[Clark, first draft:]
December 24th.. Tuesday—5
Some hard rain at different times last night, and moderately
this morning without intermition all hands employed in
carrying Punchens & finishing covering the huts, and the
greater part of the men move into them a hard rain in the
evening. Cuscalar the young Clotsop Chief came with a young
brother and 2 young squar, they gave or laid before Cap
t.
Lewis and my self a mat and each a large Parsel of roots,
some time after he demanded 2 files for his Present we returned
the present as we had no files to spear which displeased them
a little they then offered a woman to each which we also
declined axcepting which also displeased them. Jo Fields
finish for Cap
t Lewis and my self each a wide slab hued to
write on, I gave a handkerchief &
c.
Tuesday 24th. December 1805.
hard rain at Different times last night and all this day without
intermition. men all employd. in finishing their huts and
moveing into them.[29]
Cuscalah the Indian who had treated me so politely when
I was at the Clâtsops Village, come up in a canoe with his
young brother & 2 Squars he laid before Capt. Lewis and my
self each a mat and a parcel of roots Some time in the evening
two files was demanded for the presents of mats and
roots, as we had no files to part with, we each returned the
present which we had received, which displeased Cuscalah a
little. He then offered a woman to each of us which we also
declined axcepting of, which displeased the whole party verry
much—the female part appeared to be highly disgusted at
our refuseing to axcept of their favours &c.
our Store of Meat entirely Spoiled, we are obliged to make
use of it as we have nothing else except a little pounded fish,
the remains of what we purchased near the Great falls of the
Columbia, and which we have ever found to be a convenient
resort, and a portable method of curing fish.
