Clark: November 23, 1805

November 23rd Saturday 1805 The Cloudy and Calm, a moderate rain the
greater part of the last night, Sent out men to hunt this morning and they
Killed 3 Bucks, rained at intervales all day. I marked my name the Day of
the month & year on a Beech trees & (By Land) Capt Lewis Branded
his and the men all marked their nams on trees about the Camp. one Indian
Came up from their village on some lakes near Haleys bay. In the Evening 7
Indians of the Clatt Sopp nation, opposit Came over, they brought with
them 2 Sea orter Skins, for which the asked Such high prices we were
uneabled to purchase, without reduceing our Small Stock of merchindize on
which we have to depend in part for a Subsistance on our return home,
Kiled 4 brant & 3 Ducks to day

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Saturday November 22rd 1805. A calm Cloudy morning, a moderate rain the
greater part of the last night, Capt Lewis Branded a tree with his name
Date &c. I marked my name the Day & year on a Alder tree, the
party all Cut the first letters of their names on different trees in the
bottom. our hunters killed 3 Bucks, 4 Brant & 3 Ducks to day.

in the evening Seven indians of the Clot Sop Nation Came over in a Canoe,
they brought with them 2 Sea otter Skins for which they asked blue beads
&c. and Such high pricies that we were unable to purchase them without
reducing our Small Stock of merchendize, on which we depended for
Subcistance on our return up this rivermearly to try the Indian who
had one of those Skins, I offered him my Watch, handkerchief a bunch of
red beads and a dollar of the American Coin, all of which he refused and
demanded “ti-a, co-mo-shack” which is Chief beads and the most common blue
beads, but fiew of which we have at this time

This nation is the remains of a large nation destroyed by the Small pox or
Some other which those people were not acquainted with, they Speak the
Same language of the Chinnooks and resemble them in every respect except
that of Stealing, which we have not Cought them at as yet.