[Clark:]
Friday March 21st. 1806
As we could not set out we thought it best to send out
some hunters and accordingly dispatched Shields and Collins
on this side of the Netul for that purpose with orders to return
in the evening or sooner if they were successfull. they returned
late in the evening unsuccessfull. we have not now
more than two days provisions on hand. we derected Drewyer
and the two Fieldses to set out tomorrow morning early, and
indevour to provide us some provision on the Bay beyond
point William. we were visited to day by some Clatsops who
left us in the evening. our sick men Willard and Bratten do
not seem to recover; the former was taken with a violent pain
in his leg and thye last night. Bratten is now so much reduced
that I am somewhat uneasy with respect to his recovery;
the pain of which he complains most seems to be settled in
the small of his back and remains obstinate. I believe that
it is the rheumatism with which they are both affected.
