Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — John Ordway: September 25, 1805

out a hunting. Cap* Clark went with an old chief down the River
to look for timber which would answer for canoes the Natives
have Several Small canoes at this place, this River is about 60
yards wide Some clifts of rocks along its Shores, the natives
have a fishery little above our Camp, they caught Several fine
Sammon this day. towards evening Cap* Clark returned and
informed us that he had been 4 or 5 miles down to a fork of the
River3 which came in on the east Side he Saw Some pitch pine
timber which he thought would answer for canoes near this forks
on the opposite shore in the evening the man who Stayed at the
village joined us had got his horse by hireing Indians to git him.