Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 25, 1806
The party set out on horseback and traveled about ten miles across a pleasant plain before stopping at a large Pisquow village of around 700 people who owned many fine horses. They bought five dogs, and the officers presented medals to two principal men. The Pisquow declined to sell horses, and one man returned broken glasses he had bought the previous fall seeking replacements. After dining, they pushed on, trailed by Indians, and camped where lower country began. They purchased two horses from their followers, played the fiddle and danced for them, and shot several ducks.
our horses. Set out proceeded on verry well over a pleasant
plain, about 10 miles and halted at a large village of the pas-
qute-pee [Pisquow] tribe who are verry numerous3 and have a
great number of good horses, we bought 5 dogs, our officers
gave 2 meddles to 2 of their princepal men. Stayed to purchase
horses but they do not incline to Sell any. one Indian brought
back broken glasses which he purchased from us last fall & as
they broke he wanted other glass in place &C. we dined and
proced on a number of Indians followed us. in the evening we
Camped4 at the commencement of a low Country on this Side.
1 “Wahhowpum.” Lewis. Coues supposes them to have been the Klikilat tribe
2 “about 2 miles below our encampment of the [blank spaee in Ms.) of Octo-
ber last.” Lewis. The date left blank must have been October 20. Today’s
camp was twelve miles above the mouth of Hock Creek, which would place
it in the vicinity of Arlington, Ore., but on the opposite side of the river. The
camp of Oct. 20, ISO”) was, therefore, two miles above this point.
1 The village contained “about 700 soles.” Clark.
* The explorers make the distance from the camp of April 25, in the vicinity
of Roosevelt, to that of April ’11 just below the mouth of Umatilla Liver on the
Washington side of the Columbia, forty-eight miles. Twenty miles of this
distance was covered in today’s march, which would bring the camp in the
vicinity of the western boundary of Benton County. Wash.
1806] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 347
our officers purchased two horses from the Indians who followed
us, as they wished to hear the fiddle we played & danced a little
to please them, one of the party killed Several ducks to day.
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Our horses. We set out and proceeded on very well over a pleasant plain, about 10 miles, and halted at a large village of the pas-qute-pee [Pisquow] tribe, who are very numerous and have a great number of good horses. We bought 5 dogs. Our officers gave 2 medals to 2 of their principal men. We stayed to purchase horses, but they did not incline to sell any. One Indian brought back broken glasses which he had purchased from us last fall, and as they had broken he wanted other glass in their place, etc. We dined and proceeded on, with a number of Indians following us. In the evening we camped at the commencement of a low country on this side.
Our officers purchased two horses from the Indians who followed us. As they wished to hear the fiddle, we played and danced a little to please them. One of the party killed several ducks today.
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