December 20th. Friday 1805.
Some rain and hail last night and this morning it rained
hard untill 10 oClock, men all employd carrying Punchens
and covering cabins 4 of which we had covered, & set some to
Dobing the after part of the day cloudy and some showers
of rain 3 Indians came with Lickorish Sackacomie berries &
mats to sell, for which they asked such high prices that we did
not purchase any of them. Those people ask double & tribble
the value of everry thing they have to sell, and never take less
than the full value of any thing, they prise only Blue &
white beeds, files fish hooks and Tobacco. Tobacco and Blue
beeds principally
