[Lewis:]
Friday February 21st.. 1806.
Visited this morning by three Clatsops, wo remained with us
all day; they are great begers; Capt Lewis gave one of them
a fiew nedles with which he appeared much gratified, in the
evening late they departed. Drewyer and Collins went in pursute
of some Elk the tracks of which Collins had discovered
yesterday; but it rained so hard they could not pursue them
by the tracks, and returned unsucksessfull. Drewyer saw a
fisher but it escaped from him among the fallen timber. Sergt.
Ordway returned with the party from the Salt Camp which we
have now avacuated. they brought with them the salt and
utensels. our stock of salt is now about 20 Gallons; 12
Gallons we had secured in 2 small iron bound Kegs and laid
by for our voyage. Gave Willard a dose of Scots pills; they
opperated very well. Gibson still continus the bark 3 times
a day and is on the recovery fast.
The large brown Wolf is like that of the atlantic states, and
are found only in the woody country on the Pacific Ocean embraceing
the Mountains which pass the Columbia between the
Great Falls an[d] Rapids of the same. The large and Small
Wolves of [are] the inhabitents principally of the open country
and the woodland on their borders, and resemble in their habits
those of the plains of Missouri presisely. they are not abundant
in the Plains of Columbia because there is but little game
on which for them to subsist.
