[Clark, November 4, 1805]
Novr. 4th Monday 1805 A Cloudy Cool morning, wind West, we
Set out at 1/2 past 8 oClock having dispatched 4 men in the
Small canoe to hunt
(Those people men & women heads are flat)
We landed at a village 200 men of Flatheads of 25 houses 50
canoes built of Straw, we were treated verry kindly by them,
they gave us round root near the Size of a hens egg roasted
which they call Wap-to to eate
I walked out on the Stard. Side found the country fine, an
open Prarie for 1 mile back of which the wood land comence
riseing back, the timber on the edge of the Prarie is white
oke, back is Spruce pine & other Species of Pine mixed Some
under groth of a wild crab & a Specis of wood I'm not
acquainted, a Specis of maple & Cotton wood grow near this
river, Some low bushes
Indians continue to be with us, Several Canoes Continue with
us, The Indians at the last village have more Cloth and
uriopian trinkets than above I Saw Some Guns, a Sword, maney
Powder flasks, Salers jackets, overalls, hats & Shirts,
Copper and Brass trinkets with few Beeds only. dureing the
time I was at Dinner the Indians Stold my tomahawk which I
made use of to Smoke I Serched but Could not find it, a Pond
on the Stard Side, off from the river. Raspberries and ____
are also in the bottoms- met a large and Small canoe with 12
men from below the men were dressed with a variety of
articles of European manufactory the large Canoe had emeges
on the bow & Stern handsomly Carved in wood & painted with
the figur of a Bear in front & man in a Stern. Saw white
geese with black wings- Saw a Small Crab-apple with all the
taste & flavor of the Common- Those Indians were all armed
with Pistols or bows and arrows ready Sprung war axes &c.
Mount Hellen bears N. 25° E about 80 miles, this is the
mountain we Saw near the foks of this river. it is emensely
high and covered with Snow, riseing in a kind of Cone
perhaps the highest pinecal from the common leavel in
america passed a village of 4 hs. on the Stard Side at 2
mils, one at 3 mls.
One deer 2 Ducks & Brant killed
[Clark, November 4, 1805]
November 4th Monday 1805 A cloudy cool morning wind from the
West we Set out at 1/2 past 8 oClock, one man Shannon Set
out early to walk on the Island to kill Something, he joined
us at the lower point with a Buck. This Island is 6 miles
long and near 3 miles wide thinly timbered (Tide rose last
night 18 inches perpndicular at Camp) near the lower point
of this dimond Island is The head of a large Island
Seperated from a Small one by a narrow chanel, and both
Situated nearest the Lard Side, those Islands as also the
bottoms are thickly Covered with Pine &c. river wide,
Country low on both Sides; on the Main Lard Shore a Short
distance below the last Island we landed at a village of 25
Houses; 24 of those houses were thached with Straw, and
covered with bark, the other House is built of boards in the
form of those above, except that it is above ground and
about 50 feet in length and covered with broad Split boards
This village contains about 200 men of the Skil-loot nation
I counted 52 canoes on the bank in front of this village
maney of them verry large and raised in bow. we recognised
the man who over took us last night, he invited us to a
lodge in which he had Some part and gave us a roundish roots
about the Size of a Small Irish potato which they roasted in
the embers until they became Soft, This root they call Wap-pa-to
which the Bulb of the Chinese cultivate in great quantities
called the Sa-git ti folia or common arrow head-. it has an
agreeable taste and answers verry well in place of bread. we
purchased about 4 bushels of this root and divided it to our
party, at 7 miles below this village passed the upper point
of a large Island nearest the Lard Side, a Small Prarie in
which there is a pond opposit on the Stard. here I landed
and walked on Shore, about 3 miles a fine open Prarie for
about 1 mile, back of which the countrey rises gradually and
wood land comencies Such as white oake, pine of different
kinds, wild crabs with the taste and flavour of the common
crab and Several Species of undergroth of which I am not
acquainted, a few Cottonwood trees & the Ash of this
countrey grow Scattered on the river bank, Saw Some Elk and
Deer Sign and Joined Capt. Lewis at a place he had landed
with the party for Diner. Soon after Several Canoes of
Indians from the village above came down dressed for the
purpose as I Supposed of Paying us a friendly visit, they
had Scarlet & blue blankets Salors jackets, overalls, Shirts
and Hats independant of their Usial dress; the most of them
had either war axes Spears or Bows Sprung with quivers of
arrows, Muskets or pistols, and tin flasks to hold their
powder; Those fellows we found assumeing and disagreeable,
however we Smoked with them and treated them with every
attention & friendship.
dureing the time we were at dinner those fellows Stold my
pipe Tomahawk which They were Smoking with, I imediately
Serched every man and the canoes, but Could find nothing of
my Tomahawk, while Serching for the Tomahawk one of those
Scoundals Stole a Cappoe of one of our interpreters, which
was found Stufed under the root of a treer, near the place
they Sat, we became much displeased with those fellows,
which they discovered and moved off on their return home to
their village, except 2 canoes which had passed on down- we
proceeded on met a large & a Small Canoe from below, with 12
men the large Canoe was ornimented with Images carved in
wood the figures of a Bear in front & a man in Stern,
Painted & fixed verry netely on the of the Canoe, rising to
near the hight of a man two Indians verry finely Dressed &
with hats on was in this canoe passed the lower point of the
Island which is nine miles in length haveing passed 2
Islands on the Stard Side of this large Island, three Small
Islands at its lower point. the Indians make Signs that a
village is Situated back of those Islands on the Lard. Side
and I believe that a Chanel is Still on the Lrd, Side as a
Canoe passed in between the Small Islands, and made Signs
that way, probably to traffick with Some of the nativs
liveing on another Chanel, at 3 miles lower, and 12 Leagues
below quick Sand river passed a village of four large houses
on The Lard. Side, near which we had a full view of Mt.
Helien which is perhaps the highest pinical in America from
their base it bears N. 25° E about 90 miles- This is the
mountain I Saw from the Muscle Shell rapid on the 19th of
October last Covered with Snow, it rises Something in the
form of a Sugar lofe- about a mile lower passed a Single
house on the Lard. Side, and one on the Stard. Side, passed
a village on each Side and Camped near a house on the Stard.
Side we proceeded on untill one hour after dark with a view
to get clear of the nativs who was constantly about us, and
troublesom, finding that we could not get Shut of those
people for one night, we landed and Encamped on the Stard.
Side Soon after 2 canoes Came to us loaded with Indians, we
purchased a fiew roots of them.
This evening we Saw vines much resembling the raspberry
which is verry thick in the bottoms. A range of high hills
at about 5 miles on the Lard Side which runs S. E. & N W.
Covered with tall timber the bottoms below in this range of
hills and the river is rich and leavel, Saw White geese with
a part of their wings black. The river here is 11/2 miles
wide, and current jentle. opposit to our camp on a Small
Sandy Island the brant & geese make Such a noise that it
will be impossible for me to Sleap. we made 29 miles to day
Killed a Deer and Several brant and ducks. I Saw a Brarow
tamed at the 1st village to day The Indians which we have
passd to day of the Scil-loot nation in their language from
those near & about the long narrows of the
Che-luc-it-te-quar or E-chee-lute, their dress differ but
little, except they have more of the articles precured from
the white traders, they all have flatened heads both men and
women, live principally on fish and Wap pa toe roots, they
also kill Some fiew Elk and Deer, dureing the Short time I
remained in their village they brought in three Deer which
they had killed with their Bow & arrows. They are thievishly
inclined as we have experienced.
[Clark, November 5, 1805]
Novr. 5th Tuesday 1805 a Cloudy morning Som rain the after
part of last night & this morning. I could not Sleep for the
noise kept by the Swans, Geese, white & black brant, Ducks
&c. on a opposit base, & Sand hill Crane, they were emensely
numerous and their noise horrid. We Set out at Sun rise &
our hunters killed 10 Brant 4 of which were white with black
wings 2 Ducks, and a Swan which were divided, we Came too
and Encamped on the Lard. Side under a high ridgey land, the
high land come to the river on each Side. the river about
11/2 mile wide. those high lands rise gradually from the
river & bottoms- we are all wet Cold and disagreeable, rain
Continues & encreases. I killed a Pheasent which is very
fat- my feet and legs cold. I saw 17 Snakes to day on a
Island, but little appearance of Frost at this place.
[Clark, November 5, 1805]
November 5th Tuesday 1805 Rained all the after part of last
night, rain continues this morning, I slept but verry little
last night for the noise Kept dureing the whole of the night
by the Swans, Geese, white & Grey Brant Ducks &c. on a Small
Sand Island close under the Lard. Side; they were emensely
noumerous, and their noise horid- we Set out early here the
river is not more than 3/4 of a mile in width, passed a
Small Prarie on the Stard. Side passed 2 houses about 1/2 a
mile from each other on the Lard. Side a Canoe came from the
upper house, with 3 men in it mearly to view us, passed an
Isld. Covered with tall trees & green briers Seperated from
the Stard. Shore by a narrow Chanel at 9 miles I observed on
the Chanel which passes on the Stard Side of this Island a
Short distance above its lower point is Situated a large
village, the front of which occupies nearly 1/4 of a mile
fronting the Chanel, and closely Connected, I counted 14
houses in front here the river widens to about 11/2 miles.
Seven canoes of Indians came out from this large village to
view and trade with us, they appeared orderly and well
disposed, they accompanied us a fiew miles and returned
back. about 111/2 miles below this village on the Lard Side
behind a rockey Sharp point, we passed a Chanel 1/4 of a
mile wide, which I take to be the one the Indian Canoe
entered yesterday from the lower point of Immage Canoe
Island a Some low clifts of rocks below this Chanel, a large
Island Close under the Stard Side opposit, and 2 Small
Islands, below, here we met 2 canoes from below,- below
those Islands a range of high hills form the Stard. Bank of
the river, the Shore bold and rockey, Covered with a thick
groth of Pine an extensive low Island, Seperated from the
Lard side by a narrow Chanel, on this Island we Stoped to
Dine I walked out found it open & covered with grass
interspersed with Small ponds, in which was great numbr. of
foul, the remains of an old village on the lower part of
this Island, I saw Several deer our hunters killed on this
Island a Swan, 4 white 6 Grey brant & 2 Ducks all of them
were divided, below the lower point of this Island a range
of high hills) which runs S. E. forms the Lard. bank of the
river the Shores bold and rockey & hills Covered with pine,
The high hills leave the river on the Stard. Side a high
bottom between the hill & river. We met 4 Canoes of Indians
from below, in which there is 26 Indians, one of those
Canoes is large, and ornimented with Images on the bow &
Stern. That in the Bow the likeness of a Bear, and in Stern
the picture of a man- we landed on the Lard. Side & camped a
little below the mouth of a creek on the Stard. Side a
little below the mouth of which is an Old Village which is
now abandaned-; here the river is about one and a half miles
wide, and deep, The high Hills which run in a N W. & S E.
derection form both banks of the river the Shore boald and
rockey, the hills rise gradually & are Covered with a thick
groth of pine &c. The valley which is from above the mouth
of Quick Sand River to this place may be computed at 60
miles wide on a Derect line, & extends a great Distanc to
the right & left rich thickly Covered with tall timber, with
a fiew Small Praries bordering on the river and on the
Islands; Some fiew Standing Ponds & Several Small Streams of
running water on either Side of the river; This is certainly
a fertill and a handsom valley, at this time Crouded with
Indians. The day proved Cloudy with rain the greater part of
it, we are all wet cold and disagreeable- I Saw but little
appearance of frost in this valley which we call Wap-pa-loo
Columbia from that root or plants growing Spontaneously in
this valley only In my walk of to Day I saw 17 Striped
Snakes I killed a grouse which was verry fat, and larger
than Common. This is the first night which we have been
entirely clear of Indians Since our arrival on the waters of
the Columbia River. We made 32 miles to day by estimation-
[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.
[Clark, November 6, 1805]
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 flees- The
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 & flags- Some
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
[Clark, November 7, 1805]
November 7th Thursday 1805 a Cloudy fogey morning, a little
rain. Set out at 8 oClock proceeded on
The womens peticoat is about 15 Inches long made of arber
vita or the white Cedar bark wove to a String and hanging
down in tossles and tied So as to cover from their hips as
low as the peticoat will reach and only Covers them when
Standing, as in any other position the Tosels Seperate.
Those people Sold us otter Skins for fish hooks of which
they wer fond
We delayed 11/2 hour & Set out the tide being up in & the
river So Cut with Islands we got an Indian to pilot us into
the main chanel one of our Canoes Seperated from us this
morning in the fog- great numbers of water fowls of every
descriptn. common to this river
[Clark, November 7, 1805]
November 7th Thursday 1805 A cloudy foggey morning Some
rain. we Set out early proceeded under the Stard Shore under
a high rugid hills with Steep assent the Shore boalt and
rockey, the fog So thick we could not See across the river,
two Canos of Indians met and returned with us to their
village which is Situated on the Stard Side behind a cluster
of Marshey Islands, on a narrow chanl. of the river through
which we passed to the Village of 4 Houses, they gave us to
eate Some fish, and Sold us, fish, Wap pa to roots three
dogs and 2 otter Skins for which we gave fish hooks
principally of which they were verry fond.
Those people call themselves War-ci-a-cum and Speake a
language different from the nativs above with whome they
trade for the Wapato roots of which they make great use of
as food. their houses differently built, raised entirely
above ground eaves about 5 feet from the ground Supported
and covered in the same way of those above, dotes about the
Same size but in the Side of the house in one Corner, one
fire place and that near the opposit end; around which they
have their beads raised about 4 feet from the fore which is
of earth, under their beads they Store away baskets of dried
fish Berries & wappato, over the fire they hang the flesh as
they take them and which they do not make immediate use.
Their Canoes are of the Same form of those above. The Dress
of the men differ verry little from those above, The womin
altogether different, their robes are Smaller only Covering
their Sholders & falling down to near the hip- and Sometimes
when it is Cold a piec of fur curiously plated and connected
So as to meet around the body from the arms to the hips The
garment which occupies the waist and thence as low as the
knee before and mid leg behind, cannot properly be called a
petticoat, in the common acception of the word; it is a
Tissue formed of white Cedar bark bruised or broken into
Small Straps, which are interwoven in their center by means
of Several cords of the Same materials which Serves as well
for a girdle as to hold in place the Straps of bark which
forms the tissue, and which Strans, Confined in the middle,
hang with their ends pendulous from the waiste, the whole
being of Suffcent thickness when the female Stands erect to
conceal those parts useally covered from familiar view, but
when she stoops or places herself in any other attitudes
this battery of Venus is not altogether impervious to the
penetrating eye of the amorite. This tissue is Sometims
formed of little Strings of the Silk grass twisted and
knoted at their ends &c. Those Indians are low and ill
Shaped all flat heads
after delaying at this village one hour and a half we Set
out piloted by an Indian dressed in a Salors dress, to the
main Chanel of the river, the tide being in we Should have
found much dificuelty in passing into the main Chanel from
behind those islands, without a pilot, a large marshey
Island near the middle of the river near which Several
Canoes Came allong Side with Skins, roots fish &c. to Sell,
and had a temporey residence on this Island, here we See
great numbers of water fowls about those marshey Islands;
here the high mountanious Countrey approaches the river on
the Lard Side, a high mountn. to the S W. about 20 miles,
the high mountans. Countrey Continue on the Stard Side,
about 14 miles below the last village and 18 miles of this
day we landed at a village of the Same nation. This village
is at the foot of the high hills on the Stard Side back OF 2
Small Islands it contains 7 indifferent houses built in the
Same form of those above, here we purchased a Dog Some fish,
wappato roots and I purchased 2 beaver Skins for the purpose
of makeing me a roab, as the robe I have is rotten and good
for nothing. opposit to this Village the high mountaneous
Countrey leave the river on the Lard Side below which the
river widens into a kind of Bay & is Crouded with low
Islands Subject to be Covered by the tides- we proceeded on
about 12 miles below the Village under a high mountaneous
Countrey on the Stard. Side. Shore boald and rockey and
Encamped under a high hill on the Stard. Side opposit to a
rock Situated half a mile from the Shore, about 50 feet high
and 20 feet Diamieter, we with dificuelty found a place
Clear of the tide and Sufficiently large to lie on and the
only place we could get was on round Stones on which we lay
our mats rain Continud. moderately all day & Two Indians
accompanied us from the last village, they we detected in
Stealing a knife and returned, our Small Canoe which got
Seperated in the fog this morning joined us this evening
from a large Island Situated nearest the Lard Side below the
high hills on that Side, the river being too wide to See
either the form Shape or Size of the Islands on the Lard
Side.
Great joy in camp we are in View of the Ocian, this great
Pacific Octean which we been So long anxious to See. and the
roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey
Shores (as I Suppose) may be heard distictly
we made 34 miles to day as Computed
[Clark, November 8, 1805]
Novr. 8th Friday 1805 a cloudy morning Some rain and wind we
Changed our Clothes and Set out at 9 oClock proceeded on
Close under the Stard. Side
R. Fields Killed a goose & 2 Canvis back Ducks in this bay
after Dinner we took the advantage of the returning tide &
proceeded on to the 2d point, at which place we found the
Swells too high to proceed we landed and drew our canoes up
So as to let the tide leave them. The three Indians after
Selling us 4 fish for which we gave Seven Small fishing
hooks, and a piece of red Cloth. Some fine rain at
intervales all this day. the Swells Continued high all the
evening & we are Compelled to form an Encampment on a Point
Scercely room Sufficent for us all to lie Clear of the tide
water. hills high & with a Steep assent, river wide & at
this place too Salt to be used for Drink. we are all wet and
disagreeable, as we have been Continually for Severl. days
past, we are at a loss & cannot find out if any Settlement
is near the mouth of this river.
The Swells were So high and the Canoes roled in Such a
manner as to cause Several to be verry Sick. Reuben fields,
Wiser McNeal & the Squar wer of the number
[Clark, November 8, 1805]
November 8th Friday 1805 A Cloudy morning Some rain, we did
not Set out untill 9 oClock, haveing Changed our Clothing-
proceeded on Close under the Stard. Side, the hills high
with Steep assent, Shore boald and rockey Several low
Islands in a Deep bend or Bay to the Lard Side, river about
5 or 7 miles wide. three Indians in a Canoe overtook us,
with Salmon to Sell, passed 2 old villages on the Stard.
Side and at 3 miles entered a nitch of about 6 miles wide
and 5 miles deep with Several Creeks makeing into the Stard
Hills, this nitch we found verry Shallow water and Call it
the Shallow nitch we came too at the remains of an old
village at the bottom of this nitch and dined, here we Saw
great numbers of fowl, Sent out 2 men and they killed a
Goose and two Canves back Ducks here we found great numbers
of Hees which we treated with the greatest caution and
distance; after Diner the Indians left us and we took the
advantage of a returning tide and proceeded on to the Second
point on the Std. here we found the Swells or waves So high
that we thought it imprudent to proceed; we landed unloaded
and drew up our Canoes. Some rain all day at intervales; we
are all wet and disagreeable, as we have been for Several
days past, and our present Situation a verry disagreeable
one in as much; as we have not leavel land Sufficient for an
encampment and for our baggage to lie Cleare of the tide,
the High hills jutting in So Close and Steep that we cannot
retreat back, and the water of the river too Salt to be
used, added to this the waves are increasing to Such a hight
that we cannot move from this place, in this Situation we
are compelled to form our Camp between the hite of the Ebb
and flood tides, and rase our baggage on logs- We are not
certain as yet if the whites people who trade with those
people or from whome they precure ther goods are Stationary
at the mouth, or visit this quarter at Stated times for the
purpose of trafick &c. I believe the latter to be the most
probable conjucture- The Seas roled and tossed the Canoes in
Such a manner this evening that Several of our party were
Sea Sick.
[Clark, November 9, 1805]
Novr. 9th Saturday 1805 The tide of last night obliged us to
unload all the Canoes one of which Sunk before She was
unloaded by the high waves or Swells which accompanied the
returning tide, The others we unloaded, and 3 others was
filled with water Soon after by the Swells or high Sees
which broke against the Shore imediately where we lay,
rained hard all the fore part of the day, the tide which
rose untill 2 oClock P M to day brought with it Such emence
Swells or waves, added to a hard wind from the South which
Loosened the Drift trees which is verry thick on the Shores,
and tossed them about in Such a manner, as to endanger our
Canoes very much, with every exertion and the Strictest
attention by the party was Scercely Suffient to defend our
Canoes from being Crushed to pieces between those emensely
large trees maney of them 200 feet long and 4 feet through.
The tide of this day rose about ____ feet & 15 Inches higher
than yesterday this is owing to the wind which Sets in from
the ocian, we are Compelled to move our Camp from the water,
as also the loading every man as wet all the last night and
this day as the rain Could make them which Contind. all day.
at 4 oClock the wind Shifted about to the S. W imediately
from the ocian and blew a Storm for about 2 hours, raised
the tide verry high all wet & cold Labiech killed 4 Ducks
very fat & R. Fields Saw Elk Sign.
not withstanding the disagreeable time of the party for
Several days past they are all Chearfull and full of anxiety
to See further into the ocian. the water is too Salt to
Drink, we use rain water. The Salt water has acted on some
of the party already as a Pergitive. rain continus.
[Clark, November 9, 1805]
November 9th Saturday 1805 The tide of last night did not
rise Sufficintly high to come into our camp, but the Canoes
which was exposed to the mercy of the waves &c. which
accompanied the returning tide, they all filled, and with
great attention we Saved them untill the tide left them dry-
wind Hard from the South and rained hard all the fore part
of the day, at 2 oClock P M the flood tide came in
accompanied with emence waves and heavy winds, floated the
trees and Drift which was on the point on which we Camped
and tosed them about in Such a manner as to endanger the
Canoes verry much, with every exertion and the Strictest
attention by every individual of the party was Scercely
Sufficient to Save our Canoes from being crushed by those
monsterous trees maney of them nearly 200 feet long and from
4 to 7 feet through. our camp entirely under water dureing
the hight of the tide, every man as wet as water could make
them all the last night and to day all day as the rain
Continued all day, at 4 oClock P M the wind Shifted about to
the S. W. and blew with great violence imediately from the
Ocian for about two hours, notwithstanding the disagreeable
Situation of our party all wet and Cold (and one which they
have experienced for Several days past) they are chearfull
and anxious to See further into the Ocian, The water of the
river being too Salt to use we are obliged to make use of
rain water- Some of the party not accustomed to Salt water
has made too free a use of it on them it acts as a pergitive.
at this dismal point we must Spend another night as the wind
& waves are too high to proceed.
[Clark, November 10, 1805]
November 10th Sunday 1805 rained verry hard the greater part
of the last night & Continus this morning, the wind has
layed and the Swells are fallen. we loaded our Canoes and
proceeded on, passed a Deep Bay on the Stard. Side I Call
____ The wind rose from the N W. and the Swells became So
high, we were Compelled to return about 2 miles to a place
where we Could unld. our Canoes, which was in a Small Bay on
Driftwood, on which we had also to make our fires to dry our
Selves as well as we could the Shore being either a Clift of
Purpendicular rocks or Steep assents to the hight of 4 or
500 feet, we continued on this drift wood untill about 3
oClock when the evening appearing favourable we loaded & Set
out in hopes to turn the Point below and get into a better
harber, but finding the waves & Swells continue to rage with
great fury below, we got a Safe place for our Stores & a
much beter one for the Canoes to lie and formed a Campment
on Drift logs in the Same little Bay under a high hill at
the enterence of a Small drean which we found verry convt.
on account of its water, as that of the river is Brackish-
The logs on which we lie is all on flote every high tide-
The rain Continud all day- we are all wet, also our beding
and many other articles. we are all employed untill late
drying our bedding. nothing to eate but Pounded fish
[Clark, November 10, 1805]
November 10th Sunday 1805 Rained verry hard the greater part
of last night and continues this morning. the wind has luled
and the waves are not high; we loaded our canoes and
proceeded on passed Several Small and deep nitch on the
Stard. Side, we proceeded on about 10 miles Saw great
numbers of Sea Guls, the wind rose from the N. W. and the
waves became So high that we were compelled to return about
2 miles to a place we Could unload our Canoes, which we did
in a Small nitch at the mouth of a Small run on a pile of
drift logs where we Continued untill low water, when the
river appeared calm we loaded and Set out; but was obliged
to return finding the waves too high for our Canoes to ride,
we again unloaded the Canoes, and Stoed the loading on a
rock above the tide water, and formed a camp on the Drift
Logs which appeared to be the only Situation we could find
to lie, the hills being either a perpendicular Clift, or
Steep assent, riseing to about 500 feet- our Canoes we
Secured as well as we could- we are all wet the rain haveing
continued all day, our beding and maney other articles,
employ our Selves drying our blankets-nothing to eate but
dried fish pounded which we brought from the falls. we made
10 miles today
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