April 21st. 1806
a fair cold morning I find it useless to offer any art[i]cles
or attempt to trade at this village and therefore deturmine to
[blank space in MS.] before I rose the house was crowded
with Indians to smoke I gave them none. they are well
supplied with straw & bark bags ready to hold their pounded
fish. at 12 oClock the advance of the party from below arived
and soon after the canoes all things were taken above the falls
& 2 canoes, turned out the horse[s] and cooked & Eat 2 dogs
which we purchased of the nativs, purchased one horse for
which we are to give a kittle which was given by us to a man
for a horse 3 days past &c. the horse was either taken or
strayed off. The Chief from below came up and appeared
concerned for what had been done at his village (See journal)
a[t]'4 P M loaded up & set out the canoes also proceed
on about 3 miles opposit to the mouth of Clark river, and an
Indian man who has attached himself to us and who has lent
us a horse to pack & lives near the Rocky mountains. he
told us that as the day was far spent we had better camp at
a village of 9 Lodges a little off the road ops
d. the River Clarks
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This river has a great falls above 2 forks on its West side.
we formed a camp purchased some wood & 3 dogs for which
we gave pewter buttons which buttons we had made &
c. but
fiew Indians with us to day. this evening purchased an old
horse and tied up all the horses when we went to bed Those
are the same people with those below at the falls. See journal
for the next day
Skad-dat a ill looking people reside to the N about 18 or
20 miles they played against the Skillutes a game they call
[blank] 9 of a side and took all the beeds & other articles
Also a Single game with 2 black & 2 white sticks under a
kind of hat. 2 men played this game is intricit and each party
has 4 pegs to count it
The former game is played with 2 bones or sticks about the
size of a large quill and 2 inches long passing from one hand
to the other and the adverse party guess. See description
before mentioned. The nations above at the falls also play
this game and bet high
