Clark: June 13, 1806

Friday June 13th 1806. Ordered Rubin Fields and Willard to proceed on to a
Small prarie in the Mountains about 8 miles and there hunt untill we
arrive the Set out at 10 A.M. Soon after they Set out all of our hunters
returned each with a deer except Shields who brought two in all 8 deer.
Labeech and P. Crusatt went out this morning killed a deer & reported
that the buzzds. had eate up the deer in their absence after haveing
butchered and hung it up. The indian who visited us yesterday exchanged
his horse with one of our party for a very indiferant one in which
exchange he rcived a Small ax a Knife &c. Soon after he had exchanged
he returned to his village well Satisfied. we caused the meat to be cut
thin and dried in the sun. I make a list of the Indian Nations their place
of residence, and probable number of Soles of each nation from estimation
and indian information &c.