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Novr. 4th.. Monday 1805.

a cloudy cool morning, wind West, we set out at ½ past 8
oClock haveing dispatched 4 men in the small canoe to hunt

Course

 

West

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miles to the North side & lower point of a large Island, passed the lower point of dimon[d] Island at 3 miles, a little below the head of a large Island on the Lard Side (river wide and Countrey low on both Sides & thickly covered with pine) this Island is seperated from one on its Lard. by a narrow chan1. in which there is only water in high tide. which rises here 18 Inches. high tide at 6 oClock P M

We landed at a village 200 men of Flatheads of 25 houses
50 canoes built of straw, we were treated very kindly by them,
they gave us round root near the size of a hens egg roasted
which they call Wap-to to eat.

     

N. 88°. W. 6	6	miles to Point on the Stard Side passed a village [of] 25 Houses on the Lard. mane shore, those houses are differently built from those above all except one verry large house covered with bark & Thached with straw. verry worm
N. 80°. W.	3	miles on the Stard. Side, a Pon [d] and a small plain on Std Side passed the head of an Island at 1 mile near the middle of the river to a 2d. Island opsd. the end of this course
N. 76°. W.	4	miles on the Stard Side passed a Island near the large Island Ld. a range of high hills on the Lard Side running S E. & N W. leaveing a large bottom on the river. I walked out on the Stard Side found the country fine, an open Prarie for 1 mile back of which the wood land comence riseing back, the timber on the edge of the Prarie is white oke, back is spruce pine & other species of Pine mixed some under groth of a wild crab & a species of wood I'm not acquainted [with], a species of maple & cotton wood grow near this river, some low bushes

Indians continue to be with us, several canoes continue with
us, The Indians at the last village have more cloth and Uropean
trinkets than above I saw some Guns, a sword, maney
Powder flasks, salers Jackets, overalls, hats & shirts, Copper
and Brass trinkets with few Beeds only. dureing the time I
was at Dinner the Indians stole my tomahawk which I made
use of to smoke I serched but could not find it, a Pond on
the Stard. Side off from the river. Raspberries and [blank
space in MS.] are also in the bottoms met a large and small
canoe with 12 men from below the men were dressed with a
variety of articles of European manufactory the large canoe
had emiges on the bow & stern handsomly carved in wood &
painted with the figure of a Bear in front & man in a stern.
Saw white geese with black wings. Saw a small crab-apple
with all the taste & flavor of the common. Those Indians
were all armed with Pistols or bows and arrows ready sprung
war axes &c.

     

N W.	3	miles on the Stard. Side passed the Lower point of Immage canoe Island and 4 small Islands at its lower point all on the Lard Side.
N. 35°. W.	1	mile on the Stard Side, bottoms low and extensive not subject to over flow, river about 1 ½ miles wide
North	3	miles to a white tree on the Stard. Side, high tide here at 5 oClock P. M.

Mount Hellen bears N. 25°. E about 80 miles, this is the
mountain we saw near the forks of this river. it is emensely

high and covered with snow, riseing in a kind of cone perhaps
the highest pinecal from the common leavel in America
passed a village of 4 hs. on the Stard Side at 2 mi[l]es, one
at 3mls.

   

N. 28°. W.	3	miles to a Stard bend & camped near a village on the Std. Side passed one on each side. proceded on untill after dark to get clere of Indians we could not 2 canoes pursued us and 2 others came to us, and were about us all night we bought a fiew roots &c.
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One deer 2 Ducks & Brant killed