Sunday 3rd.. Nov. 1805.
a foggy morning. we delayd. untill abt. 9 oClock. Several
men went out a Short distance to hunt. we Shot Several
geese flying over our Camp this morning. one canoe belonging
to the Savages and Several Indians camped with us last
night. a handsom Spring run came in near our Camp. the
fog So thick this morning that we cannot See more than one
hundred yards distance. agreeable to all calculations it cannot
be more than two hundred miles from this to the ocean. one
of the men killd. a large buck Deer. we then Set out abt. 9 oC.
and proceeded on the fog continued So thick that we could
Scarsely See the Shores or Islands passed Several Isld. abt.
noon we halted to dine at the mo. of a River which came in on
the Lard. Side, the mouth of which was filled with quick Sand So
that we could run a pole 6 or 8 feet in it and it emptyd. in at
Several places thro a verry large Sand bar which lay at the mo
we then proceeded on passd the mo. of a Small River on Stard.
the after part of the day clear and pleas [ant]. we Saw a high
round mountain on the Lard. Side which we expect is the Same
we Saw abo. the great falls and the Same that Lieut. Hood gave
an account off (it is nearly covd. with Snow). we proceeded on
the River verry wide better than a mile in general. a nomber
of large Islands &c. towards evening we met Several Indians
in a canoe who were going up the River. they Signed to us
that in two Sleeps we Should See the Ocean vessels and white
people &c. &c. the Country lower and not So mountanous
the River more handsome the current verry gentle. Some
bottoms covred with cotton and pine &c. passd. a nomber of
large Islands. went about 13 miles and Camped on a verry
large & long Island which was mostly prarie and handsome.
a large lake on it. we have Seen a great many Sea otter in
the River ever Since we came to the Big falls. the geese and
Swan ducks and brants &c. we killed Several Swan geese and
brants &c. this day. a nomber of the Savages Camped with
us. at Sunset we got a Small canoe from them and carried it
out to the pond or lake and killed a nomber of large Swan and
geese.
