Clark: November 17, 1805

November 17th Sunday 1805 a fair cool windey morning wind from the East.
every tide which rises 8 feet 6 Inches at this place, comes in with high
Swells which brake on the Sand Shore with great fury.

I Sent out 6 men to kill deer & fowls this morning at half past 1
oClock Capt. Lewis and his Party returned haveing around passd. Point
Disapointment and Some distance on the main Ocian to the N W. Several
Indians followed him & Soon after a canoe with wapto roots, &
Lickorish boiled, which they gave as presents, in return for which we gave
more than the worth to Satisfy,them a bad practice to receive a present of
Indians, as they are never Satisfied in return. our hunters killed 3 Deer
& th fowler 2 Ducks & q brant I Surveyed a little on the corse
& made Some observns. The Chief of the nation below us Came up to See
us the name of the nation is Chin-nook and is noumerous live principally
on fish roots a fiew Elk and fowls. they are well armed with good Fusees.
I directed all the men who wished to See more of the Ocean to Get ready to
Set out with me on tomorrow day light. the following men expressed a wish
to accompany me i’e Seri. Nat Pryor Serjt. J. Ordway, Jo. Fields R.
Fields, Jo. Shannon, Jo Colter, William Bratten, Peter Wiser, Shabono
& my Servant York. all others being well Contented with what part of
the Ocean & its curiosities which Could be Seen from the vicinity of
our Camp.

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November 17th Sunday 1805 A fair cool morning wind from the East. The tide
rises at this place 8 feet 6 inches and comes in with great waves brakeing
on the Sand beech on which we lay with great fury Six hunters out this
morning in serch of Deer & fowl.

At half past 1 oClock Capt Lewis returned haveing travesed Haleys Bay to
Cape Disapointment and the Sea Coast to the North for Some distance.
Several Chinnook Indians followed (,apt Land a Canoe came up with
roots mats &c. to Sell. those Chinnooks made us a present of a rute
boiled much resembling the common liquorice in taste and Size; in return
for this root we gave more than double the value to Satisfy their craveing
dispostn. It is a bad practice to receive a present from those Indians as
they are never Satisfied for what they reive in return if ten time the
value of the articles they gave. This Chin nook Nation is about 400 Souls
inhabid the Countrey on the Small rivrs which run into the bay below us
and on the Ponds to the N W of us, live principally on fish and roots,
they are well armed with fusees and Sometimes kill Elk Deer and fowl. our
hunters killed to day 3 Deer, 4 brant and 2 Ducks, and inform me they Saw
Some Elk Sign. I directed all the men who wished to See more of the main
Ocian to prepare themselves to Set out with me early on tomorrow morning.
The principal Chief of the Chinnooks & his familey came up to See us
this evening-