Thursday 2nd. of January 1806
Sent out a party of men and brought in the two Elk which
was killed yesterday. Willard & Wiser have not yet returned
nor have a party of hunters who Set out on the 26th. ulto:
the Indians who visited us yesterday left us at 1 P.M. to day
after haveing disposed of their roots and berries for a fiew
fishing hooks and Some other small articles. we are infestd.
with sworms of flees already in our new habitations; the presumption
is therefore Strong that we shall not devest our selves
of this intolerably troublesom vermin dureing our residence
here. The large, & small or whistling swan, Sand hill crane,
large & Small Gees, brown and white brant, Comorant, Duckanmallard,
canvis back duck, and Several other species of
Ducks Still remain with us; tho' I doe not think they are as
plenty as on our first arrival in this neighbourhood. Drewyer
visit his traps at [and] took out an otter. the fur of both
the beaver and otter as also the rackoon in this countrey are
extreemly good; those animals are tolerably plenty near the
Sea coast, on the Small creeks and rivers as high as the grand
Rapids.
