Clark: April 21, 1806

April 21st 1806 a fair Cold morning. I find it useless to offer any
articles or attempt to trade at this village and therefore deturmine to
____ before I rose the house was Crouded with Indians to Smoke I gave them
none. they are well Supplied with Straw & bark bags ready to hold
their pounded fish. at 12 oClock the advance of the party from below
arived and Soon after the Canoes all things were taken above the falls
& 2 Canoes, turned out the horss and Cooked & Eat 2 dogs which we
purchased of the nativs, purchased one horse for Which we are to give a
Kittle which was given by us to a man for a horse 3 days past &c. the
horse was either taken or Strayed off. The Chief from below Came up and
appeared Concerned for what had been done at his Village (See Journal)

a 4 P M loaded up & Set out the Canoes also proceed on about 3 miles
opposit to the Mouth of Clarks river, and an Indian man who has attached
himself to us and who has lent us a horse to pack & lives near the
Rocky mountains. he told us that as the day was far Spent we had better
Camp at a village of 9 Lodges a little off the road opsd. the River
CClarks This river has a great falls above 2 forks on its West Side. we
formed a Camp purchased Some wood & 3 dogs for which we gave pewter
buttons which buttons we had made &c. but fiew Indians with us this
evining purchased an old horse and tied up all the horses when we went to
bed

Those are the Same people with those below at the falls. See journal for
the next day-

Skad data ill looking people reside to the N about 18 or 20 miles they
played against the Skillutes a game they Call ____ 9 of a Side and lost
all the beeds & other articles

also a Single game with 2 black & 2 white Sticks under a kind of hat.
2 men played this game is intricit and each party has 4 pegs to count it

The former game is played with 2 bones or Sticks about the Size of a large
quill and 2 inches long passing from one hand to the other and the adverse
party guess. See description before mentioned. The nations abov at the
falls also play this game and bet high

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Monday 21st April 1806 A fair Cold morning I found it useless to make any
further attempts to trade horses with those unfriendly people who only
Crouded about me to view and make their remarks and Smoke, the latter I
did not indulge them with to day. at 12 oClock Capt Lewis and party Came
up from the Skillutes Village with 9 horses packed and one which bratten
who was yet too weak to walk, rode, and Soon after the two Small Canoes
also loaded with the residue of the baggage which Could not be taken on
horses. we had everry thing imedeately taken above the falls, in the mean
time purchased 2 Dogs on which the party dinedwhilst I remained at
the Enesher Village I Subsisted on 2 platters of roots, Some pounded fish
and Sun flour Seed pounded which an old man had the politeness to give me.
in return for which I gave him Several Small articles-.

Capt Lewis informed me that imedeately after I left him the nativs began
to Steal and had Stolen Tomahawks of the party, and in the Course of the
night had let our horses loose he had burnt one and Sold 2 of the largest
Canoes for beeds, the other 2 brought on. an indian was detected in
Stealing a socket and was kicked out of Camp. Capt L. informed the Indians
that the next man who attempted to steal Should be Shot and thretened them
and informed them that he could kill them in a moment and Set their town
on fire if he pleased. but it was not his desire to hurt them Severly if
they would let the property of the party alone. the Chiefs hung their
heads and Said nothing. he lost the horse that was given for a large
kittle, and a Chopunnish man lent a horse to carry a load and accompanied
the partyThe man who we had reason to believe had Stolen the horse
he had given for the Kittle we thretend a little and he produced a very
good horse in the place of that one which we Chearfully receved.

after dinner we proceeded on about 4 Miles to a Village of 9 Mat Lodges of
the Enesher, a little below the enterance of To war nah hi ooks river and
encamped. one of the Canoes joined us, the other not haveing observed us
halt continued on. We obtained 2 Dogs and a Small quantity of fuel of
those people for which we were obliged to give a higher price than usial.
our guide continued with us, he appears to be an honest fellow. he tels us
that the indians above will treat us with much more hospitallity than
those we are now with. we purchased another horse this evening but his
back is in Such a horrid State that we Can put but little on him; we
obtained him for a triffle, at least for articles which might be precured
in the U. States for 10/-virga. Currencywe took the precaution of
picqueting and Spancelling our horses this evening near our Camp. the
evening Cold and we Could afford only one fire.