November 30th. 1805.
cloudy morning set out before sun rise and continued our
rout up the bey
| S. 60. E. 1 ½ |
to a point, land not very high and open
little back from the bay. |
| S. 80. E. 3 |
M to the center of a bend passing a point at 1. M.
land the same from the commenct. of this course. |
| S. 35. W. 2 ½ |
M across the bay to a point of marshey ground which
for three miles in width borders this coast |
| S. 60. W. 2' |
m. to a point of marshey ground |
| S. 50. W. ¾ |
M. to a marshey point at arm of the bay. from this
point a point of highland bore S. 25 E. 3 miles
distant |
| N. 80. W. 2 ½ |
to a marshey point passing the arm of the bey ¼ of a
mile wide the country to the S. E. appears to be
low for a great distance and is marshey and untimbered
for three miles back, from this point, the
eastern point or commencement of the bay bore
N. 15 E. 3 miles.— |
| N. 60. W. 5 |
M. passing an inlet of 100 yds. wide at 4. M. to a
point of marshey ground, here an inlet of from 40
to 60 yds. in width comes in just opposite to the upper
point of a shore which we have heretofore thought
and Island but which I am now convinced is the
main land, we asscended this stream about 2 M.
it's course being S. 15 E. we halted near a small
cops of timbered land to which we walked and dined |
Sent out three men to examin the country to the S. & W.
they returned after about 2 hours and informed me that the
wood was so thick and obstructed by marrasses & lakes that
they were unable to proceed to the Ocean which could not be
at any considerable distance f[r]om the apparent sound of the
waves breaking on the Coast. we now returned and asscended
the inlet which we had last passed no fresh appearance of Elek
or deer in our rout so far. asscend the inlet as we intended
about 1. M. found it became much smaller and that it did
not keep it's direction to the high land which boar S. 10. W.
but inclined [MS. torn] West, therefore returned to the large
arm of the bay[14]
which we passed this morning, here we expect
to meet with the Clât-sop Indians, who have tantilized us with
there being much game in their neighbourhood, this information
in fact was the cause of my present resurch, for where there
is most game is for us the most eliguble winter station. continued
our rout up the large arm of the bay about 6 miles and
encamped on the Stard. side on the highland. the water was
quite sweet. therefore concluded that it must be supplyed from
a large crick, at our camp it is 120 yds. wide, tho' it gets narrower
above, it rained but little on us today tho' it was cloudy
generally. Wind from N.E. saw a great abundance of fowls,
brant, large geese, white brant sandhill Cranes, common blue
crains, cormarants, haulks, ravens, crows, gulls and a great
variety of ducks, the canvas back, duckinmallard, black and
white diver, brown duck—&c &c
