Octr. 2nd 1805 Wednesday
dispatch 2 men & an Indian up to the villages we first came
too to purchase roots fish &c, nothing to eat but roots. gave
a small pice of Tobacco to the Indians, 3 broachs & 2 rings
with my Handkerchif divided between 5 of them. I walked
on the hills to hunt to day, saw only one deer, could kill
nothing day excesively hot in the river bottoms wind North,
Burning out the holler of our canoes, men something better
nothing except a small Prarie wolf killed to day, our Provisions
all out except what fiew fish we purchase of the Indians
with us; we kill a horse for the men at work to eate &c. &c.
