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Show JOURNAL~ Thrtr&day 1 'Jth. The morning was fine anu tw~ :t:·~ ore hunters went out early,. About l 0 the huntcf'<i '\', ho had gone ac ross tht: bay returtlt:(l, and bad kilJ. cd ~ elk and 2 deer. I this day took an account of the numher of pairs of mockasons each man in the p ar ty had ; ancl found :he whole to be 3 38 pair. This stock was not pro' Vided without great labour, as the most of thcrn are made o[ thr>~ 1lkins of elk. Each man has. ~ l!\o a ~ufficient quantity of patch-leather. Some uf tht men 'vent out to look fm~ the lost canoe, and killcci 2 d k. .Fri,/ay 14th. V·l e had n fine morning· ; (tnd fourhunters ~et out early. I went with a pat·ty anci b,·:)ught in the meat of the 2 elk which were I'illed last evening. Two hunters,. who had gone out yes· tel'day morniug- returned very much fali r~t! cd, and had killen nothing bnt a g·nos~ and a ra1Jen which they C..lt last night. While out to day I saw a number o( musquitoes flying about. I also Raw a gt·cat quano tity of .shcep-son·cl gr<>-wing i.n the weods of a very lar..~., e Sl7C. Satw·day .l5t!t. There was .a fine pfea5ant morning. About noon our hunters came in and hi'\d killul four elk. A number t!>f the nati\tes came ·to tl-1e ful t to dar. Sunday loth. Last night it hccamct cloudy and be~ gun to rain ;. and the t·ain bas co11tinued ull day.The Indians stayetl <~bout the fort the whole of this day. Yl;stel'da)' while 1 was ub!1ent, gettin~ uut· meat home, ~me of the hunters killed two 'nltu rc<;, the largest fowls I had ever s~en. I never saw HllJ such as these except on the Co!u.mb~u 1~vcr and the :a.eacoast. On the I 7th it ruined occasion2\Ilf dt1ring the whole ?f the day .. \ Ye got a canoe from the n:\tivcJ f~ -"' h1ch we g_ave an officet"s uuiform cogJ..., JOUH~AL. ,,. d 1St 1• 1'11e w•'..lthl'l' wa.;; rnuch like tk&t .1. ucs el l/ r. . "" . . · of 'e!:lterciay, ancl some h;ul i'l'll ll~ ~h~~ co~~r~e _oi tl~e dty}. s ome. of the u1.cn ••t.r e rcpa1nn6·· th .... sm.d.l· c,,,. uoes a lid mctkiP ~ pr ... ·p.'.rauon. to _r..::turn up .the tlVc r' , '(>n as the weatht!r \\ ill perm!t. l~ne ot the bun" ~ so tcrs killed an <.lk. 1 . l The mornino· of the 19th w~s stormy, some 1<11 c l Of 11a~·l·:>.r:,~' 1 -:.·,1,1 t't continucll clondy thrm!gh S 10 \Vt:l'S ~ h .. H ~ " the day. · 1 , · t Thitrsdm; 2Ctii. T ~1e wl ole of tL!s { lY w •. s v. t ::mJ ulsagr~eaole. '\Ve intended _to have Sl:; O~lt to I· y on our r<...tucn, hut the weather was too ,).1(,. I ~:ade a Cc lculation oi tbe number of elk and de;-; I. 'll d by the l'arty from the 1st of D<..c. 1805 to t t ... t e . "l lk ~ "0 dcl;l' CJQ l M· rch '806 which gaYe 1.> c ann "' • ., ll a 1 There were a few ' sm:-tller quaur, npcCI:.1> 1'-·11 't C·C1 5ll ch •a s• otter and be.wt r ; and one racoon. 1:he me:..t o1 Of tl1e ,,'1- , ... ,,s 1 J' k otlLht to ~he ton. 5t>lUC · -...Jr.. • c, • , , • ~ ''"'· '!1 1 . . lzy· <"\, ·t "'(·':-e hac1 a dO\d\ \-ret mOil1111:-, · .1 \\ I I l( ( .-; I ., • • 1r • .• • • 1 t I .~, of tbe lnil'I ~Ct'S W'2nl OU~ t·i l·l ~ HH·•-~•· ..1.., ~:~: ,'· •a n, d ·' ·''0 \1 ,• o'clock w·~ \'ere 'I.!.:IH {'<1 ':" y som.; ot.. .. L·h r-· {l'n -..._. ~ ): ){.!. - 1 _ 1-iians. Thc<>e '- nd th':' c :u.n· )l>i~, <. ~~.h -b-il1 .l~, l ,· :~ a-mt:x a!J(1 C' 11· 1l·.O~. n •.• .·. ·~.v,• · 5 ' \\hu '.n . htd.Jlt lh ~ ., ... ~d ', ...J .,l~~. all dres'J in tl11~ same m<:r 1 er. 'IIl c •·r ' e ' 1 are \"t' o. t'· , • :~, nakc·d e. cei):. a slnailraL <: ; tl.e \Vo:ntl~ lu~ ·e onl) t.:. the adclition of the sho1·t "<)Ctti~o.tt. 1 heu· langu.ql.~ e · '. • • 4 ~!so 1 h all obsern; tw IS nculy the Sull1t ' auc .t e~ . . f tl !-,·'ln!' ceremon,· of depositin;; \nth tne l'4;mu~ns o 1C "·' J , • ~ tl 1 • or;,\Ye~ ll(·ad all their l' rop..: l'ly, or placmg lt a.. lit 1 :-:. • ·: l ~b elieve I •;a w as m~ny <!..:. all 1·• wulr e ~ d cunoe. 5 .a t O•\"' 1 r burn. n~ ·-})la ;:.e of th. e (~"h ·1 n-oorl.. s ' on th.. ~ n(Jrtb 'IH \.. Ot1 the JC o•l um!>ia at its u,Ll\tiH. . e l• l'lo Jl dl 1 v; '.._-, TI ·'1 )·' ·• •·m <. there are ..l ~r'~ at nwny (.lt t h t . ,u, tl r) inf·!~ -1,lace atl C\. L' ) Y viil,,L::e . T1.w se Inch. ~\llS on tl lC, co.· 1~· t lnve no 10t5L~, <"' • h ·. ~ . ' f r 1 rl e ·r eJ)l t <..11 ca- ~nd ven little properly c. an~ 0 : 1 ' · ·r, ant.\ nots. 'i'he women are much wclmed to vel~c }_, • . . . 11 to IH'ostttutwn a .. like thost on the M1~sou n · rc so < ·f, "l'tly & l·l Cllin·ook squaw I ecpH! :Atl ealiy rate. .nn o u |