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November 14th Thursday 1805 rained all the last night without intermition,
and this morning. wind blows verry hard but our Situation is Such that we
Cannot tell from what point it comesone of our Canoes is much
broken by the waves dashing it against the rocks5 Indians Came up
in a Canoe, thro the waves, which is verry high and role with great furyThey
made Signs to us that they Saw the 3 men we Sent down yesterday. only 3 of
those Indians landed, the other 2 which was women played off in the waves,
which induced me to Suspect that they had taken Something from our men
below, at this time one of the men Colter returnd by land and informed us
that those Indians had taken his Gigg & basket, I called to the Squars
to land and give back the gigg, which they would not doe untill a man run
with a gun, as if he intended to Shute them when they landed, and Colter
got his gig & basket I then ordered those fellows off, and they verry
readily Cleared out they are of the War-ci-a-cum N. Colter informed us
that “it was but a Short distance from where we lay around the point to a
butifull Sand beech, which continud for a long ways, that he had found a
good harber in the mouth of a creek near 2 Indian Lodgesthat he had
proceeded in the Canoe as far as he could for the waves, the other two men
Willard & Shannon had proceeded on down”

Capt Lewis concluded to proceed on by land & find if possible the
white people the Indians Say is below and examine if a Bay is Situated
near the mouth of this river as laid down by Vancouver in which we expect,
if there is white traders to find them &c. at 3 oClock he Set out with
4 men Drewyer Jos. & Reu. Fields & R. Frasure, in one of our large
canoes and 5 men to Set them around the point on the Sand beech. this
canoe returned nearly filled with water at Dark which it receved by the
waves dashing into it on its return, haveing landed Capt. Lewis & his
party Safe on the Sand beech. The rain Continues all day all wet. The rain
&c. which has continued without a longer intermition than 2 hours at a
time for ten days past has distroyd. the robes and rotted nearly one half
of the fiew Clothes the party has, perticularley the leather Clothes,fortunately
for us we have no very Cold weather as yet and if we have Cold weather
before we Can kill & Dress Skins for Clothing the bulk of the party
will Suffer verry much.

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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

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November 8th Friday 1805 A Cloudy morning Some rain, we did not Set out
untill 9 oClock, haveing Changed our Clothingproceeded 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 logsWe 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 conjuctureThe
Seas roled and tossed the Canoes in Such a manner this evening that
Several of our party were Sea Sick.

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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.

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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
drywind 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 waterSome 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.

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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 feetour Canoes we Secured as well as we couldwe
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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