Monday 21st.. April 1806
A fair cold morning I found it useless to make any further
attempts to trade horses with those unfriendly people who only
crowded about me to view and make their remarks and smoke,
the latter I did not indulge them with to day. at 12 oClock
Capt Lewis and party came up from the Skillutes Village with
9 horses packed and one which bratten who was yet too weak
to walk, rode, and soon after the two small canoes also loaded
with the residue of the baggage which could not be taken
on horses. we had every thing imediately taken above the
falls. in the mean time purchased 2 Dogs on which the party
dined. whilst I remained at the Enesher Village I subsisted
on 2 platters of roots, some pounded fish and sun flower seed
pounded which an old man had the politeness to give me in
return for which I gave him several small articles.
Capt. Lewis informed me that imediately after I left him the
nativs began to steal and had stolen Tomahawks of the party,
and in the course of the night had let our horses loose he had
burnt one and sold 2 of the largest canoes for beeds, the other
2 brought on. an indian was detected in stealing a socket and
was kicked out of camp. Capt L informed the Indians that
the next man who attempted to steal should be shot and
thretened them and informed them that he could kill them
in a moment and set their town on fire if he pleased. but it
was not his desire to hurt them severly if they would let the
property of the party along. the Chiefs hung their heads and
said nothing. he lost the horse that was given for a large
kittle, and a Chopunnish man lent a horse to carry a load and
accompanied the party. The man who we had reason to
believe had stolen the horse he had given for the Kittle we
thretened a little and he produced a very good horse in the
place of that one which we chearfully receved. After dinner
we proceeded on about 4 miles to a village of 9 Mat Lodges
of the Enesher, a little below the enterance of To war nah hi
ooks river and encamped: one of the canoes joined us, the
other not haveing observed us halt continued on. We obtained
2 Dogs and a small quantity of fuel of those people for which
we were obliged to give a higher price than usial, our guide
continued with us, he appears to be an honest fellow. he tels
us that the indians above will treat us with much more hospitallity
than those we are now with. we purchased another
horse this evening but his back is in such a horrid state that
we can put but little on him; we obtained him for a triffe, at
least for articles which might be precured in the U. States for
10/ Virga. currency. we took the precaution of picqueting and
Spancelling our horses this evening near our camp. the evenning
cold and we could afford only one fire.
