a fair cool windey morning wind from the East. every tide which rises 8 feet 6 Inches at this place, 〈is acomp〉 comes in with high Swells which brake on the Sand Shore with great fury.
I sent out 6 men to kill deer & fowls this morning—
Took Equal altitude with Sextt.
Altitude produced 27° 58' 00"
at half past 1 oClock wapto roots, & 〈Lickorish〉 [ML: Liquorice] boiled, which they gave as presents, in return for which we gave more than the worth to Satisfy them a bad practice to receive a present of Indians, as they are never Satisfied in return. our hunters killed 3 Deer & th fowler 2 Ducks & 4 brant I Surveyed a little on the corse & made Some observns. The
Chin-nook
and is noumerous live principally on fish roots a fiew Elk and fowls. they are well armed with good Fusees. I directed all the men who wished to See more of the Ocean to Get ready to Set out with me on tomorrow day light. the following men expressed a wish to accompany me i'e'
a fair cool morning wind from the East. The tide rises at this place 8 feet 6 inches and comes in with great waves brakeing on the Sand beech on which we lay with great fury Six hunters out this morning in serch of Deer & fowl.
At half past 1 oClock Sea Coast to the North for Some distance. Several
Chinnook
Indians followed
Sunday 17th Nov. 1805. a clear morning Several of the party went out a hunting, and Several more for meat. in the after part of the day the hunters returned to Camp had killed two Deer and Several geese and brants &C.
Sunday 17th. We had a fine pleasant clear morning, and 6 hunters went out. About noon they all came in; but the hunter who remained out last night, did not return. He had killed 2 deer, and the other men brought them
in with some brants and a deer they had killed. About the same time
There are but few Indians settled down about the seashore; their dress is similar to that of some of those above. The women have a kind of fringe petticoats, made of filaments or tassels of the white cedar bark wrought with a string at the upper part, which tied round the waist. These tassels or fringe are of some use as a covering, while the ladies are standing erect and the weather calm; but in any other position, or when the wind blows, their charms have but a precarious defence.
A number of both sexes keep about our camp; some have robes made of muskrat skins sewed together, and I saw some of loon-skins. Their diet is chiefly fish and roots.
Sunday Novemr 17th This morning we had clear pleasant weather. several of our hunters went out to hunt, and took with them, some of the party to help bring in the Game that they might kill to our Camp. In the afternoon the hunters all returned to Camp. They had killed 2 Deer, and a number of Brants & Ducks, which they, & the Men that went with them brought to us. In the Evening