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[Clark, first draft:]

October 27th.. Sunday 1805

a verry windy night and morning wind from the West
and hard

Took time and distance of Suns and moons nearest Limbs.
Sun West

                       

		Time			distance
	h	m	s
P M	3	20	37	61°	0′	0″
	"	22	33	61	0	45
	"	23	23	61	1	15
	"	24	24	61	1	45
	"	25	25	61	2	15
	"	26	22	61	2	30
	"	27	25	61	2	30
	"	28	23	61	3	15
	"	29	9	61	3	30
	"	29	50	61	3	30

Send out hunters and they killed 4 deer I pheasent and a
squirel the 2 Chiefs and party continue with us, we treat
them well give them to eate & smoke, they were joined by
seven others, from below. who stayed about 3 hours and
returned down the river in a pet, soon after the Chiefs deturmined
to go home we had them put across the river the
wind verry high, we took a vocabelary of the Languages of

the 2 nations, the one liveing at the Falls call themselves
E-nee-shur The other resideing at the levels or narrows in a
a village on the Std. side call themselves E-chee-lute not withstanding
those people live only 6 miles apart, [they understand]
but fiew words of each others language the language of those
above having great similarity with those tribes of flat heads we
have passed. all have the clucking tone anexed which is prodominate
above, all flatten the heads of their female children
near the falls, and maney above follow the same custom The
language of the Che-luc-it-te-quar a fiew miles below is different
from both in a small degree. The wind increased in the
evening and blew verry hard from the same point W day
fair and cold. The creek at which we are Encamped is called
by the natives Que-nett Some words with Shabono about
his duty The pinical of Falls mountain bears S 43°. W. about
35 miles

October 27th.. Sunday 1805

Wind hard from the west all the last night and this morning.[18]

Some words with Shabono our interpreter about his duty.
Sent out Several hunters who brought in four Deer, one
Grouse and a Squirel. The two Chiefs & party was joined by
seven others from below in two canoes, we gave them to eate
& Smoke Several of those from below returned down the river
in a bad humer, haveing got into this pet by being prevented
doeing as they wished with our articles which was then exposed
to dry. we took a Vocabelary of the Languages of those two
chiefs which are verry different notwithstanding they are Situated
within six miles of each other, Those at the great falls call
themselves E-nee-shur and are understood on the river above:
Those at the Great Narrows call themselves E-che-lute and is
understood below,[19] maney words of those people are the Same,

and common to all the flat head Bands which we have passed
on the river, all have the clucking tone anexed which is prodomonate
above all the Bands flatten the heads of the female
children, and maney of the male children also.[20] Those two
Chief [s] leave us this evening and returned to their bands,
the wind verry high & from the west, day proved fair and
cool.

The natives call this creek near which we are encamped
Que-nett.