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November 14th Thursday 1805 rained all the last night without intermition,
and this morning. wind blows verry hard but our Situation is Such that we
Cannot tell from what point it comesone of our Canoes is much
broken by the waves dashing it against the rocks5 Indians Came up
in a Canoe, thro the waves, which is verry high and role with great furyThey
made Signs to us that they Saw the 3 men we Sent down yesterday. only 3 of
those Indians landed, the other 2 which was women played off in the waves,
which induced me to Suspect that they had taken Something from our men
below, at this time one of the men Colter returnd by land and informed us
that those Indians had taken his Gigg & basket, I called to the Squars
to land and give back the gigg, which they would not doe untill a man run
with a gun, as if he intended to Shute them when they landed, and Colter
got his gig & basket I then ordered those fellows off, and they verry
readily Cleared out they are of the War-ci-a-cum N. Colter informed us
that “it was but a Short distance from where we lay around the point to a
butifull Sand beech, which continud for a long ways, that he had found a
good harber in the mouth of a creek near 2 Indian Lodgesthat he had
proceeded in the Canoe as far as he could for the waves, the other two men
Willard & Shannon had proceeded on down”

Capt Lewis concluded to proceed on by land & find if possible the
white people the Indians Say is below and examine if a Bay is Situated
near the mouth of this river as laid down by Vancouver in which we expect,
if there is white traders to find them &c. at 3 oClock he Set out with
4 men Drewyer Jos. & Reu. Fields & R. Frasure, in one of our large
canoes and 5 men to Set them around the point on the Sand beech. this
canoe returned nearly filled with water at Dark which it receved by the
waves dashing into it on its return, haveing landed Capt. Lewis & his
party Safe on the Sand beech. The rain Continues all day all wet. The rain
&c. which has continued without a longer intermition than 2 hours at a
time for ten days past has distroyd. the robes and rotted nearly one half
of the fiew Clothes the party has, perticularley the leather Clothes,fortunately
for us we have no very Cold weather as yet and if we have Cold weather
before we Can kill & Dress Skins for Clothing the bulk of the party
will Suffer verry much.

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November 6th Wednesday 1805 A cool wet raney morning we Set out early at 4
miles pass 2 Lodges of Indians in a Small bottom on the Lard Side I
believe those Indians to be travelers. opposit is the head of a long
narrow Island close under the Starboard Side, back of this Island two
Creeks fall in about 6 miles apart, and appear to head in the high hilley
countrey to the N. E. opposit this long Island is 2 others one Small and
about the middle of the river. the other larger and nearly opposit its
lower point, and opposit a high clift of Black rocks on the Lard. Side at
14 miles: here the Indians of the 2 Lodges we passed to day came in their
canoes with Sundery articles to Sell, we purchased of them Wap-pa-too
roots, Salmon trout, and I purchased 2 beaver Skins for which I gave 5
Small fish hooks. here the hills leave the river on the Lard. Side, a
butifull open and extensive bottom in which there is an old Village, one
also on the Stard. Side a little above both of which are abandened by all
their inhabitents except Two Small dogs nearly Starved, and an
unreasonable portion of fleesThe Hills and mountains are covered
with Sever kinds of Pine-Arber Vitea or white Cedar, red Loril, alder and
Several Species of under groth, the bottoms have common rushes, nettles,
& grass the Slashey parts have Bull rushes & flagsSome
willow on the waters edge, passed an Island 3 miles long and one mile
wide, close under the Stard. Side below the long narrow Island below which
the Stard Hills are verry from the river bank and Continues high and rugid
on that Side all day, we over took two Canoes of Indians going down to
trade one of the Indians Spoke a fiew words of english and Said that the
principal man who traded with them was Mr. Haley, and that he had a woman
in his Canoe who Mr. Haley was fond of &c. he Showed us a Bow of Iron
and Several other things which he Said Mr. Haley gave him. we came too to
Dine on the long narrow Island found the woods So thick with under groth
that the hunters could not get any distance into the Isld. the red wood,
and Green bryors interwoven, and mixed with pine, alder, a Specis of
Beech, ash &c. we killed nothing to day The Indians leave us in the
evening, river about one mile wide hills high and Steep on the Std. no
place for Several Miles suffcently large and leavil for our camp we at
length Landed at a place which by moveing the Stones we made a place
Sufficently large for the party to lie leavil on the Smaller Stones Clear
of the Tide Cloudy with rain all day we are all wet and disagreeable, had
large fires made on the Stone and dried our bedding and Kill the flees,
which collected in our blankets at every old village we encamped near I
had like to have forgotten a verry remarkable Knob riseing from the edge
of the water to about 80 feet high, and about 200 paces around at its Base
and Situated on the long narrow Island above and nearly opposit to the 2
Lodges we passed to day, it is Some distance from the high land & in a
low part of the Island

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R. Fields Killed a goose & 2 Canvis back Ducks in this bay after
Dinner we took the advantage of the returning tide & proceeded on to
the 2d point, at which place we found the Swells too high to proceed we
landed and drew our canoes up So as to let the tide leave them. The three
Indians after Selling us 4 fish for which we gave Seven Small fishing
hooks, and a piece of red Cloth. Some fine rain at intervales all this
day. the Swells Continued high all the evening & we are Compelled to
form an Encampment on a Point Scercely room Sufficent for us all to lie
Clear of the tide water. hills high & with a Steep assent, river wide
& at this place too Salt to be used for Drink. we are all wet and
disagreeable, as we have been Continually for Severl. days past, we are at
a loss & cannot find out if any Settlement is near the mouth of this
river.

The Swells were So high and the Canoes roled in Such a manner as to cause
Several to be verry Sick. Reuben fields, Wiser McNeal & the Squar wer
of the number

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November 8th Friday 1805 A Cloudy morning Some rain, we did not Set out
untill 9 oClock, haveing Changed our Clothingproceeded on Close
under the Stard. Side, the hills high with Steep assent, Shore boald and
rockey Several low Islands in a Deep bend or Bay to the Lard Side, river
about 5 or 7 miles wide. three Indians in a Canoe overtook us, with Salmon
to Sell, passed 2 old villages on the Stard. Side and at 3 miles entered a
nitch of about 6 miles wide and 5 miles deep with Several Creeks makeing
into the Stard Hills, this nitch we found verry Shallow water and Call it
the Shallow nitch we came too at the remains of an old village at the
bottom of this nitch and dined, here we Saw great numbers of fowl, Sent
out 2 men and they killed a Goose and two Canves back Ducks here we found
great numbers of Hees which we treated with the greatest caution and
distance; after Diner the Indians left us and we took the advantage of a
returning tide and proceeded on to the Second point on the Std. here we
found the Swells or waves So high that we thought it imprudent to proceed;
we landed unloaded and drew up our Canoes. Some rain all day at
intervales; we are all wet and disagreeable, as we have been for Several
days past, and our present Situation a verry disagreeable one in as much;
as we have not leavel land Sufficient for an encampment and for our
baggage to lie Cleare of the tide, the High hills jutting in So Close and
Steep that we cannot retreat back, and the water of the river too Salt to
be used, added to this the waves are increasing to Such a hight that we
cannot move from this place, in this Situation we are compelled to form
our Camp between the hite of the Ebb and flood tides, and rase our baggage
on logsWe are not certain as yet if the whites people who trade
with those people or from whome they precure ther goods are Stationary at
the mouth, or visit this quarter at Stated times for the purpose of
trafick &c. I believe the latter to be the most probable conjuctureThe
Seas roled and tossed the Canoes in Such a manner this evening that
Several of our party were Sea Sick.

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not withstanding the disagreeable time of the party for Several days past
they are all Chearfull and full of anxiety to See further into the ocian.
the water is too Salt to Drink, we use rain water. The Salt water has
acted on some of the party already as a Pergitive. rain continus.

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November 9th Saturday 1805 The tide of last night did not rise Sufficintly
high to come into our camp, but the Canoes which was exposed to the mercy
of the waves &c. which accompanied the returning tide, they all
filled, and with great attention we Saved them untill the tide left them
drywind Hard from the South and rained hard all the fore part of
the day, at 2 oClock P M the flood tide came in accompanied with emence
waves and heavy winds, floated the trees and Drift which was on the point
on which we Camped and tosed them about in Such a manner as to endanger
the Canoes verry much, with every exertion and the Strictest attention by
every individual of the party was Scercely Sufficient to Save our Canoes
from being crushed by those monsterous trees maney of them nearly 200 feet
long and from 4 to 7 feet through. our camp entirely under water dureing
the hight of the tide, every man as wet as water could make them all the
last night and to day all day as the rain Continued all day, at 4 oClock P
M the wind Shifted about to the S. W. and blew with great violence
imediately from the Ocian for about two hours, notwithstanding the
disagreeable Situation of our party all wet and Cold (and one which they
have experienced for Several days past) they are chearfull and anxious to
See further into the Ocian, The water of the river being too Salt to use
we are obliged to make use of rain waterSome of the party not
accustomed to Salt water has made too free a use of it on them it acts as
a pergitive.

at this dismal point we must Spend another night as the wind & waves
are too high to proceed.

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