Clark: November 6, 1805

November 6th Wednesday a cold wet morning. rain Contd. untill ____ oClock
we Set out early & proceeded on the Corse of last night &c.

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November 6th Wednesday 1805 A cool wet raney morning we Set out early at 4
miles pass 2 Lodges of Indians in a Small bottom on the Lard Side I
believe those Indians to be travelers. opposit is the head of a long
narrow Island close under the Starboard Side, back of this Island two
Creeks fall in about 6 miles apart, and appear to head in the high hilley
countrey to the N. E. opposit this long Island is 2 others one Small and
about the middle of the river. the other larger and nearly opposit its
lower point, and opposit a high clift of Black rocks on the Lard. Side at
14 miles: here the Indians of the 2 Lodges we passed to day came in their
canoes with Sundery articles to Sell, we purchased of them Wap-pa-too
roots, Salmon trout, and I purchased 2 beaver Skins for which I gave 5
Small fish hooks. here the hills leave the river on the Lard. Side, a
butifull open and extensive bottom in which there is an old Village, one
also on the Stard. Side a little above both of which are abandened by all
their inhabitents except Two Small dogs nearly Starved, and an
unreasonable portion of fleesThe Hills and mountains are covered
with Sever kinds of Pine-Arber Vitea or white Cedar, red Loril, alder and
Several Species of under groth, the bottoms have common rushes, nettles,
& grass the Slashey parts have Bull rushes & flagsSome
willow on the waters edge, passed an Island 3 miles long and one mile
wide, close under the Stard. Side below the long narrow Island below which
the Stard Hills are verry from the river bank and Continues high and rugid
on that Side all day, we over took two Canoes of Indians going down to
trade one of the Indians Spoke a fiew words of english and Said that the
principal man who traded with them was Mr. Haley, and that he had a woman
in his Canoe who Mr. Haley was fond of &c. he Showed us a Bow of Iron
and Several other things which he Said Mr. Haley gave him. we came too to
Dine on the long narrow Island found the woods So thick with under groth
that the hunters could not get any distance into the Isld. the red wood,
and Green bryors interwoven, and mixed with pine, alder, a Specis of
Beech, ash &c. we killed nothing to day The Indians leave us in the
evening, river about one mile wide hills high and Steep on the Std. no
place for Several Miles suffcently large and leavil for our camp we at
length Landed at a place which by moveing the Stones we made a place
Sufficently large for the party to lie leavil on the Smaller Stones Clear
of the Tide Cloudy with rain all day we are all wet and disagreeable, had
large fires made on the Stone and dried our bedding and Kill the flees,
which collected in our blankets at every old village we encamped near I
had like to have forgotten a verry remarkable Knob riseing from the edge
of the water to about 80 feet high, and about 200 paces around at its Base
and Situated on the long narrow Island above and nearly opposit to the 2
Lodges we passed to day, it is Some distance from the high land & in a
low part of the Island