Thursday 17th. Oct. 1805.
a clear pleasant morning. we delay here to day for our
officers to take observations &c. the natives Sold us a nomber
more dogs and fresh Sammon &c. these Savages have but
verry. fiew buffalow Robes, but are dressed in deer & Elk
Skins. the deer Skins are dressed with the hair on and Sowed
together in robes. Some of them have red and blew cloath
and a nomber of articles which came from Some white people.
they have Some horses. they Sign to us that their is deer and
Elk below this. we Saw an emence Site of fowls on the plain
considerable la[r]ger than the prarie or haith [heath] hens.
Some of the party went out and killed 3 of them. we now
call the north fork as it is the largest the Columbian River,
and the other which we came down loose [loses] it[s] name
from Columb. and we call it after the Indian name ki-moo-e-nem.
the Columbian River is more Smooth and the current gentle
the Natives have a great nomber of canoes, and fishing camps
along the Shores. Capt. Clark and two men went up the
Columb. River in a canoe 3 or 4 miles to the Indians lodges
they Saw a vast quantitys of live Sammon in the River they
giged one which was verry larg[e] they Saw a great nomber
lay dead on [the] Shores. Some of the men killed Several
more haith hens most as large as Turkeys. we cannot find
out what nation these are as yet, but our officers gave the
principal men meddles a flag and Some other Small articles
&c. we bought in all 26 dogs from the natives this day.
these Savages are peaceable but verry poor. they have nothing
of any account to trade. a nomber of them have not any thing
to cover their nakedness, but the greater part of them have
dressed deer & Elk Some rabit Skins &c. to cover themselves.
Saw a nomber of horses on the opposite Shore. we have
lately Seen a nomber of their grave yards pickeded in &c.
