Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 30, 1806

went out for their horses an Indian brought a woman to Cap*
Clark which [was] diseased, had not the use of hir limbs, he
brought a fine horse and gave Cap* Clark for doctering hir he
gave meddicine and told them how to apply it &C. Cap* Clark
gave the Indian a white Shirt which pleased him verry much,
about 11 A. M. we got our horses up by the assistance of the
Indians and Set out proceeded on over Smooth barron Sandy
plains not a tree nor shrub to be seen except a weed or shrub
like wild hysop which is common, the natives use it when
i On the site of modern Wallula, Wash. Here old Fort Walla Walla, one
of the earliest fur-trade establishments in this portion of the country, was estab-
lished in 1818.
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dry for fires to cook with &C. the Indian name of it is cum-
cum. we came about 16 miles and Camped on the wal-a-wal
river,1 which has narrow bottoms partly covred with Small
timber 2 or 3 men went out hunting, one of them killed a large
beaver and an otter. Several of the horses chokd by eating some
kind of a weed in this bottom, but they got over it after a while.