25th..
of Nov. Sunday 1804—
a fine day warm & pleasent
Capt Lewis 2 Interpeters &
6 men Set out to see
the Indians in the different Towns &
camps in this neighbourhood, we
Continu to cover & dob
our huts, two Chiefs came to See me to day one
named
Wau-ke-res-sa-ra, a Big belley, and the first of that Nation
who has Visited us Since we have been here, I gave him a
handkerchef
Paint & a lace band, and the other Some fiew
articles, and paid a
perticular attention which pleased them
verry much, the inturpeters being
all with Capt. Lewis I
could not talk to them. We
Compleated our huts. Several
men with bad Colds, river falls 1 1/2
inch
[Memorandum on p. 221 of this Codex:] Capt. Lewis with
Chabono
& Jessomme set out to visit the Indian hunting
camps, Spent the
evening with the black mockerson, the
principal Chief of the little
village of Big billies.
