Clark: November 15, 1805

November 15th Friday 1805 Rained all the last night at intervales of
Sometimes of 2 hours, This morning it became Calm & fair, I prepared
to Set out at which time the wind sprung up from the S. E. and blew down
the River & in a fiew minits raised Such Swells and waves brakeing on
the Rocks at the point as to render it unsafe to proceed. I went to the
point in an empty canoe and found it would be dangerous to proceed even in
an empty Canoe The Sun Shown untill 1 oClock p.m.which gave an oppertunity
for us to dry Some of our bedding, & examine our baggage, the greater
Part of which I found wet Some of our Pounded fish Spoiled I had all the
arms put in order & amunition examined.

The rainey weather Continued without a longer intermition than 2 hours at
a time from the 5th in the morng. untill the 16th is eleven days rain, and
the most disagreeable time I have experienced Confined on a tempiest Coast
wet, where I can neither get out to hunt, return to a better Situation, or
proceed on: in this Situation have we been for Six days past.fortunately
the wind lay about 3 oClock we loaded I in great haste and Set out passed
the blustering Point below which is a Sand beech, with a Small marshey
bottom for 3 miles on the Stard. Side, on which is a large village of 36
houses deserted by the Inds. & in full possession of the flees, a
Small Creek fall in at this village, which waters the Country for a few
miles back; Shannon & 5 Indians met me here, Shannon informed me he
met Capt. Lewis Some distance below & he took willard with him &
Sent him to meet me, the Inds with him wer rogues, they had the night
before Stold both his and Willards guns from under their heads, Capt.
Lewis & party arrived at the Camp of those Indians at So Timely a
period that the Inds. were allarmed & delivered up the guns &c.
The tide meeting of me and the emence Swells from the main Ocean
(imedeately in front of us) raised to Such a hite that I concluded to form
a Camp on the highest Spot I could find in the marshey bottom, and proceed
no further by water as the Coaste becomes verry dangerous for Crafts of
the Size of our Canoes-and as the Ocian is imedeately in front and gives
us an extensive view of it from Cape disapointment to Point addams, my
Situation is in the upper part of Haley Bay S. 86° W. ____ miles Course
five to Cape Disapt. and S. 35° W. Course ____ miles from point Addams

The River here at its mouth from Point addams to the enterance of Haley
Bay above is ____ Miles or thereabouts, a large Isd. the lower point of
which is immediately in the mouth above

4 Indians in a Canoe Came down with papto roots to Sell, for which they
asked, blankets or robes, both of which we could not Spare I informed
those Indians all of which understood Some English that if they Stole our
guns &c the men would Certainly Shute them, I treated them with great
distance, & the Sentinal which was over our Baggage allarmed them
verry much, they all Promised not to take any thing, and if any thing was
taken by the Squars & bad boys to return them &c. the waves became
very high Evening fare & pleasent, our men all Comfortable in the
Camps they have made of the boards they found at the Town above

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November 15th Friday 1805 Rained all the last night, this morning it
became Calm and fair, I preposed Setting out, and ordered the Canoes
Repared and loaded; before we could load our canoes the wind Sudenly
Sprung up from the S. E and blew with Such violence, that we could not
proceed in Safty with the loading. I proceeded to the point in an empty
Canoe, and found that the waves dashed against the rocks with Such
violence that I thought it unsave to Set out with the loaded CanoesThe
Sun Shown untill 1 oClock P M which afford us time to Dry our bedding and
examine the baggage which I found nearly all wet, Some of our pounded fish
Spoiled in the wet; I examined the amunition and Caused all the arms to be
put in order.

About 3 oClock the wind luled, and the river became calm, I had the canoes
loaded in great haste and Set Out, from this dismal nitich where we have
been confined for 6 days passed, without the possibility of proceeding on,
returning to a better Situation, or get out to hunt, Scerce of Provisions,
and torents of rain poreing on us all the time- proceeded on passed the
blustering point below which I found a butifull Sand beech thro which runs
a Small below the mouth of this Stream is a village of 36 houses
uninhabited by anything except flees, here I met G. Shannon and 5 Indians.
Shannon informed me that he met Capn. Lewis at an Indian Hut about 10
miles below who had Sent him back to meet me, he also told me the Indians
were thievish, as the night before they had Stolen both his and Willards
rifles from under their heads, that they Set out on their return and had
not proceeded far up the beech before they met Capt Lewis, whose arival
was at a timely moment and alarmed the Indians So that they instantly
produced the GunsI told those Indians who accompanied Shannon that
they Should not Come near us, and if any one of their nation Stold
anything from us, I would have him Shot, which they understoot verry well.
as the tide was Comeing in and the Seas became verry high imediately from
the Ocian (imediately faceing us) I landed and formed a camp on the
highest Spot I could find between the hight of the tides, and the Slashers
in a Small bottom this I could plainly See would be the extent of our
journey by water, as the waves were too high at any Stage for our Canoes
to proceed any further down. in full view of the Ocian from Point Adams to
Cape Disapointment, I could not See any Island in the mouth of this river
as laid down by Vancouver. The Bay which he laies down in the mouth is
imediately below me. This Bay we call Haleys bay from a favourate Trader
with the Indians which they Say comes into this Bay and trades with them
Course to Point adams is S. 35°W. about 8 miles To Cape Disapointment is
S. 86°W. about 14 miles 4 Indians of the War-ki a cum nation Came down
with pap-pa-too to Sell &c. The Indians who accompanied Shannon from
the village below Speake a Different language from those above, and reside
to the north of this place The Call themselves Chin nooks, I told those
people that they had attempted to Steal 2 guns &c. that if any one of
their nation stole any thing that the Sentinl. whome they Saw near our
baggage with his gun would most certainly Shute them, they all promised
not to tuch a thing, and if any of their womin or bad boys took any thing
to return it imediately and Chastise them for it. I treated those people
with great distance. our men all Comfortable in their Camps which they
have made of boards from the old Village above. we made 3 miles to day.