Joseph Whitehouse: September 25, 1804

E delayed to wait for the Indian chiefs and warrie[r]s
) to comé which we expected. about 10 oClock they
came about 50 in nomber. our officers made three
of them chiefs, and Gave them meddels & Some presents. 5
of them came on board & Stayed a long time. Cap! Clark and
Some men took [them] to Shore in a perogue. the Indians did
not incline to let us Go on any further up the river. they held
the cable of the perogue and Said that they wanted one perogue
at least to Stay as they were poor. Cap! Clark insisted on Go-
ing on board but they resisted for a long time. they S* they
had Soldiers on Shore as well as he had on board. Cap! Clark
told them that he had men and medican on board that would
kill 20 Such nations in one day. they then began to be Still
and only wished that we would Stop at their lodges untill their
women & children would see us. 4 of them came on board
again, & we proceeded on 1 mile and ankered out at the lower
point of an Island in the middle of the river. the 4 Indians
stayed with us all night.