The Cloudy and Calm, a moderate rain the greater part of the last night, Sent out men to hunt this morning and they Killed 3 Bucks, rained at intervales all day. I marked my name the Day of the month & year on a [2?] Beech trees & (By Land)
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nation, opposit Came over, they brought with them 2 Sea orter Skins, for which the asked Such high prices we were uneabled to purchase, with[out] reduceing our Small Stock of merchindize on which we have to depend in part for a Subsistance on our return home, Kiled 4 brant & 3 Ducks to day
A calm Cloudy morning, a moderate rain the greater part of the last night,
in the evening Seven indians of the
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Nation Came over in a Canoe, they brought with them 2 Sea otter Skins for which they asked blue beads &c. and Such high pricies that we were unable to purchase them without reducing our Small Stock of merchendize, on which we depended for Subcistance on our return up this river— mearly to try the Indian who had one of those Skins, I offered him my Watch, handerchief a bunch of red beads and a dollar of the American Coin, all of which he refused and demanded "
This nation is the remains of a large nation destroyed by the Small pox or Some other which those people were not aquainted with, they Speak the Same language of the
Saturday 23rd Nov. 1805. Still continues rainy and high wind Several men went out a Short time a hunting and killed 3 Deer and 21 fowls. a number of Savages visited us &C—
Saturday 23d. The weather was somewhat cloudy but more calm. Some of the men went out to hunt and some to mend the canoe which had been split in the storm yesterday. The natives still stay with us, and have a few roots and berries to subsist on at present; but I cannot conjecture how they live during the winter. They have no mockasons or leggins of any kind; and scarce any other covering than the small robes, which were mentioned before.
In the afternoon, 10 of the
Saturday Novemr 23d We had a hard wind blowing the greater part of last night, & it rained powerfully. This morning it moderated, both with regard to Wind & Rain. Several of our party went out to hunt, & remained but a short time; when they returned bringing 3 deer in with them, which they had killed. The evening was pleasant, & one of our Hunters went out & killed 21 fowls of different kinds. We had during this day a number of Indians at our Camp, they came across the bay to our Camp on a Visit.—