[Lewis]
We set out early
and droped down the channel to the lower end of brant Island from whence
we drew them up the rapid by a cord about a quarter of a mile which we
soon performed; Collins and Gibson not having yet come over we directed
Sergt. Pryor to remain with the cord on the Island untill Gibson arrived
and assist him with his crew in geting his canoe up the rapid, when they
were to join us on the oposite side at a small village of six houses of
the Clah-clah'lahs where we halted for breakfast.
{
near present North Bonneville } in
passing the river which is here about 400 yds. wide the rapidity of the
currant was such that it boar us down a considerable distance
notwithstanding we employed five oars. on entering one
of these lodges, the natives offered us a sheepskin
{mountain
goat} for sail,than which nothing could have been more acceptable
except the animal itself. the skin of the head of the
sheep with the horns remaining was cased in such manner as to fit the head
of a man by whom it was woarn and highly prized as an ornament.
we obtained this cap in exchange for a knife, and were compelled to give
two Elkskins in exchange for the skin. this appeared to
be the skin of a sheep not fully grown; the horns were about four inches
long, celindric, smooth, black, erect and pointed; they rise from the
middle of the forehead a little above the eyes. they
offered us a second skin of a full grown sheep which was quite as large as
that of a common deer. they discovered our anxity to
purchase and in order to extort a great plrice declared that they prized
it too much to dispose of it. in expectation of finding
some others of a similar kind for sale among the natives of this
neighbourhood I would not offer him a greater price than had been given
for the other which he refused. these people informed us
that these sheep were found in great abundance on the hights and among the
clifts of the adjacent mountains. and that they had
lately killed these two from a herd of 36, at no great distance from their
village. we could obtain no provision from those people
except four white salmon trout. at ten oclock Sergt.
Pryor and Gibson joined us with Collins who had killed 3 deer.
these were all of the blacktailed fallow kind. we set
out and continued our rout up the N. side of the river with great
difficulty in consequence of the rapidity of the current and the large
rocks which form this shore; the South side of the river is impassable.
as we had but one sufficient toerope and were obliged to employ the cord
in geting on our canoes the greater part of the way we could only take
them one at a time which retarded our progress very much.
by evening we arrived at the portage on the North side where we landed and
conveyed our bagage to the top of the hill about 200 paces distant where
we formed a camp { Another "Clahclellah" (Watlala)
village, at or near North Bonneville} . we had the canoes drawn on
shore and secured. the small canoe got loose from the
hunters and went a drift with a tin vessel and tommahawk in her; the
Indians caught her at the last village and brought her up to us this
evening for which service we gave them a couple of knives; the canoe
overset and lost the articles which were in her.— Saw
the white pine at this place. |
[Lewis]
We set out early
and droped down the channel to the lower end of brant Island from whence
we drew them up the rapid by a cord about a quarter of a mile which we
soon performed; Collins and Gibson not having yet come over we directed
Sergt. Pryor to remain with the cord on the Island untill Gibson arrived
and assist him with his crew in geting his canoe up the rapid, when they
were to join us on the oposite side at a small village of six houses of
the Clah-clah'lahs where we halted for breakfast.
{
near present North Bonneville } in
passing the river which is here about 400 yds. wide the rapidity of the
currant was such that it boar us down a considerable distance
notwithstanding we employed five oars. on entering one
of these lodges, the natives offered us a sheepskin
{mountain
goat} for sail,than which nothing could have been more acceptable
except the animal itself. the skin of the head of the
sheep with the horns remaining was cased in such manner as to fit the head
of a man by whom it was woarn and highly prized as an ornament.
we obtained this cap in exchange for a knife, and were compelled to give
two Elkskins in exchange for the skin. this appeared to
be the skin of a sheep not fully grown; the horns were about four inches
long, celindric, smooth, black, erect and pointed; they rise from the
middle of the forehead a little above the eyes. they
offered us a second skin of a full grown sheep which was quite as large as
that of a common deer. they discovered our anxity to
purchase and in order to extort a great plrice declared that they prized
it too much to dispose of it. in expectation of finding
some others of a similar kind for sale among the natives of this
neighbourhood I would not offer him a greater price than had been given
for the other which he refused. these people informed us
that these sheep were found in great abundance on the hights and among the
clifts of the adjacent mountains. and that they had
lately killed these two from a herd of 36, at no great distance from their
village. we could obtain no provision from those people
except four white salmon trout. at ten oclock Sergt.
Pryor and Gibson joined us with Collins who had killed 3 deer.
these were all of the blacktailed fallow kind. we set
out and continued our rout up the N. side of the river with great
difficulty in consequence of the rapidity of the current and the large
rocks which form this shore; the South side of the river is impassable.
as we had but one sufficient toerope and were obliged to employ the cord
in geting on our canoes the greater part of the way we could only take
them one at a time which retarded our progress very much.
by evening we arrived at the portage on the North side where we landed and
conveyed our bagage to the top of the hill about 200 paces distant where
we formed a camp { Another "Clahclellah" (Watlala)
village, at or near North Bonneville} . |