Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — John Ordway: March 25, 1806

going down with their canoe loaded with fish and wapatoes. the
winds hard a head and tide against us So we delayd untill 1
oClock P. M. at which time we set out met 2 canoes of the
Clatsops loaded with dried fish and wapatoes &C. & Sturgeon
which they had purchased above. we crossed over to an Island4
on which was a fishing Camp of the Cath le mahs. they had a
vast Site of Sturgeon one of the men purchased a Sea otter
Skin, the price of which was a dressed Elk Skin and a silk hanker-
chief, we proceeded on from thence the after part of the day
the wind rose high after dark we arived at another fishing Camp
of the Cathlemahs where we Camped for the night.5