Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — John Ordway: November 21, 1805
The latitude at Haley's Bay and the camp at the point above was recorded as 46°19'11" North. The Native people placed very high value on their sea otter skins. The officers wanted to buy a robe made from two sea otter pelts and offered generous payment in clothing and trinkets, but the owners would only accept blue beads. Eventually the robe was obtained in exchange for a beaded belt belonging to the interpreter's wife. Sea otters were noted as scarce and difficult to kill.
tude of Hailys bay or at our Incampment at the point above is
46° 19′ 11^ Min North, the Natives value their Sea otter
Skins verry high, our officers being anxious to purchase a robe
made of two of those animels, they offered great prices in cloaths
trinkets &.C. but they would not take any thing except blue beeds.
at length they purchasd the Robe for a beeded belt which our
Intrepters Squaw had these animels are scarse & hard to kill.
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The latitude of Haley's Bay, or of our encampment at the point above, is 46° 19' 11" North. The natives value their sea otter skins very highly. Our officers, being anxious to purchase a robe made of two of those animals, offered great prices in clothes, trinkets, etc., but the natives would not take anything except blue beads. At length they purchased the robe for a beaded belt which our interpreter's squaw had. These animals are scarce and hard to kill.
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