Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — John Ordway: April 13, 1806
The party ate a light breakfast of dog meat and set out, passing a nearly abandoned village. Captain Lewis took small canoes to the south side to try to buy a canoe from natives at two villages above the Shoote. High winds forced the main group to halt above Cruzatte's River, hoping to meet their hunters. The day was fair but cold, with snow on nearby mountains. Hunters brought in only a bald eagle, then later two deer. Sergeant Pryor was sent back to look for missing hunters. Lewis rejoined the group, having traded blue cloth and elk hides for two small canoes and three dogs, which they dried and pitched by the fire.
light breakfast of a little dog meat and departed Soon passed
the village only one house rimaining covred in it which lives a
number of the natives. Gap* Lewis and the Small canoes crossed
over to the South Side to 2 villages [a] little above the Shoote, in
order to purchace a canoe from the natives if possable. the cur-
rent Swift, we proceeded on little above cruzattes River the
wind rose So high that [it] obledged us to halt at this bottom
where we expected to find our Hunters1 2 men went out a
hunting the day proved fair the wind cold and Snow laying
low on the Mountains near the River, the hunters soon came
in had killd nothing but a bald Eagle we then proceed on
about 5 miles and halted again at a bottom on the N. Side2 3
men went out a hunting. Serg* Pryor & 2 men sent back to
cruzattes River to look again for the hunters one of the hunters
killed two Deer. Cap* Lewis & party overtook us had pur-
chased two small canoes the price of which was 2 Small peaces
of blue cloath and two Elk hides, & bought three dogs also, we
dryed the 2 Small canoes by [the] fire and pitched them &G
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After a light breakfast of a little dog meat, we departed. Soon we passed the village, with only one house remaining covered, in which lives a number of the natives. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) and the small canoes crossed over to the south side to two villages a little above the Shoot (Shute), in order to purchase a canoe from the natives if possible. The current was swift. We proceeded on a little above Cruzatte's River when the wind rose so high that it obliged us to halt at this bottom, where we expected to find our hunters. Two men went out hunting. The day proved fair, the wind cold, and snow lay low on the mountains near the river. The hunters soon came in, having killed nothing but a bald eagle.
We then proceeded on about 5 miles and halted again at a bottom on the north side. Three men went out hunting. Sergt Pryor (Sergeant Pryor) and two men were sent back to Cruzatte's River to look again for the hunters. One of the hunters killed two deer. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) and his party overtook us, having purchased two small canoes, the price of which was two small pieces of blue cloth and two elk hides, and they bought three dogs also. We dried the two small canoes by the fire and pitched them, etc.
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