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October 29th. Tuesday 1805.

A Cloudy morning wind still from the West not hard, we
set out at day light proceeded on about 5 miles and came too
at a Lodge of a chief which we made at the upper Village at
the falls about his house there is six others This chief gave
us to eate Sackacomme burries Hasel nuts fish Pounded, and
a kind of Bread made of roots. we gave to the women pices
of ribon, which they appeared pleased with. those houses are
large 25 feet sqr and contain about 8 men, say 30 inhabitants

Course

     

N. 55°. W.	4	miles to a Lard. point, pasd a run on Lard Side
West	8	miles to Rock Island near the middle of River, passed 7 Houses of Indians about 50 men at 1 mile on the Stard. Side. Brackfast Those people fish at the last narrows, & have but little pounded fish, some dried and berries
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Those people are friendly gave us to eate fish Beries, nuts
bread of roots & Dr[i]ed beries and we call this the friendly
Village We purchased 12 dogs of them & 4 Sacks of Pounded
fish, and some fiew Dried Berries, and proceeded on at 4
miles further we landed to smoke a pipe with the people of
a village of 11 houses we found those people also friendly
Their village is Situated imediately below the mouth of a River
of 60 yards water which falls in on the Stard Side and heads in
the mountains to the N. & N. E. the Indians inform us that

this river is long and full of falls no salmon pass up it. They
also inform that 10 nations live on this river by hunting and
on buries &c. The Countrey begins to be thinly timbered with
Pine & low white Oake verry rocky and hilley. We purchased
at this village 4 dogs. at the end of this Course is
3 rocks, in the river and a rock point from the Lard. the
middle rock is large and has a number of graves on it we call
it the Sepulchar Island. The last River we call Caterack River
from the number of falls which the Indians inform is on it
The Indians are afraid to hunt or be on the Lard Side of this
Columbia river for fear of the Snake Inds. who reside on a fork
of this river which falls in above the falls. a good situation for
winter quarters if game can be had is just below Sepulchar rock
on the Lard Side, high & pine and oake timber the rocks ruged
above, good hunting Countrey back, as it appears from the
river Indian village opsd of 2 Lodges river ½ mile wide at
least

12 miles brought forward

     

S. 60°. W.	5	miles to a point of rocks Island in a Lard bend, passed 2 rocks in the river. passed 2 Houses at i mile on the Stard Side and 2 at 4 miles on the Stard. Side Countrey on the Lard. Side has more timber than common and looks well for hunting high and ruged.
S. 80°. W.	6	miles to 4 Houses in a point of a timbered bottom on the Lard Side at a large creek or River 40 yds passed a bottom on the Stard. Side the distance in which there is 14 Indian houses. The falls mountain covered with snow is South
S. 70°. W.	6	miles to a high clift of rocks Std bend passed a large creek at 1 mile on the Stard. Side in which the Indians catch fish a large sand bar from the Lard. Side for 4 miles, at which place a small stream of water falls over a rock of 100 feet on the Lard Side passed 4 Indian Houses at 5 miles in a bottom on the Lard Side

The robes of those Indians are of wolf deer elk, wild cats,
some fox, & Deer I saw one of the mountain sheep, the wool
thick and long corse hair on the back, resembling bristles.
those animals live among the rocks in those mountains below,

Map from Clark Field-book, showing location of Indian tribes
on Columbia River.

orter is much valued by those people they cew their hair on
each side with it and ware it about the necks with the tail
in front

S. 56°. W. 6 miles to a point of timbered bottom on the Lard. Side,
passd. a Stard. point at 2 miles Here the mountains are
high on each side, the high points of those to the
Lard. has snow

Came too at 3 miles on this course at 3 Houses of flatheads
and Encamped on the Stard Side, a Pond lies back of those
people in which we saw great numbers of the small swan. we
Purchased of those people 3 Dogs they gave us High bush
cramburies, bread of roots [blank space in MS.] and roots, they
were pleased with musick of the violin.