John Ordway: October 16, 1805

over the rockey rapids one of the canoes run fast on a rock in a
bad rapid and Stayed untill we went with a canoe to their assist-
ance, got all Safe to land loaded and set out again and proceeded
on. in the afternoon we came to the last bad rapid as the Indians
Sign to us. we halted little above and carried some of the baggage
past by land ab* one mile then took the canoes safe down and
loaded them again and procd on passed over several rapid places
in the River, towards evening we arived at the big forks, the
large River which is wider than the Columbia River2 comes in
from a northerly direction, the Country around these forks is
level Smooth plain, no timber, not a tree to be seen as far as our
Eyes could extend, a fiew willows Scattering along the Shores,
about 200 Savages are Camped on the point between the 2 rivers,
we Camped near them, they Sold us eight fat dogs and Some
fresh sammon. in the evening the whole band came Singing in
their way to our Camp around our fires and Smoaked with us,
and appeared verry friendly, they have pleanty of beeds Copper
& brass trinkets, about them which they Sign to us that they got
them from Some tradors on a River to the North of this place.