Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — John Ordway: September 23, 1805

erable of Sammon and commass roots from the natives, these Sav-
ages are now laying up food for the winter and in the Spring they
are going over on the medicine River and Missourie River to hunt
the buffalow. Some of them have fine copper kittles and differ-
ent kinds of trinkets hanging about them, also they are fond of
any kind of marchandize, but the blue beeds they want mostly,
our officers gave the chiefs of this nation a flag a meddle and some
other Small articles their is another village about 2 miles fur-
ther down the plain they gave the chief of that village a flag and
meddle also, these natives have a great many horses and live
well, are well dressed in Elk deer and Mountain Sheep Skins,
well dressed they have but a fiew buffalow Robes, the most of
them have leather lodges and are now makeing flag lodges &C.
we got up our horses towards evening all except one which we
could not find, we loaded up left one man to look for his horse
and proceed on down to the other village and Camped, had a
Thunder Shower this evening, we bought some more Sammon
and commass, Some dressed Elk Skins &C. from these villages
who live like other.