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Show 172 JOU!1~AL . the cartoes, and six or seven men were !!lent to d1 cs ~ t be elk. th~\t had been killed ~nd take care of tlH. me~t. The rain continued all day. 'I'Iwrsday 5th. Again we had a wet s:tormy day, so that the men were unable to proceed with the ~anoes. Abo t 11 o'clock Capt. Lewis and three of Ius l'arty <:a 111e back to camp; the other two were lefL to take care of some meat they had killed. They have found ~ piace about 15 lHiles fr01n this camp, up a ~mall rivet· w':ich puts into a large bay on the ~ou th s1~le of tbe Columbia that will answer very well for wmtct· ,1uartcrs, as ~arne is ve:y plenty, which is the muin • ,bject with us; and .we mte~d t~ n1oYe .there as soon • S circumstance5 Wlll aclmlt. f here lS mot"e Wet weather on this coast, than I ever knew in an.y other })lace ; during a month we have had but 3 fau· days; ,\r:t1 th ere is no prospect of a change. . FTiday 6th. 'Ve bad another wet tnornmg, and ''ere not able to sd out. At noon it rained ,,ery t~ ard, ,,ncl the tide ilo\\ ed so high, that in some p<nt of ,?lll' camp the water '""s a foot de~p : we h:\d the1.'ero~·c to remove to higher groHtH.l. In the afternoon 1t sull ~ont inucd to !'.tin hard. Satunlay 7th. About 12 L~·, tu1 gh t the r::tin ccasccl :tncl we h'1d a ti11e clear morning . \Vc put c_u1· ca~ nots into the wate r, loac~cd thL m, and s t al'tcd lor oul' j11tendecl wintering pL1ct:. ' Ye coJsted . c~O'\ n tl:c ~out h side al.Joul u mile, and tht n met ·with the s1x m:::n, \\ho ha<l P"Oih.! frJr met~ t .. They h~l(] brouv,i1t ·1· 0 .. \ of t;le skins but no meat, tht~ disb1rcc bung; g t·cat ~m~ the weathtl' v~rv bi. d. The s-.rells bc.:ing- too h1g!1 h ere to Juncl we \VLnt two n:ilcs furth ~ r ~md tuok the men in. \Ve then proceeded l'ollnc.l the bay until we carne to the month of a ri,·e1· about 100 yard 'l broad, wl.ich we y~·ent up aLoul 2 milts to the {Ji~1cc fix{.d upon for winter quat·ters, nnlo~ .. ded our c..Irooe s, .amt , c~n ~,:J ou1· bae: 1ra~)"e abc\.'t ~0 0 yards to n !.>ptlllg> ' I l.) () • Whtrc we tnc :~tn~)'?r' JOURNAL. l ... ,... • I .- Sundm; 8th. \Ve had a fine fair moruiug \V ilh .. m white fr~st. Capt. C larke with 5 to e~ sd 0111 to the ocean , and 1nyself with 1 I mor ·~ to 11 : 1 the meat, which the two men le ft by C,I}Jt li• .. .-c .. were takinP· c are of. \Vc went up the smalt l'i,·~.... u • in our canoes about two nul~~s, then up a b1·~ nch n it on the west side two 1niles, then by land abon t t" miles more, wher .. \Ve found the men and the neat of which we all caniecl two large loads to CU I' c qno~-· and proceeded down to camp. In the evening it b · o·an to rain aP-" ain. The country to wc~t·d:; t!1e sout 0 <) is mountainous at some distance off; and tltt:l'(! is some snow on the n1otmtains. Ncar otll' c,1· ·-:~'' the countl·y is closely ti!l1b(!t'ccl with ~prn ce - pine , t' .... '>oil rich, but not deep ; and there al'c numct\>'lS 'iH'ings of rnnning water. !11Jnday 'J i lt. The nwrning was clowlr and ,1·et. A !'tl'iL<.\Ilt and 8 m en wel'e sent to bring; in the J'emai.~tle t: of the n1eat we left yesterday ; some were employed in 1naking om· camp com l'orlable, and others in ckarin g· a pl ace for huts and a snnll forl. In the <Yenin~ some of the natives came to on;· camp, tl,c tl~·st v.·e h<.t\·c seen for some cbys. It corainued cluudy , ·HI wet all daY. T ucsda!f I 0 :h. 'Ve had another wet cioudy mornt ·• s· ; an cl. all ha11ds Wcl'\! em p Joyed at wor!\. 110t \\it b~ ·t,d td in g the r ain . About 2 o'clock Capt. Cl,tr1:e and ) or bi ::; party returned to camp ; the ot!;et· t \\0 l'\!maiucc! CJI! t to bunt. T hey fo uncl the ocean to be a- 1 Ott~ 7 n11lcs fmm om· c~mp ; [or 4 nti!..:s the l:.md hish unrl cloo;·..:ly ti mbered : the r~ rnaindc t· pt·airie r u~ ,1~h som:.! s' ?'eam s of w .. \tt.t·. Thc::y kill~ 1 an elk awl""'. ·~out f- J i.1 one c·ru: , .. 1''b,;\' a!~") s:~\~· t l1:-e\! ... "' ') •) J k lg ... s o1 Ir. '> .. n·• Oil n~ t...: <.j'~a~ho:·c . 'lll ~! •.. tires which \~ C!'c <'t ou:· o •;' camp, Y; eut a\·. ~1y tbi morn} 'I.._, after r· ·,_i\h;; :,c·11e l;l't:6- !~~ . l1 tl..v c·:t?n tl(; \'·e l~tid the fu •.: n , :_1 ~~ t.ll1 u l. <: '..!' h ~· i:; , |