Clark: October 28, 1805

October 28th Monday 1805. A windy morning. We loaded our canoes and set out at 9 o'clock a.m. Three canoes came down from the village above and two from the village below. In one of those canoes, an Indian wore his hair queued and had on a round hat. Wind from the west.

Those Indians have a musket, a sword, and several brass tea kettles, of which they appear to be very fond. We purchased from these people five small dogs, some dried berries, and white bread made of roots. The wind rose and we were obliged to lie by about 1 mile below on the Larboard side. North 1 mile to a rock island on the Starboard side. We had not landed long before an Indian canoe came from below with 3 Indians in it. Those Indians make very nice canoes of pine, thin, with aprons, and they carve imitations of animals and other heads on the bow. The Indians above sacrifice the property of the deceased—that is, horses, canoes, bowls, and baskets, of which they make great use to hold water and boil their meat, etc., etc. A great many Indians came down from the upper village and sat with us, smoked. It rained all the evening and blew hard from the west. Camped on the Larboard side opposite a rock in a very bad place.

October 28th Monday 1805. A cool windy morning. We loaded our canoes and set out at 9 o'clock a.m. As we were about to set out, 3 canoes from above and 2 from below came to view us. In one of those canoes I observed an Indian with a round hat and jacket, who wore his hair queued. We proceeded on, the river enclosed on each side by high cliffs of about 90 feet of loose dark-colored rocks. At four miles we landed at a village of 8 houses on the Starboard side under some rugged rocks. These people call themselves Chil-luck-it-tequaw. They live in houses similar to those already described, and speak a somewhat different language with many words the same, and they understand those in their neighborhood. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) took a vocabulary of this language. I entered one of the houses, in which I saw a British musket, a cutlass, and several brass tea kettles of which they appeared very fond. I saw them boiling fish in baskets with stones. I also saw figures of animals and men cut and painted on boards on one side of the house, which they appeared to prize, but for what purpose I will not venture to say.

Here we purchased five small dogs, some dried berries, and white bread made of roots. The wind rose and we were obliged to lie by all day at 1 mile below on the Larboard side. We had not been long on shore before a canoe came up with a man, woman, and 2 children, who had a few roots to sell. Soon after, many others joined them from above. The wind, which is the cause of our delay, does not retard the motions of those people at all, as their canoes are built to ride the highest waves. They are made of white cedar or pine, very light, wide in the middle, and taper at each end, with aprons and heads of animals carved on the bow, which is generally raised. These people make great use of canoes, both for transportation and fishing. They also use bowls and baskets made of grass and splits to hold water and boil their fish and meat. Many of the natives of the last village came down, sat, and smoked with us. The wind blew hard, accompanied with rain all the evening. Our situation is not a very good one for an encampment, but such as it is, we are obliged to put up with it. The harbor is a safe one. We camped on the sand—a wet and disagreeable spot. One deer was killed this evening, and another wounded near our camp.