lard. Side, a butifull open and extensive bottom in which there is an old Village, one also on the Stard. Side a little above both of which are abandened by all their inhabitents except Two Small dogs nearly Starved, and an unreasonable portion of flees— The Hills and mountains are covered with Sever kinds of Pine—Arber Vitea or white Cedar, red Loril, [9] alder [10] and Several Species of under groth, the bottoms have common rushes, 〈bull rushes〉, nettles, & grass the Slashey parts have Bull rushes & flags— [11] Some willow on the waters edge, [12] passed an Island [NB: near Ld Shore] 3 miles long and one mile wide, [13] [NB: & two Sm: isl. [14] both] 〈one〉 close under the Stard. Side below the 〈long narrow Island〉 [NB: large creek] below which the Stard Hills are verry from the river bank and Continues high and rugid on that Side all day, [NB: called Fanny's Island the large one.] we over took two Canoes of Indians going down to trade one of the Indians Spoke a fiew words of english and Said that the principal man who traded with them was Mr. Haley, [15] and that he had a woman in his Canoe who Mr. Haley was fond of &c. he Showed us a Bow of Iron and Several other things which he Said Mr. Haley gave him. we came too to Dine on the long narrow Island found the woods So thick with under groth that the hunters could not get any distance into the Isld. the red wood, and Green bryors interwoven, and mixed with pine, alder, a Specis of Beech [Berch?], ash &c. [16] we killed nothing to day The Indians leave us in the evening, river about one mile wide hills high and Steep on the Std. no place for several Miles suffcently large and leavil for our camp we at length Landed at a place which by moveing the Stones we made a place Sufficently large for the party to lie leavil on the Smaller Stones Clear of the Tide [17] Cloudy with rain all day we are all wet and disagreeable, had large fires made on the Stone and dried our bedding and Kill the flees, [18] which collected in our blankets at every old village we encamped near I had like to have forgotten a verry remarkable Knob [19] riseing from the edge of the water to about 80 feet high, and about 200 paces around at its Base and Situated 〈on the long narrow Island〉 [NB: below the mouth of Cow e liske riv. ] [20] above and nearly opposit to the 2 Lodges we passed to day, it is Some distance from the high land & in a low part of the Island
[NB: Camped 〈nearly〉 opposite to the upper point of an Isl. aftds called Sturgeon Island ] [21]
Wednesday 6th Nov. 1805. Several Showers of rain in the course of last night. we set out as usal and proceeded on Shortly passed a Small village on the Lard. Side Several Indians came out in a canoe to trade with us we bought Some fresh fish and some roots. we passed large bottoms covred with cotton timber passd. 2 old villages which was Evacuated. the wind rose from the west towards evening So that the waves run high. we Came 29 miles this day and Camped on the Stard. Side close under a clift of rocks—
Wednesday 6th. We set out early in a cloudy morning after a disagreeable night of rain. Saw a number of the natives, going up and down the river in canoes. Also passed some of their lodges. The Indians in this part of the country have but few horses, their intercourse and business being chiefly by water. The high land comes more close on the river in this part. Having gone 29 miles we encamped on the south side.
Wednesday 6th Nov. 1805. [22] Several Showers of rain in the course of last night. the guard had to attend to the canoes to keep them loose as the tide Ebbs & flows abt. 3 feet pertular. a cloudy wet morning. we Set out eairly and proceeded on. Shortly passed a Small village on Lard. Side. Some Indians came out in the River to us with their canoes. we bought Some fresh fish from them, and bought Some fine roots from a canoe which was going down the R. with a load trading at noon we halted to dine at a large bottom which was covd. with cotton timber on the S. Side. Several hunters went out abt. one hour and the underbrush So thick that they could not [go] any distance back. we proceeded on. passed high clifts on L. S. abt. 100 feet from the S[urface] of the water. the hills on each Side are [covered with] different kinds of pine
Wednesday Novemr. 6th We had several showers of rain during last night; Our officers placed a guard on our Canoes during the night, to attend them, the tide rising & falling 3 feet perpendicular. This morning was cloudy & wet. We set off early, & proceeded on our Voyage. We passed a small Indian Village, which lay on the South side of the River. Some Indians came to us in Canoes; from whom we purchased some fresh fish of different kinds, And also purchased, some Roots from 〈some〉 Indians who over took us in Canoes; & were going down the River with loads of this root &ca to trade. About noon, we halted to dine, at a large bottom, which was covered with Cotton wood Trees, lying on the South side of the River. several of our hunters went out for about an hour, & found the underbrush growing so thick; that they could not go any distance.— We continued on, & passed high Clifts of rocks lying on the South side of the River, which were about 100 feet high, from the surface of the Water, & hills on both sides of the River, covered with different kind of Pine & White Cedar, & a wood called Abervity, Red wood [23] &ca.—
We proceeded on & passed large bottoms having Cotton wood Trees & white Oak [24] timber growing in them, & two old Indian Villages which were evacuated & had been left sometime past. We also passed several springs. Towards evening we had the Wind blowing hard from the Westward & the Waves ran very high. We came 27 Miles this day & encamped on the North side of the River, under a Clift of Rocks.—
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