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[Gass]
This was a plesant
day, but cloudy. Three hunters went
on ahead again and the rest of the party remained drying meat to subsit on
while we passed the Columbia plains, as there is no game in that part of
the country, according to the accounts given by the natives, who are daily
coming down; and say that those remaining in the plains are in a starving
condition, and will continue so until the salmon begin to run, which is
very soon expected. We continued here all day; and one of our hunters
killed a beautiful small bird of the quail kind.
[Clark]
The day has been
fair and weather exceedingly pleasent. we made our men
exersise themselves in Shooting and regulateing their guns, found Several
of them that had their Sights moved by accident, and others that wanted
Some little alterations all which were compleated rectified in the Course
of the day except my Small rifle, which I found wanted Cutting out. about
4 oClock P M all the Indians left us, and returned to their Village.
they had brought with them Wappato, & pashequa roots Chapellel cakes, and
a Species of Raspberry for Sale, none of which they disposed of as they
asked Such enormous prices for those articles that we were not able to
purchase any. Drewyer returned down the river in the evening & informed us
that the nativs had Sceared all the Elk from the river above. Joseph &
reuben Fields had proceeded on further up the river in the canoe, he
expected to the village. |