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[Clark, first draft:]

November 17th. Sunday 1805.

a fair cool windey morning wind from the East. every tide
which rises 8 feet 6 Inches at this place, comes in with high
swells which brake on the sand shore with great fury. I sent
out 6 men to kill deer & fowls this morning.

Took Equal altitude with Sextt.

       

	h	m	s		h	m	s
A. M.	8	47	7	P M.	2	34	49
"	8	50	29	"	2	37	10
"	8	53	56	"	2	39	35

Altitude produced 27°. 58′ 00

at half past 1 oClock Capt. Lewis and his Party returned
haveing around passed Point Disapointment and some distance
on the Main Ocian to the N W. several Indians followed
him & soon after a canoe with Wapto roots, & Liquorice boiled,
which they gave as presents, in return for which we gave more
than the worth to satisfy them a bad practice to receive a
present of Indians, as they are never satisfied in return. our
hunters killed 3 Deer & the fowlers 2 Ducks & 4 brant I
surveyed a little on the corse & made some observns. The
Chief of the nation below us came up to see us the name of
the nation is Chin-nook and is noumerous live principally on
fish roots a fiew Elk and fowls. they are well armed with
good Fusees. I directed all the men who wished to see more
of the Ocean to Get ready to set out with me on tomorrow
day light. the following men expressed a wish to accompany
me i.e. Serj. Nat Pryor Serjt. J. Ordway, Jo: Fields R. Fields,
Jo. Shannon, Jo. Colter, William Bratten, Peter Wiser, Shabono
& my servant York. all others being well contented
with what part of the Ocean & its curiosities which could be
seen from the vicinity of our Camp.

November 17th. Sunday 1805

A fair cool morning wind from the East. The tide rises
at this place 8 feet 6 inches and comes in with great waves
brakeing on the Sand beech on which we lay with great fury
Six hunters out this morning in serch of Deer & fowl.[38]

At half past 10 Clock Capt. Lewis returned haveing travesed
Haley Bay to Cape Disapointment and the Sea coast to the
North for Some distance. Several Chinnook Indians followed

Capt. L—, and a Canoe came up with roots mats &c. to Sell.
those Chinnooks made us a present of a rute boiled much
resembling the common liquorice in taste and Size: [They call
cul-wha-mo][39] in return for this root we gave more than double
the value to Satisfy their craveing dispostn. It is a bad practice
to receive a present from those Indians as they are never
satisfied for what they recive in return if ten time the value
of the articles they gave. This Chinnook Nation is about 400
Souls inhabid the countrey on the Small rivers which run into
the bay below us and on the Ponds to the N. W. of us, live
principally on fish and roots, they are well armed with fusees
and Sometimes kill Elk Deer and fowl, our hunters killed
to day 3 Deer, 4 brant and 2 Ducks, and inform me they Saw
Some Elk Sign. I directed all the men who wished to see
more of the main Ocian to prepare themselves to Set out with
me early on tomorrow morning. The principal chief of the
Chinnooks & his family came up to See us this evening.