2nd November Friday 1804—
This Morning at
Daylight I went down the river with 4 men
to look for a proper place to
winter proceeded down the
river three miles & found a place well
Supld. with wood, &
returned, Capt. Lewis went to the Village to here what they
had to Say
& I fell down, and formed a Camp, near where a
Small Camp of Indians
were hunting cut down the Trees
around our Camp, in the evening Capt. Lewis returned with
a present of 11 bushels of Corn,
our ricaree Chief Set out
accompanied by one Chief (of
Mandans) and Several Brave
men (of Minitarees and
Mandans), he called for Some small
article which we had given (promised) but as I could not
understand him he could
not get [it] (afd he did get it) the
wind from the S. E. a fine day maney Indians to view us to
day
