Thursday 31st.. Oct. 1805.
Some cloudy. we got in readiness to carry our baggage
past the portage, which we expict will be about two miles.
about 9 oClock cleared off pleasant. as the road was Slippery
we concluded to take Some of the canoes down to day. So
we took down two canoes I at a time over high rocks on
rollers, by main Strength and by being in the water which ran
between S
d. Stone & large rocks. we had to hall them in that
way past 2 of the worst rapids then took them a half a mile
below, where we intend loading which will make the portage in
all only about one mile, but a verry bad one. in the evening
2 Indian canoes came to our Camp 5 Indians in them which
were going down the River tradeing with fish &c.
