Clark: June 7, 1806

Saurday June 7th 1806. The two young cheafs and other Indians who
accompanied them Crossed the river and returned to their Village this
morning after brackfast; Shabono Sergt Gass McNeal, Whitehouse &
Goodrich accompanied them for the purpose of purchaseing or exchangeing
old peces of Sane, fish gig, peces of iron, bullets, and old files and
Such articles as they Could raise for ropes and Strings for to lash their
loads, and bags to Cary their roots in Sergt. Gass, Shabono & McNeal
returned at 2 P M haveing precured a String each only. Whitehouse and
Goodrich continued at the Village all night. Hohastillpilp crossed the
river to day and brought over a horse and gave it to Frazier one of our
party who had made him a present previously of a Par of Canidian Shoes.
one of our men informed me one of the young Chiefs who had given us two
horses already was in Serch of one which he intended to give to me. George
Drewyer Set out on a hunting excurtion up Collins’s Creek alone. our party
are all much engaged in prepareing Sadles and packing up their Stores of
Provisions &c.The Flat Head river is about 150 yards wide at
this place and discharges a vast body of water; notwithstanding it’s high
State the water remains nearly transparent, and it’s temperature appears
to be quit as cold as that of our best Springs. we met with a butifull
little bird in this neighbourhood about the Size and Somewhat the Shape of
the large Sparrow. it measures 7 inches from the extremity of the beak to
that of the tail, the latter Occupying 21/2 inches. the beak is reather
more than half an inch in length, and is formed much like the Virginia
Nightingal; red bd. it is thick and large for a bird of it’s size, wide at
the base, both Chaps convex, and pointed, the upper exceeds the under chap
a little is Somewhat cirved and of a brown Colour; the lower chap of a
Greenish yellow. the eye full reather large and of a black colour both
puple and iris. the plumage is remarkably delicate; that of the neck and
head is of a fine orrange yellow and red. the latter predomonates on the
top of the head and around the base of the beak from whence it gradually
diminishes towards the lower part of the Neck, the orring yellow prevails
most, the red has the Appearance of haveing been laid over a Ground of
yellow. the breast, the Sides, rump and some long feathers which lie
between the legs extend underneath the tail is of a fine orrange yellow.
the tail, back and wings are black, except a Small Strip of yellow on the
outer part of the Middle joint of the wing, 1/4 of an inch wide and an
inch in length. the tail is composed of 12 feathers of which those in the
Center are reather Shortest, and the plumage of all the feathers of the
tail is longest on that Side of the quill next to the Center of the tail.
the legs and feet are black, nails long and Sharp; it has four toes on
each foot, of which three are forward and one behind; that behind is as
long as the two outer of the three toes in front