Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 7, 1806
The party spent the day jerking and drying elk meat at their camp along the river. Fields was sent ahead upriver to hunt until the rest of the group caught up. Native traders arrived by canoe with dogs, chapellel, and roots, but their prices were high, so the men bought only a single dog. By evening the meat was dried and packed away. Mosquitoes were a minor nuisance. Drouillard returned with the visiting Native people and shot two ducks.
Fields were sent on a head to ascend the River & hunt untill our
arival all hands set at jurking & drying the Elk meat, a number
of Savages came down the River in their canoes brought a fiew
dogs a little chapellel & roots for trade, but asked a large price
for them so we purchased only one dog. we got the meat all dry
towards evening and packed it up &C. the Musquetoes trouble
us a little &C. Drewyer returned with the Savages and killed 2
ducks this evening &C.
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Fields was sent ahead to go up the river and hunt until our arrival. All hands set to work jerking and drying the elk meat. A number of natives came down the river in their canoes and brought a few dogs, a little chapellel, and roots for trade, but they asked a large price for them, so we purchased only one dog. We got the meat all dried by evening and packed it up, etc. The mosquitoes troubled us a little, etc. Drouillard (Drewyer) returned with the natives and killed 2 ducks this evening, etc.
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