Diane Glancy passages from Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea (New York: Overlook, 2003)

Reuben Gold Thwaites passages from Original Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1904), vols. 1-5.

p. 12

[Clark]

4th November Sunday 1804

a fine morning we continued to cut Down trees and raise our houses, a Mr Chaubonie (Chaboneau), interpreter for the Gross Ventre nation Came to See us, and informed that he came Down with Several Indians from a hunting expidition up the river, to here [hear] what we had told the Indians in Council this man wished to hire as an interpriter, the wind rose this evening from the East & clouded up. Great numbers of Indians pass hunting and Some on the Return

v. 1, p. 217

{Clark}

4^th. November Sunday 1804--

a fine morning we continud to cut Down trees and raise our houses, a M^r. Chaubonie (Chaboneau), interpeter for the Gross Ventre nation Came to See us, and informed that the came Down with Several Indians from a hunting expidition up the river, to here [hear] what we had told the Indians in Council this man wished to hire as an interpiter, the wind rose this evening from the East & clouded up. Great numbers of Indians pass hunting and Some on the Return

p. 13

[Clark]

5 November Monday 1804

I rose verry early and commenced raising the 2 range of Huts the timber large and heavy to carry, cotton wood & Elm, Some ash, Small, our Situation Sandy, great number of Indians pass to and from hunting a camp of Mandan

v.1, p. 217

{Clark}

5 November Monday 1804--

I rose verry early and commenced raising the 2 range of Huts the timber large and heavy all to carry on on Hand Sticks, cotton wood & Elm Som ash Small, our Situation Sandy, great numbers of Indians pass to and from hunting a camp of Mandans {....}

p. 14

[Clark]

6th November Tuesday 1804

Fort Mandan

last night late we wer awoke by the Sergeant of the Guard to See a Nothern light, which was light, (but) not red, and appeared to Darken and Some times nearly obscured, and open, (divided about 20 degrees above horizon—various shapes—considerable space) many times appeared in light Streeks, and at other times a great Space light & containing floating collomns which appeared to approach each other & retreat leaveing the lighter space at no time of the Same appearance

This Morning I rose a[t] Day light the Clouds to the North appeared black at 8 oClock the [wind] began to blow hard from the N.W. and Cold, and Continued all Day

v. 1, p. 218

{Clark}

6^th November Tuesday 1804

Fort Mandan--

last night late we wer awoke by the Sergeant of the Guard to See a Nothern light, which was light, (but) not red, and appeared to Darken and Some times nearly obscured, and open, (divided about 20 degrees above horizon—various shapes—considerable space) many times appeared in light Streeks, and at other times a great Space light & containing floating collomns which appeared to approach each other & retreat leaveing the lighter space at no time of the Same appearance

This Morning I rose a[t] Day light the Clouds to the North appeared black at 8 oClock the [wind] began to blow hard from the N.W. and Cold, and Continued all Day {....}

p. 14

[Clark]

11th November Sunday 1804.

Fort Mandan

a cold Day continued to work at the Fort Two men cut themselves with an ax, The large Ducks pass to the South and Indians gave me several roles of parched meat Two Squars of the Rock mountains, purchased from the Indians by a frenchmen came down The Mandan out hunting the Buffalow

v. 1, p. 219

{Clark}

11^th November Sunday 1804.

Fort Mandan

a cold Day continued at work at the Fort Two men cut themselves with an ax, The large Ducks pass to the South an Indian gave me several roles of parched meat two Squars of the Rock mountains, purchased from the Indians by a frenchmen (Chaboneau) came down The Mandans out hunting the Buffalow

p.16

[Clark]

12th December Wednesday 1804-

a Clear Cold morning Wind from the north The Thermometer at Sun rise Stood 38 below 0

v. 1, p. 236

{Clark}

12^th December Wednesday 1804—

a Clear Cold morning Wind from the north the Thermometer at Sun rise Stood at 38° below 0 {....}

p. 17

[Clark]

17th December Monday 1804

a verry Cold morning the Thmt. Stood a[t] 45° below 0

v. 1, p. 238

{Clark}

17^th December Monday 1804—

a verry Cold morning the Thmt. Stood a[t] 45° below 0 {....}

p. 19

[Clark]

Jan 5^th 1805

a Buffalow Dance (or Medeson) (Medecine) for 3 nights...

v. 1, p. 244-245

{Clark}

5^th of January Satturday 1805

{....} a Buffalow Dance (or Medeson) (Medecine) for 3 nights {....}

p. 21

[Lewis]

7th February Thursday 1805

This morning was fair Thermometer at 18°, above naught much warmer than it has been for some days; wind S.E. continue to be visited by natives. The Sergt of the guard reported that the Indian women (wives to our interpreters) were in the habit of unbaring the fort gate at any time of night and admitting Indian visitors, I therefore directed a lock to be put to the gate and ordered that no Indian but those attached to the garrison should be permitted to remain all night within the fort or admitted during the period which the gate had been previously ordered to be kept shut, which was from sunset untill sunrise.

v. 1, p. 256

{Lewis}

7^th February Thursday 1805.

This morning was fair Thermometer at 18°. above naught much warmer than it has been for some days; wind S.E. continue to be visited by the natives. The Serg^t. of the guard reported that the Indian women (wives to our interpreters) were in the habit of unbaring the fort gate at any time of night and admitting their Indian visitors, I therefore directed a lock to be put to the gate and ordered that no Indian but those attached to the garrison should be permitted to remain all night within the fort of admitted during the period which the gate had been previously ordered to be kept shut, which was from sunset untill sunrise.

p. 22

[Lewis]

11th February Monday 1805

The party that were ordered last evening set out early this morning, the weather was fair and cold wind N.W. About five Oclock this evening one of the wives of Charbono was delivered of a fine boy. it is worthy of remark that this was the first child which this woman had boarn, and as is common in such cases her labour was tedious and the pain violent; Mr. Jessome informed me that he had freequently administered a small portion of the rattle of the rattle-snake, which he assured me had never failed to produce the desired effect, that of hastening the birth of the child; having the rattle of a snake by me I gave it to him and he administered two rings of it to the woman broken in small pieces with the fingers and added to a small quantity of water. Whether this medicine was truly the cause or not I shall not undertake to determine, but I was informed that she had not taken it more than ten minutes before she brought forth perhaps this remedy may be worthy of future experiments, but I must confess that I want faith as to it’s efficacy.

v. 1, p. 257

{Lewis}

11^th. February Monday 1805.

The party that were ordered last evening set out early this morning, the weather was fair and could wind N.W. about five Oclock this evening one of the wives of Charbono was delivered of a fine boy. it is worthy of remark that this was the first child which this woman had boarn, and as is common in such cases her labour was tedious and the pain violent; M^r. Jessome informed me that he had freequently administered a small portion of the rattle of the rattle-snake, which he assured me had never failed to produce the desired effect, that of hastening the birth of the child; having the rattle of a snake by me I gave it to him and he administered two rings of it to the woman broken in small pieces with the fingers and added to a small quantity of water. Whether this medicine was truly the cause or not I shall not undertake to determine, but I was informed that she had not taken it more than ten minutes before she brought forth perhaps this remedy may be worthy of future experiments, but I must confess that I want faith as to it’s efficacy.

p. 27

[Clark]

17th of March Sunday

...Mr Chabonah Sent a Frenchman of our party [to say] he was Sorry for the foolish part he acted and if we pleased he would accompany us agreeabley to the terms we had perposed and doe every thing we wished him to doe &etc. &etc...

v. 1, p. 274

{Clark}

17^th of March Sunday—

{....} M^r. Chabonah Sent a Frenchman of our party [to say] that he was Sorry for the foolish part he had acted and if we pleased he would accompany us agreeabley to the terms we had perposed and doe every thing we wished him to doe &c. &c. {....}

p. 29

[Clark]

Fort Mandan April th 7th 1805

Sunday, at 4 oClock PM, the Boat...Set out down the river for St Louis. at the same time we Sout out on our voyage up the river in 2 perogues and 6 canoes, and proceded on to the 1st villag. Of Mandan & camped on S.S. our party consisting of Sergt Nathaniel Pryor Sgt John Ordway. Sgt Pat. Gass; William Bratten, John Colter Joseph & Reubin Fields, John Shields, George Gibson, George Shannon, John Potts, John Collins, Jos. Whitehouse, Richard Windser, Alexander Willard, Hugh Hall, Silas Gutrich, Robert Frazuer, Peter Crouzat, John Baptiest la page, Francis Labich, Hue McNeal, William Warner, Thomas P. Howard, Peter Wiser, John B. Thompson, and my black servent york, George Drew yer who acts as hunter & interpreter, Shabonah and his Indian Squar to act as Interpreter & interpretress for the snake Indians—one Mandan & Shabonahs infant. Sah-kah-gar we a

v. 1, p. 287

[Clark:]

Fort Mandan April ^th 7^th 1805

Sunday, at 4 oClock PM, the Boat, {...} Set out down the river for S^t. Louis. at the same time we Sout out on our voyage up the river in 2 perogues and 6 canoes, and proceded on to the 1^st villag. of Mandans & camped on S.S. our party consisting of Serg^t. Nathaniel Pryor Sg^t. John Ordway. Sg^t. Pat: Gass, William Bratten, John Colter Joseph & Reubin Fields. John Shields George Gibson George Shannon, John Potts, John Collins, Jos: Whitehouse, Richard Windser, Alexander Willard, Hugh Hall, Silas Gutrich, Robert Frazure, Peter Crouzat, John Baptiest la page, Francis Labich, Hue M^cNeal, William Warner, Thomas P. Howard, Peter Wiser, J. B. Thompson, and my servent york, George Drew yer who acts as hunter & interpreter, Shabonah and his Indian Squar to act as Interpreter & interpretress for the snake Indians—one Mandan & Shabonahs infant. Sah-kah-gar we â

p. 30

[Lewis]

Tuesdsay April 9th

...the squaw busied herself in serching for the wild artichokes which the mice collect and deposit in large hoards. this operation she performed by penetrating the earth with a sharp stick about some small collection of drift wood. her labour soon proved successful, and she procured a good quantity of these roots...

v. 1, p. 288-290

[Lewis:]

Tuesday April 9^th

{....} the squaw busied herself in serching for while artichokes which the mice collect and deposit in large hoards. this operation she performed by penetrating the earth with a sharp stick about some small collections of drift wood. her labour soon proved successful, and she procured a good quantity of these roots {....}

p. 31

[Clark]

18th April Thursday 1805

...one Beaver and a Musrat cought this morning, the beaver cought in two traps, which like to have brought about a misunderstanding between two of the party &c. after brackfast I assended a hill and observed that the river made a great bend to the South, I concluded to walk thro’ the point about 2 miles and take Shabono, with me, he had taken a dost of Salts &c his squar followed on with her child, when I struck the next bend of the [river] I left this man & his wife & child on the river bank and went out to hunt, Killed a young Buck Elk, & a Deer, the Elk was tolerable meat, the Deer verry pore...

v. 1, p. 321

[Clark:]

18^th of April Thursday 1805

{....} one Beaver and a Musrat cought this morning, the beaver cought in two traps, which like to have brought about a missunderstanding between two of the party &c. after brackfast I assended a hill and observed that the river made a great bend to the South, I concluded to walk thro’ the point about 2 miles and take Shabono, with me, he had taken a dost of Salts &^c. his squar followed on with her child, when I struck the next bend of the [river] {... I} left this man & his wife & child on the river bank and went out to hunt, Killed a young Buck Elk, & a Deer, the Elk was tolerable meat, the Deer verry pore {....}

p. 32

[Clark]

19th of April Friday 1805

a blustering windey day...

v. 1, p. 322

[Clark:]

19^th. of April Friday 1805

a blustering windey day {....}

p. 32

[Clark]

30th of April Tuesday 1805

I walked on Shore to day our interpreter & his squar followed, in my walk the squar found & brought me a bush something like the currunt, which she said bore delicious froot and that great quantitis grew on the Rocky Mountains...I saw Great numbers of antelopes, also scattering Buffalow, Elk, Deer, wolves, Gees, ducks & Crows. I Killed 2 Gees which we dined on to day...

v. 1, p. 356

[Clark:]

30^th. of April Tuesday 1805

{....} I walked on Shore to day our interpreter & his squar followed, in my walk the squar found & brought me a bush of something like the currunt, which she said bore a delicious froot and that great quantitis grew on the Rocky Mountains {....} I saw Great numbers of antelopes, also scattering Buffalow, Elk, Deer, wolves, Gees, ducks & Crows. I Killed 2 Gees which we dined on to day {....}

p. 33

[Lewis]

Thursday May 2nd 1805

...every thing which is incomprehensible to the indians they call big medicine, and is the opperation of the presnts [presence] and power of the great sperit, this morning one of the men shot the indian dog that followed us for several days, he would stalk their cooked provisions.

v. 1, p. 360-361

[Lewis:]

Thursday May 2^nd. 1805.

{....} every thing which is incomprehensible to the indians they call big medicine, and is the opperation of the presnts [presence –Ed.] and power of the great sperit. this morning one of the men shot the indian dog that had followed us for several days, he would steal their cooked provision.

p. 34

[Lewis]

May the 8th Wednesday 1805

In Walking on Shore with the Interpreter & his wife, the Squar Geathered on the sides of the hills wild Lickerish, & the white apple as called by the angegees [engages] and gave me to eat, the Indians of the Missouri make Great use of the white apple dressed in different ways. Saw great numbers of Buffalow, Elk, Antelope & Deer, also black tale deer beaver & wolves, I killed a beaver which I found on the bank, & a wolf. I saw where an Indian had taken the hair off a goat skin a fiew days past. Camped early on the Lard Side. The river we passed today we call Milk river from the peculiar whiteness of it’s water, which precisely resembles tea with a considerable mixture of milk.

v. 2, p. 13-14

[Clark:]

May the 8^th. Wednesday 1805

{....} In walking on Shore with the Interpreter & his wife, the Squar Geathered on the sides of the hills wild Lickerish, & the white apple as called by the angegees [engagés] and gave me to eat, the Indians of the Missouri make Great use of the white apple dressed in different ways. Saw great numbers of Buffalow, Elk, Antelope & Deer, also black tale deer beaver & wolves, I killed a beaver which I found on the bank, & a wolf. {...} I saw where an Indian had taken the hair off a goat skin a fiew days past. Camped early on the Lar^d. Side. The river we passed today we call Milk river from the peculiar whiteness of it’s water, which precisely resembles tea with a considerable mixture of milk.

p. 35

Thursday May 9th 1805

...Capt C. killed 2 bucks and 2 buffaloe...we saved the best of the meat...for making what our wrighthand cook Charbono calls the boudin (poudingue) blanc...a white pudding one of the del[ic]acies of the forrest...About 6 feet of the large gut of the Buffaloe... he holds fast at one end with the right hand, while with the forefinger and thumb of the left he compresses it and discharges what he says is not good to eat...the mustle under the should blade next to the back, and the fillets are...needed up with kidney suit [suet]...salt pepper flour...it is then baptised in the missouri....and bobbed into a kettle...and fryed with bears oil untill it becomes brown.

v. 2, p. 14-15

[Lewis:]

Thursday May 9^th. 1805.

{....} Capt C. killed 2 bucks and 2 buffaloe {...} we saved the best of the meat {...} for making what our wrighthand cook Charbono calls the boudin (poudingue) blanc {...} this white pudding we all esteem one of the greatest del[ic]acies of the forrest {....} About 6 feet of the lower extremity of the large gut of the Buffaloe {...} he holds fast at one end with the right hand, while with the forefinger and thumb of the left he gently compresses it, and discharges what he says is not good to eat {...} the mustle lying underneath the should blade next to the back, and fillets are {...} needed up very fine with a good portion of kidney suit [suet] {...} pepper and salt and a small quantity of flour {....} it is then baptised in the missouri {...} and bobbed into the kettle {...} and fryed with bears oil untill it becomes brown {....}

p. 36

[Lewis]

Thursday May 9th 1805

I killed four plover this evening of a different species from any I have yet seen...it is about the size of the yellow legged or large grey plover common to the lower part of this river...the eye is moderately large, are black with a narrow ring of dark yellowish brown; the head, neck, upper part of the body and coverts of the wings are a dove coloured brown, which when the bird is at rest is the predominant colour; the breast and belley are of a brownish white; the tail is composed of 12 feathers of 3 Ins. being of equal length, of those the two in the center are black, with traverse bars of yellowish brown; the others are a brownish white. the large feathers of the wings are white tiped with blacked. The beak is black, 2 1/2 inches in length, slightly tapering, streight, of a cilindric form and blontly or roundly pointed; the chaps are of equal length, and nostrils narrow, longitudinal and connected; the feet and legs are smooth and of a greenish brown; has three long toes and a sho[r]t one on each foot, the long toes are unconnected with a web, and the short one is placed very high up the leg behind, insomuch that is dose not touch the ground when the bird stands erect. the notes of this bird are louder and more various than any other of this family that I have seen.

v. 2, p. 17

[Lewis:]

Thursday May 9^th. 1805.

{....} I killed four plover this evening of a different species from any I have yet seen {...} it is about the size of the yellow legged or large grey plover common to the lower part of this river {...} the eye is moderately large, are black with a narrow ring of dark yellowish brown; the head, neck, upper part of the body and coverts of the wings are of a dove coloured brown, which when the bird is at rest is the predominant colour; the brest and belley are of a brownish white; the tail is composed of 12 feathers of 3 In^s. being of equal length, of these the two in the center are black, with traverse bars of yellowish brown; the others are a brownish white. the large feathers of the wings are white tiped with blacked. the beak is black, 2 ½ inches in length, slightly tapering, streight, of a cilindric form and blontly or roundly pointed; the chaps are of equal length, and nostrils narrow, longitudional and connected; the feet and legs are smoth and of a greenish brown; has three long toes and a sho[r]t one on each foot, the long toes are unconnected with a web, and the short one is placed very high up the leg behind, insomuch that it dose not touch the ground when the bird stands erect. the notes of this bird are louder and more various than any other of this family that I have seen.

p. 37-38

[Lewis]

Tuesday May 14th 1805

It happened unfortunately for us this evening that Charbono was at the helm of the Perogue, in stead of Drewyer; ...Charbono cannot swim is perhaps the most timid waterman in the world; perhaps it was equally unluckey that Capt. C. and myself were both on shore at that moment...in this perogue were embarked our papers, Instruments, books medicine, a great part of our merchandize and...every article necessary to...the enterprize...the Perogue was under sail when a sudon squawl of wind struck her...and turned her considerably, the steersman allarmed, in stead of puting, her before the wind, lufted her up into it, the wind was so violent that it drew the brace of the squarsail out of the hand of the man who was attending it, and...would have turned her completely topsaturva, had it not been for the resistance mad[e] by the oarning against the water; in this situation Capt. C. and myself both fired our guns to attract the attention if possible of the crew and ordered the halyards to be cut and the sail hauled in, but...such was their confusion...they suffered the perogue to lye on her side for half a minute before they took the sail in, the perogue then wrighted but had filled within an inch of the gunwals; Charbono still crying for his God for mercy had not yet recollected the rudder...until Cruzat threatend to shoot him instantly if he did not take hold of the rudder...

[Clark]

14th of May Tuesday 1805

...the articles which floated out was nearly all caught by the Squar who was in the rear.

v. 2, p. 33-36

[Lewis:]

Tuesday May 14^th. 1805

{....} It happened unfortunately for us this evening that Charbono was at the helm of this Perogue, in stead of Drewyer; {...} Charbono cannot swim is perhaps the most timid waterman in the world; perhaps it was equally unluckey that Cap^t. C. and myself were both on shore at that moment {...} in this perogue were embarked, our papers, Instruments, books medicine, a great part of our merchandize and {...} every article indispensibly necessary to {...} the enterprize {....} the Perogue was under sail when a sudon squawl of wind struck her {...} and turned her considerably, the steersman allarmed, in stead of puting, her before the wind, lufted her up into it, the wind was so violent that it drew the brace of the squarsail out of the hand of the man who was attending it, and {...} would have turned her completely topsaturva, had it not been for the resistance mad[e] by the oarning [awning] against the water; in this situation Capt. C. and myself both fired our guns to attract the attention if possible of the crew and ordered the halyards to be cut and the sail hawled in, but {...} such was their confusion {...} they suffered the perogue to lye on her side for half a minute before they took the sail in, the perogue then wrighted but had filled within an inch of the gunwals; Charbono still crying to his god for mercy, had not yet recollected the rudder {...} untill {Cruzat} threatend to shoot him instantly if he did not take hold of the rudder {....}

v. 2, p. 37

[Clark:]

14^th. of May Tuesday 1805

{....} the articles which floated out was nearly all caught by the Squar who was in the rear {....}

p. 39

[Lewis]

Wednesday May 29th 1805

Last night we were all allarmed by a large buffaloe Bull, which swam over from the opposite shore and coming along side of the white perogue, climbed over it to land, he then allarmed ran up the bank in full speed directly towards the fires, and was within 18 inches of the heads of some of the men who lay sleeping before the centinel could allarm him or make him change his course, still more alarmed, now he took his direction immediatley towards our lodge, passing between 4 fires and within a few inches of the heads of one range of the men as they yet lay sleeping, when he came near the tent, my dog saved us by causing him to change his course a second time, which he did by turning a little to the right, and was quickly out of sight, leaving us by this time in an uproar with our guns in o[u]r hands, enquiring of each other the ca[u]se of the alarm, which after a few moments was explained by the centinel: we were happy to find no one hirt...

v. 2, p. 91-95

[Lewis:]

Wednesday May 29^th. 1805

Last night we were all allarmed by a large buffaloe Bull, which swam over from the opposite shore and coming along side of the white perogue, climbed over it to land, he then allarmed ran up the bank in full speed directly towards the fires, and was within 18 inches of the heads of some of the men who lay sleeping before the centinel could allarm him or make him change his course, still more alarmed, he now took his direction immediately towards our lodge, passing between 4 fires and within a few inches of the heads of one range of the men as they yet lay sleeping, when he came near the tent, my dog saved us by causing him to change his course a second time, which he did by turning a little to the right, and was quickly out of sight, leaving us by this time all in an uproar with our guns in o[u]r hands, enquiring of each other the ca[u]se of the alarm, which after a few moments was explained by the centinel: we were happy to find no one hirt {....}

p. 41

[Lewis]

Sunday June 2nd 1805.

The wind blew violently last night and was attended by a light shower of rain; the morning was fair and we set out at an early hour...Accordingly I walked on shore most of the day with some of the hunters...killed 6 Elk 2 buffal[o]e 2 Mule deer and a bear...the bear was very near catching Drewyer; it also pursued Charbono who fired his gun in the air as he ran but fortunately eluded the vigilence of the bear by secreting himself very securely in the bushes untill Drewyer finally killed it by a shot in the head; the (only) shot indeed that will conquer the farocity of those tremendious anamals...

v. 2, p. 109

[Lewis:]

Sunday June 2^nd. 1805.

The wind blew violently last night and was attended by a slight shower of rain; the morning was fair and we set out at an early hour {....} Accordingly I walked on shore most of the day with some of the hunters {...} killed 6 Elk 2 buffal[o]e 2 Mule deer and a bear {....} the bear was very near catching Drewyer; it also pursued Charbono who fired his gun in the air as he ran but fortunately eluded the vigilence of the bear by secreting himself very securely in the bushes untill Drewyer finally killed it by a shot in the head; the (only) shot indeed that will conquer the farocity of those tremenious anamals {....}

p. 42

[Lewis]

Monday June 3rd 1805

This morning early we passed over and formed a camp on the point formed by the junction of two large rivers...An interesting question was now to be determined; which of these rivers was the Missouri, or that river which the Minnetares call Amahte Arzzha or Missouri...to mistake the stream at this period of the season, two months of the traveling season having now elapsed, and to ascend such stream to the rocky Mountain or perhaps much further before we could inform ourselves whether it did approach the Columbia or not, and then be obliged to return that take the other stream would not only loose us the whole of this season but would probably dishearted the party that it might defeat the expedition altogether...accordingly we dispatched two light canoes with three men in each up those steams; we also sent out several small parties by land with instructions to penetrate the country as far as they conveniently can permitting themselves time to retun this evening...

v. 2, p. 112-113

[Lewis:]

Monday June 3^rd. 1805.

This morning early we passed over and formed a camp on the point formed by the junction of the two large rivers {....} An interesting question was now to be determined; which of these rivers was the Missouri, or that river which the Minnetares call Amahte Arz-zha or Missouri {....} to mistake the stream at this period of the season, two months of the traveling season having now elapsed, and to ascend such stream to the rocky Mountain or perhaps much further before we could inform ourselves whether it did approach the Columbia or not, and then be obliged to return and take the other stream would not only loose us the whole of this season but would probably so dishearten the party that it might defeat the expedition altogether {....} accordingly we dispatched two light canoes with three men in each up those streams; we also sent out several small parties by land with instructions to penetrate the country as far as they conveniently can permitting themselves time to return this evening {....}

p. 45

[Clark]

June 10th Monday 1805

a fine day dry all our articles arrange our baggage burry some Powder & lead in the point, Some Lead a canister of Powder & an ax in a thicket in the point at some distance, and in the large cache or hole we buried on the up land near the S. fork 1 mile up S.S. We drew up our large Perogue into the middle of a small Island in the North fork and covered her with bushes after makeing her fast to the trees, branded several trees to prevent the Indians injureing her, at 3 oClock we had hard wind from the S.W. thunder and rain for about an hour after which we repaired & corked the canoes & loaded them. Sahcahgagwea our Indian woman verry sick and I blead her, we deturmined to assend the South fork, and one of us, Capt Lewis or my self to go by land as far as the Snow mountains S. 20°. W. and examine the river & countrey course &c be certain of our assending the proper river...

v. 2, p. 141

[Clark:]

June 10^th. Monday 1805

a fine day dry all our articles arrange our baggage burry some Powder & lead in the point, some Lead a canister of Powder & an ax in a thicket in the point at some distance, and in the large cache or hole we buried on the up land near the S. fork 1 mile up S.S. we drew up our large Perogue into the middle of a small Island in the North fork and covered her with bushes after makeing her fast to the trees, branded several trees to prevent the Indians injureing her, at 3 oClock we had hard wind from the S.W. thunder and rain for about an hour after which we repaired & corked the canoes & loadded them. Sahcahgagweâ our Indian woman verry sick I blead her, we deturmined to assend the South fork, and one of us, Cap^t. Lewis or my self to go by land as far as the Snow mountains S. 20°. W. and examine the river & countrey course &^c to be certain of our assending the proper river {....}

p. 46

[Clark]

June 11th Tuesday 1805

...the Indian woman verry sick, I blead her which appeared to be of great service to her, both rivers riseing fast...

v. 2, p. 143

[Clark:]

June 11^th. Tuesday 1805

{....} the Indian woman verry sick, I blead her which appeared to be of great service to her, both rivers riseing fast.

p. 46

[Clark]

June 12th 1805 Wednesday

last night was clear and cold, this morning fair we set out at 8 oClock & proceeded on verry well wind from the S.W. The enterpreters wife verry sick so much so that I move her into the back part of the covered part of the Perogue which is cool, her own situation being a verry hot one in the bottom of the Perogue, exposed to the Sun. Saw emence No of swallows in the 1st bluff on the Lard Side, water very swift, the bluff are blackish clay & coal for about 80 feet...

v. 2, p. 145-146

[Clark:]

June 12^th 1805 Wednesday

last night was clear and cold, this morning fair we set out at 8 oClock & proceeded on verry well wind from the S.W. The enterpreters wife verry sick so much so that I move her into the back part of our covered part of the Perogue which is cool, her own situation being a verry hot one in the bottom of the Perogue exposed to the Sun. Saw emence N° of swallows in the 1^st bluff on the Lar^d. Side, water verry swift, the bluff are blackish clay & coal for about 80 feet {....}

p. 47

[Clark]

June 13th Thursday 1805

a fair morning, some dew this morning the Indian woman verry sick I gave her a doste of salts...goose berries are ripe and in great abundance, the yellow current is also common, not yet ripe...the Indian woman verry sick. Killed a goat & f raser 2 Buffalow

v. 2, p. 152

[Clark:]

June 13^th Thursday 1805

a fair morning, some dew this morning the Indian woman verry sick I gave her a doste of salts {....} goose berries are ripe and in great abundance, the yellow current is also common, not yet ripe [...] the Indian woman verry sick. Killed a goat & fraser 2 Buffalow

p. 47

[Lewis]

Thursday June 13th 1805

...I sent Feels on my right and Drewyer and Gibson on my left with orders to kill some meat and join me at the river where I should halt for dinner. I had proceded on this course about two miles with Goodrich at some distance behind me whin my ears were saluted with the agreeable sound of a fall of water and advancing a little further I saw the spray arrise above the plain like a collumn of smoke...I determined to fix my camp for the present and dispatch a man in the morning to inform Capt C. and the party of my success in finding the falls and settle in their minds all further doubts as to the Missouri...

v. 2, p. 147-150

[Lewis:]

Thursday June 13^th. 1805.

{....} I sent Feels on my right and Drewyer and Gibson on my left with orders to kill some meat and join me at the river where I should halt for dinner. I had proceded on this course about two miles with Goodrich at some distance behind me whin my ears were saluted with the agreeable sound of a fall of water and advancing a little further I saw the spray arrise above the plain like a collumn of smoke {....} I determined to fix my camp for the present and dispatch a man in the morning to inform Cap^t. C. and the party of my success in finding the falls and settle in their minds all further doubts as to the Missouri {....}

p. 48

[Clark]

June 14th Friday 1805

a fine morning the Indian woman complaining all night & excessively bad this morning. her case somewhat dangerous. two men with the Tooth ake 2 with Tumers, & one man with a Tumor & slight fever passed the camp Capt Lewis made the 1st night at which place he had left part of two bear their skins &c...

v. 2, p. 159

[Clark:]

June 14^th Friday 1805

a fine morning the Indian woman complaining all night & excessively bad this morning. her case is somewhat dangerous. two men with the Tooth ake 2 with Tumers, & one man with a Tumor & a slight fever passed the camp Cap^t. Lewis made the 1^st night at which place he had left part of two bear their skins &^c {....}

p. 49

[Clark]

June the 15th Satturday 1805

a fair morning and worm, we set out at the usial time and proceeded on with great dificuelty as the river is more rapid we can hear the falls this morning verry distinctly. Our Indian woman sick & low spirited I gave her the bark & apply it externely to her region which revived her much. The current excessively rapid and dificuelt to assend great numbers of dangerous places, and the fatigue which we have to encounter is incretiatable The men in the water from morning untill night hauling the cord & boats walking on sharp rocks and round slipery stones which alternately cut their feet & throw them down...aded to those dificuelties the rattle snakes [are] inumerable & require great caution to prevent being bitten...we passed a white clay which mixes with water like flour in every respect, the Indian woman much wors this evening, she will not take any medison, her husband petetions to return &c, river more rapid late in the evening we arrived at a rapid which appeared so bad that I did not think it prudent to attempt passing of it this evening as it was not late, we saw great numbers of Gees Ducks, crows Blackbirds &c.

v. 2, p. 161

[Clark:]

June the 15^th Satturday 1805

a fair morning and worm, we set out at the usial time and proceeded on with great dificuelty as the river is more rapid we can hear the falls this morning verry distinctly. our Indian woman sick & low spirited I gave her the bark & apply it exteranely to her region which revived her much. the current excessively rapid and dificuelt to assend great numbers of dangerous places, and the fatigue which we have to encounter is incretiatable the men in the water from morning untill night hauling the cords & boats walking on sharp rocks and round sliperery stones which alternately cut their feet & throw them down {...} aded to those dificuelties the rattle snakes [are] inumerable & require great caution to prevent being bitten {....} we pass a white clay which mixes with water like flour in every respect, the Indian woman much wors this evening, she will not take any medison, her husband petetions to return &^c., river more rapid late in the evening we arrived at a rapid which appeared so bad that I did not think it prudent to attempt passing of it this evening as it was now late, we saw great numbers of Gees Ducks, crows Blackbirds &^c {....}

p. 50

[Lewis]

Sunday June 16th 1805.

...about 2 P.M. I reached camp and found the Indian woman extreemly ill and much reduced by her indisposition. This gave me some concern as well for the poor object herself, then with a young child in her arms, as from the consideration of her being our only dependence for a friendly negociation with the Snake Indians on whom we depend for horses to assist us in our portage from the Missouri to the columnia river...I found that two doses of barks and opium which I had given her since my arrival had produced an alteration in her pulse for the better; they were now much filler and more regular. I caused her to drink the mineral water altogether. w[h]en I first came down I found that her pulse were scarcely perceptible, very quick frequently irregular and attended with strong nervous symptoms, that of the twitching of the fingers and leaders of the arm; now the pulse had become regular much fuller and a gentle perspiration had taken place; the nervous systoms have also in great measure abated, and she feels herself much freer from pain. she complains principally of the lower region of the abdomen, I therefore continued the cataplasms of barks and laudnumn which had been previously used by my friend Capt. Clark. I believe her disorder originated principally from an obstruction of the mensis in consequence of taking could [cold]...

v. 2, p. 162-164

[Lewis:]

Sunday June 16^th. 1805.

{....} about 2 P.M. I reached the camp found the Indian woman extreemly ill and much reduced by her indisposition. this gave me some concern as well for the poor object herself, then with a young child in her arms, as from the consideration of her being our only dependence for a friendly negociation with the Snake Indians on whom we depend for horses to assist us in our portage from the Missouri to the columbia river {....} I found that two dozes of barks and opium which I had given her since my arrival had produced an alteration in her pulse for the better; they were now much fuller and more regular. I caused her to drink the mineral water altogether. w[h]en I first came down I found that her pulse were scarcely perceptible, very quick frequently irregular and attended with strong nervous symptoms, that of the twitching of the fingers and leaders of the arm; now the pulse had become regular much fuller and a gentle perspiration had taken place; the nervous symptoms have also in a great measure abated, and she feels herself much freer from pain. she complains principally of the lower region of the abdomen, I therefore continued the cataplasms of bark and laudnumn which had been previously used by my friend Capt. Clark. I beleive her disorder originated principally from an obstruction of the mensis in consequence of taking could {....}

p. 51

[Clark]

June 16th of Sunday 1805

Some rain last night a cloudy morning wind hard from the S.W. we set our passed the rapid by double manning the Perogue and coanes and halted at 1/4 of a mile to examine the rapids above...the Indian woman very bad, & will take no medisin what ever, untill her husband finding her out of her sences, easyly provailed on her to take medison, if she dies it will be the fault of her husband I am now convinced. we crossed the river [the] after part of the day and formed a camp from which we intended to make the first portage, Capt Lewis stayed on the Std Side to direct the canoes over the first riffle 4 of them passed this evening the other unloaded & part of the Perogue Loading taken out...

v. 2, p. 165

[Clark:]

June 16^th. of Sunday 1805

Some rain last night a cloudy morning wind hard from the S.W. we set out passed the rapid by double manning the Perogue & canoes and halted at ¼ of a mile to examine the rapids above {....} the Indian woman verry bad, & will take no medisin what ever, untill her husband finding her out of her sences, easyly provailed on her to take medison, if she dies it will be the fault of her husband as I am now convinced. we crossed the river [the] after part of the day and formed a camp from which we intended to make the first portage, Cap^t. Lewis stayed on the St^d Side to direct the canoes over the first riffle 4 of them passed this evening the others unloaded & part of the Perogue Loading taken out {....}

p. 52

Lewis]

Monday June 17th 1805

...The Indian woman much better today; I have still continued the same course of medecine; she is free from pain clear of fever, her pulse regular, and eats as heartily as I am willing to permit her of broiled buffaloe well seasoned with pepper and salt and rich soope of the same meat; I think therefore that there is every rational hope of her recovery...

v. 2, p. 165-166

[Lewis:]

Monday June 17^th. 1805.

{....} The Indian woman much better today; I have still continued the same course of medecine; she is free from pain clear of fever, her pulse regular, and eats as heartily as I am willing to permit her of broiled buffaloe well seasoned with pepper and salt and rich soope of the same meat; I think therefore that there is every rational hope of her recovery {....}

p. 52

[Lewis]

Tuesday June 18th 1805.

...The Indian woman is recovering fast she set up the greater part of the day and walked out for the fi[r]st time since she arrived here; she eats hartily and is free from fever or pain. I continue same course of medecine and regimen expect that I added one doze of 15 drops of the oil of vitriol today about noon...

v. 2, p. 169

[Lewis:]

Tuesday June 18^th. 1805.

{....} The Indian woman is recovering fast she set up the greater part of the day and walked out for the fi[r]st time since she arrived here; she eats hartily and is free from fever or pain. I continue the same course of medecine and regimen except that I added one doze of 15 drops of the oil of vitriol today about noon {....}

p. 53

[Lewis]

Wednesday, June 19th 1805

This morning I sent out several men for the meat which was killed yesterday, a few hours after they returned with it, the wolves had not discovered it. I also dispatched George Drewyer Reubin Fields and George Shannon on the North side of the Missouri with orders to proceed to the entrance of Medecine river and indeavour to kill some Elk...The wind blew violently the greater part of the day...the Indian woman was much better this morning she walked out and gathered...white apples of which she ate so heartily in their raw state, together with a considerable quantity of dryed fish without my knowledge that she complained very much and her fever again returned. I rebuked Sharbono severely for suffering her to indulge herself with such food he being privy to it and having been previously told what she must only eat. I now gave her broken doses of diltued nitre [saltpeter] untill it produced perspiration and at 10 pm 30 drops of laudnumm which gave her a tolerable nights rest. I amused myself in fishing several hours today and caught a number of both species of the white fish, but no trout nor Cat. I employed the men in making up our baggage in proper packages for transporation...

v. 2, p. 172

[Lewis:]

Wednesday June 19^th 1805.

This morning I sent over several men for the meat which was killed yesterday, a few hours after they returned with it, the wolves had not discovered it. I also dispatched George Drewyer Ruebin Fields and George Shannon on the North side of the Missouri with orders to proceed to the entrance of Medecine river and indeavour to kill some Elk {....} The wind blew violently the greater part of the day. the Indian woman was much better this morning she walked out and gathered {...} white apples of which she eat so heartily in their raw state, together with a considerable quantity of dryed fish without my knowledge that she complained very much and her fever again returned. I rebuked Sharbono severely for suffering her to indulge herself with such food he being privy to it and having been previously told what she must only eat. I now gave her broken dozes of diluted nitre untill it produced perspiration and at 10 P.M. 30 drops of laudnum which gave her a tolerable nights rest. I amused myself in fishing several hours today and caught a number of both species of the white fish, but no trout nor Cat. I employed the men in making up our baggage in proper packages for transportation {....}

p. 55-56

[Clark]

June 20th Thursday 1805

Duering the time of my being on the Plains and above the falls I as also all my party repeatedly heard a nois which proceeded from a Direction a little to the N. of West, a loud [noise] and resembling precisely the discharge of a piece of ordinance of 6 pounds at the distance of 5 or six miles. I was informed of it several times by the men J. Fields particularly before I paid any attention to it, thinking it was thunder most probably which they had mistaken. at length walking in the plains yesterday near the most extreem S.E. bend of the River above the falls I heard this nois very distinctly, it was perfectly calm clear and not a cloud to be seen, I halted and listened attentively about two hour[s] dureing which time I heard two other discharges, and took the direction of the sound with my pocket compass which was a nearly West from me as I could estimate the sound. I have no doubt but if I had leasure I could find from whence it issued. I have thought it probable that it might be caused by running water in some of the caverns of those emence mountains, on the principle of the blowing caverns, but in such case the sounds would be periodical and regular, which is not the case with this, being sometimes heard once only and at other times several discharges in quick successions. it is heard also at different times of the day and night...I well recollect hereing the Miniatarees say that those Rocky mountains made a great noise, but they could not tell me the cause, neither could they inform me of any remakable substance of situation in these mountains which would autherise a conjecture of a probable cause...noise...

v. 2, p. 176

[Clark:]

June 20^th Thursday 1805

{....} Dureing the time of my being on the Plains and above the falls I as also all my party repeatedly heard a nois which proceeded from a Direction a little to the N. of West, a loud [noise] and resembling precisely the discharge of a piece of ordinance of 6 pounds at the distance of 5 or six miles. I was informed of it several times by the men J: Fields particularly before I paid any attention to it, thinking it was thunder most probably which they had mistaken. at length walking in the plains yesterday near the most extreem S.E bend of the River above the falls I heard this nois very distinctly, it was perfectly calm clear and not a cloud to be seen, I halted and listened attentively about two hour[s] dureing which time I heard two other discharges, and took the direction from the sound with my pocket compass which was as nearly West from me as I could estimate from the sound. I have no doubt but if I had leasure I could find from whence it issed. I have thought it probably that it might be caused by running water in some of the caverns of those emence mountains, on the principal of the blowing caverns; but in such case the sounds would be periodical and regular, which is not the case with this, being sometimes heard once only and at other times several discharges in quick succession. it is heard also at different times of the day and night {....} I well recollect hereing the Minitarees say that those Rocky mountains make a great noise, but they could not tell me the cause, neither could they inform me of any remarkable substance or situation in these mountains which would autherise a conjecture of a probable cause {...} noise {....}

p. 57

[Clark]

June 22nd Satturday 1805

a fine morning Capt Lewis my self and all the party except a Serjeant Ordway Guterich and the Interpreter and his wife Sac-car-gah-we-a (who are left at camp to take care of the baggage left) across the portage with one canoe on truck wheels and loaded with part of our baggage...we got within half a mile of our intended camp much fatigued at dark, our tongus broke & we took a load to the river on the mens back, where we found a number of wolves which had destroyed a great part of our meat...

v. 2, p. 181

[Clark:]

June 22^nd Satturday 1805

a fine morning Cap^t Lewis my self and all the party except Serjeant Ordway Guterich and the Interpreter and his wife Sar-car-gah-we-â (who are left at camp to take care of the baggage left) across the portage with one canoe on truck wheels and loaded with part of our baggage {....} we got within half a mile of our intended camp much fatigued at dark, our tongus broke & we took a load to the river on the mens back, where we found a number of wolves which had distroyed a great part of our meat {....}

p. 58

[Lewis]

Monday June 24th 1805

...The Indian woman is now perfectly recovered...

v. 2, p. 184

[Lewis:]

Monday June 24^th. 1805.

{....} The Indian woman is now perfectly recovered {....}

p. 58

[Lewis]

Tuesday June 25th 1805.

Capt Clark somewhat unwell today. He made Charbono kook for the party against their return. it is worthy of remark that the winds are sometimes so strong in these plains that the men informed me that they hoisted a sail in the canoe and it had driven her along on the truck wheels...

v. 2, p. 187

[Lewis:]

Tuesday June 25^th. 1805.

{....} Cap^t. C. somewhat unwell today. he made Charbono kook for the party against their return. it is worthy of remark that the winds are sometimes so strong in these plains that the men informed me that they hoisted a sail in the canoe and it had driven her along on the truck wheels {....}

p. 58

[Clark]

June 26th Wednesday 1805

...& set Chabonah to trying up the Buffalo tallow & put into the empty Kegs &c

I assorted our articles for to be left at this place buried...Cattrages a few small lumbersom articles Capt Lewis Desk and some books & small articles in it...

v. 2, p. 190

[Clark:]

June 26^th. Wednesday 1805

{....} & set Chabonah to trying up the Buffalow tallow & put into the empty Kegs &^c. I assort our articles for to be left at this place buried {...} Cattrages a few small lumbersom articles Cap^t Lewis Desk and some books & small articles in it {....}

p. 59

[Lewis]

Saturday June 29th 1805

...Transaction and occurrencies which took place with Capt Clark and party today...he took with him his black man York, Sharbono and his indian woman on his arrival at the falls he perceived a very black cloud rising in the West which threatened immediate rain; he looked about for a shelter but could fine none without being in great danger of being blown into the river should the wind prove as violent as it sometimes is on...the plains; at length he discovered a rivene where there were some shelving rocks under which he took shelter near the river with Sharbono and the Indian woman; laying guns, compass &c. under a shelving rock on the upper side of the rivene where they were perfectly secure from the rain...soon after a most violent torrent of rain decended accompanied with hail; the rain...instantly collected in the rivene and came down in a rolling torrent with irrisistable force driving rocks mud and everything before it...Capt Clark seized his gun and shot pouch with his left hand with the right assisted himself up the steep bluff shoving occasionally the Indian woman before him who had her child in her arms; Sharbono had the woman by the hand indeavouring to pull her up the hill but was so much frightened that he remained frequently motionless and but for Capt C both himself and his [wo]man and child must have perished...So sudden was the rise of water that before Capt C could reach his gun and begin to ascend the bank it was up to his waist and wet his watch...one moment longer & it would have swept them into the river just above the great cataract...

v. 2, p. 196

[Lewis:]

Saturday June 29^th. 1805.

{....} Transaction and occurrencies which took place with Cap^t. Clark and party today {....} he {...} took with him his black man York, Sharbono and his indian woman {...} on his arrival at the falls he perceived a very black cloud rising in the West which threatened immediate rain; he looked about for a shelter but could fine none without being in great danger of being blown into the river should the wind prove as violent as it sometimes is on {...} these plains; at length {...} he discovered a deep rivene where there were some shelving rocks under which he took shelter near the river with Sharbono and the Indian woman; laying their guns compass &c. under a shelving rock on the upper side of the rivene where they were perfectly secure from the rain {...} soon after a most violent torrent of rain decended accompanyed with hail; the rain {...} instantly collected in the rivene and came down in a roling torrent with irrisistable force driving rocks mud and everything before it {...} Cap^t. C. {...} seizing his gun and shot pouch with his left hand with the right he assisted himself up the steep bluff shoving occasionally the Indian woman before him who had her child in her arms; Sharbono had the woman by the hand indeavouring to pull her up the hill but was so much frightened that he remained frequently motionless and but for Cap^t. C. both himself and his [wo]man and child must have perished. so suddon was the rise of the water that before Cap^t. C. could reach his gun and begin to ascend the bank it was up to his waist and wet his watch {....} one moment longer & it would have swept them into the river just above the great cataract {...}

p. 64

[Clark]

Thursday July 25th 1805

a fine morning we proceeded on a fiew miles to the three forks of the Missouri those three forks are nearly of a Size, the North fork appears to have the most water and must Considered as the one best calculated for us to assend...the Indian have latterly Set the Prairies on fire, the Cause I can’t account for. I saw one horse track going up the river, about four or 5 days past. after Brackfast (which we made on the ribs of a Buck killed yesterday), I wrote a note informing Capt Lewis the rout I intended to take...Shabano our Interpreter nearly tired [out] one of his ankles failing him. The bottoms are extensive and tolerable land covered with tall grass & prickly pears. The river verry much divided by Islands, Some Elk Bear & Deer and Some small timber on the Island. Great quantities of Currents, red black yellow, Purple, also Mountain Currents...Choke Cheries, Boin roche...Musquetos [and knats] verry troublesom...

v. 2, p. 271

[Clark:]

July 25^th Thursday 1805

a fine morning we proceeded on a fiew miles to the three forks of the Missouri those three forks are nearly of a Size, the North fork appears to have the most water and must be Considered as the one best calculated for us to assend {....} the Indians have latterly Set the Prairies on fire, the Cause I can’t account for. I saw one horse track going up the river, about four or 5 days past. after Brackfast (which we made on the ribs of a Buck killed yesterday), I wrote a note informing Cap^t. Lewis the rout I intended to take {....} Shabono our Interpreter nearly tired [out] one of his ankles failing him. The bottoms are extencive and tolerable land covered with tall grass & prickley pears {....} The river verry much divided by Islands, Some Elk Bear & Deer and Some small timber on the Islands. Great quantities of Currents red, black, yellow, Purple, also Mountain Currents {...} Choke Cheries, Boin roche {....} Musquetors verry troublesom {...}

p. 65

[Lewis]

Friday July 26th 1805

Set out early this morning and as usual current strong with frequent riffles...the high lands are...covered with...dry low sedge and...grass...the seeds of which are armed with a long twisted hard beard...with stiff little bristles...which penetrate our mockersons and leather legings and give us great pain untill they are removed...my poor dog suffers with them excessivley and is constantly binting and scratching himself as if in a rack of pain...found a deer’s skin which had been left by Capt. C. with a note informing me of his having met with a horse but had seen no fresh appearance of the Indians...This morning Capt Clark left Sharbono and Joseph Fields at the camp of last evening and proceeded up the river about 12 miles to the top of a mountain...rejoined Sharbono and Fields...Capt C. so unwell that he felt no inclination to eat...after a short respite he resumed his march pass[ed] the North fork at a large island; here Charbono was very near being wept away by the current and cannot swim, Capt. C however risqued him[self] and saved his life.

v. 2, p. 272

[Lewis:]

Friday July 26^th. 1805.

Set out early this morning as usual current strong with frequent riffles {....} the high lands are {...} covered with dry low sedge and {...} grass {...} the seeds of which are armed with a long twisted hard beard {...} with little stiff bristles {...} which {....} penetrate our mockersons and leather legings and give us great pain untill they are removed. my poor dog suffers with them excessively, he is constantly binting and scratching himself as if in a rack of pain {....} found a deer’s skin which had been left by Capt. C. with a note informing me of his having met with a horse but had seen no fresh appearance of the Indians {....} This morning Cap^t. Clark left Sharbono and Joseph Fields at the camp of last evening and proceeded up the river about 12 miles to the top of a mountain {....} rejoined Sharbono and Fields {...} Cap^t. C. was so unwell that he had no inclunation to eat. after a short respite he resumed his march pass[ed] the North fork at a large island; here Charbono was very near being swept away by the current and cannot swim, Capt. C however risqued him[self] and saved his life {....}

p. 66

[Lewis]

Sunday July 28^th 1805

...Our present camp is precisely on the spot that the Snake Indians were encamped at the time of the Minnetares [Hidatsa] of the Knife R. first came in sight of them five years since. from hence they retreated about three miles up Jeffersons river and concealed themselves in the woods, the Minnetares pursued, attacked them killed 4 men 4 women a number of boys, Sah-cah-gar-we-ah o[u]r Indian woman was one of the female prisoners taken at that time; tho’ I cannot discover that she shews any immotion of sorrow in recollecting this event, or of joy in being again restored to her native country; if she has enough to eat and a few trinkets to wear I believe she would be perfectly content anywhere.

v. 2, p. 282

[Lewis:]

Sunday July 28^th. 1805.

{....} Our present camp is precisely on the spot that the Snake Indians were encamped at the time the Minnetares of the Knife R. first came in sight of them five years since. from hence they retreated about three miles up Jeffersons river and concealed themselves in the woods, the Minnetares pursued, attacked them, killed 4 men 4 women a number of boys {...} Sah-cah-gar-we-ah o[u]r Indian woman was one of the female prisoners taken at that time; tho’ I cannot discover that she shews any immotion of sorrow in recollecting this event, or of joy in being again restored to her native country; if she has enough to eat and a few trinkets to wear I beleive she would be perfectly content anywhere.

p. 67

[Lewis]

Tuesday July 30^th 1805

Sharbono, his woman and two invalleds and myself walked through the bottom of the Lard side of the river about 4 1/2 miles when we again struck it at the place the woman informed us that she was taken prisoner. Here we halted untill Capt Clark arrived which was not untill after one P.M. the water being strong and the river extreemly crooked.

v. 2, p. 286

[Lewis:]

Tuesday July 30^th. 1805.

{....} Sharbono, his woman two invalleds and myself walked through the bottom on the Lar^d. side of the river about 4 ½ miles when we again struck it at the place the woman informed us that she was taken prisoner. here we halted untill Cap^t. Clark arrived which was not untill after one P.M. the water being strong and the river extreemly crooked {....}

p. 68

[Clark]
August 7th Wednesday 1805

all Streams Contain emence number of Beaver orter Muskrats &c

v. 2, p. 320

[Clark:]

August 7^th Wednesday 1805

{....} all those Streams Contain emence number of Beaver orter Musk-rats &c.

p. 68

[Lewis]

Thursday August 8th 1805

...the Indian woman recognized the point of a high plain to our right which she informed us was not very distant from the summer retreat of her nation on a river beyond the mountains which runs to the west. the hill she says her nation calls the beaver’s head from a conceived re[se]mblance of it’s figure to the head of that animal. she assures us that we shall either find her people on this river or on the river immediately west of it’s source; which from it’s present size cannot be very distant...

v. 2, p. 320-321

[Lewis:]

Thursday August 8^th. 1805.

{....} the Indian woman recognized the point of a high plain to our right which she informed us was not very distant from the summer retreat of her nation on a river beyond the mountains which runs to the west. this hill she says her nation calls the beaver’s head from a conceived re[se]mblance of it’s figure to the head of that animal. she assures us that we shall either find her people on this river or on the river immediately west of it’s source; which from it’s present size cannot be very distant {....}

p. 69

[Lewis]

Sunday August 11^th 1805

After having marched for five miles I discovered an Indian on horse back about two miles distant coming down the plain toward us. With my glass I discovered from his dress that he was of a different nation from any that we had yet seen, and was satisfyed of his being a Sosone.

v. 2, p. 329

[Lewis:]

Sunday August 11^th. 1805.

{....} after having marched {...} for about five miles I discovered an Indian on horse back about two miles distant coming down the plain towards us. with my glass I discovered from his dress that he was of a different nation from any that we had yet seen, and was satisfyed of his being a Sosone {....}

p. 69

[Lewis]

Wednesday August 14th

...this evening Charbono struck his indian Woman for which Capt C. gave him a severe repremand.

v. 2, p. 348

[Lewis:]

Wednesday August 14^th.

{....} this evening Charbono struck his indian Woman for which Cap^t. C. gave him a severe repremand {....}

p. 70-71

[Lewis]

Saturday August 17th 1805

...Shortly after Capt Clark arrived with the Interpreter Charbono, and the Indian woman, who proved to be a sister of the Chief Cameahwait. The meeting of those people was really affecting, particularly between Sah-cah-gar-we-ah and and an Indian woman, who had been taken prisoner at the same time with her and who, had afterwards escaped from the Minnetares [Hidatsa] and rejoined her nation...we unloaded our canoes and...formed a canopy of one of our large sails...for the Indians to set under while we spoke to them...about 4. P.M. we called them together and through the medium of Labuish, Charbono, and Sah-cah-gar-weah, we communicated to them fully the objects which had brought us into this distant part of the country...we also gave them as a reason why we wished to pe[ne]trate the country as far as the ocean to the west of them was to examine and find out a more direct way to bring merchandize to them...[we asked for] horses to transport our baggage without which we could not subsist, and...a pilot to conduct us through the mountains was also necessary... but ... wedid not ask their horses or their services without giving satisfactory compensation in return...we gave him [Cameahwait] a medal...with the likeness of Mr Jefferson the President of the U’States in releif on one side and clasp hands with the pipe and tomahawk on the other...to the other chiefs we gave each a small medal which were struck in the Presidency of George Washing[ton] Esqr.

v. 2, p. 361-363

[Lewis:]

Saturday August 17^th. 1805—

{....} Shortly after Cap^t. Clark arrived with the Interpreter Charbono, and the Indian woman, who proved to be a sister of the Chief Cameahwait. the meeting of those people was really affecting, particularly between Sah-cah-gar-we-ah and an Indian woman, who had been taken prisoner at the same time with her and who, had afterwards escaped from the Minetares and rejoined her nation {....} we unloaded our canoes and {...} formed a canopy of one of our large sails {...} for the Indians to set under while we spoke to them {....} about 4. P.M. we called them together and through the medium of Labuish, Charbono, and Sah-cah-gar-weah, we communicated to them fully the objects which had brought us into this distant part of the country {....} we also gave them as a reason why we wished to pe[ne]trate the country as far as the ocean to the west of them was to examine and find out a more direct way to bring merchandize to them. {.... we asked for} horses to transport out baggage without which we could not subsist, and a pilot to conduct us through the mountains was also necessary {...} but {...} we did not ask either horses or their services without giving a satisfactory compensation in return {....} we gave him {Cameahwait} a medal {...} with the likeness of M^r. Jefferson the President of the U’ States in releif on one side and clasp hands with a pipe and tomahawk on the other, to the other Chiefs we gave each a small medal which were struck in the Presidency of George Washing[ton] Esq^r. {....}

p. 72-73

[Lewis]

Saturday August 17th 1805 [continued]

...we gave the 1st Chief an uniform coat shirt a pair of scarlet legings a carrot of tobacco and some small articles to each of the other we gave a shi[r]t leging[s] handkerchief a knife some tobacco and a few small articles we also distributed a good quantity paint mockerson awles knives beads looking-glasses &c among the other Indians and gave them a plentifull meal of lyed (hull taken off by being boiled in lye) corn which ws the first they had ever eaten in their lives...every article about us appeared to excite astonishment in their minds; the appearance of the men, their arms, the canoes, our manner of working them, the b[l]ack man york and the sagacity of my dog were equally objects of admiration. I also shot my air-gun which was so perfectly incomprehensible that they immediately denominated it the great medicine. The idea which the indians mean to convey this apellation is something that eminates from or acts immediately by the influence or power of god is manifest by it’s incomprehensible power of action...To keep the indians in good humour you must not fatique them with too much business at one time. Therefore after the council we gave them to eat and amused them a while by shewing them such articles as we thought would be entertaining to them, and then renewed our enquiries with rispect to the country.

v. 2, p. 363

[Lewis:]

Saturday August 17^th. 1805— {continued}

{....} we gave the 1^st. Chief an uniform coat shirt a pair of scarlet legings a carrot of tobacco and some small articles to each of the others we gave a shi[r]t leging[s] handkerchief a knife some tobacco and a few small articles we also distributed a good quantity paint mockerson awles knives beads looking-glasses &c among the other Indians and gave them a plentifull meal of lyed (hull taken off by being boiled in lye) corn which was the first they had ever eaten in their lives {....} every article about us appeared to excite astonishment in ther minds; the appearance of the men, their arms, the canoes, our manner of working them, the b[l]ack man york and the sagacity of my dog were equally objects of admiration. I also shot my air-gun which was so perfectly incomprehensible that they immediately denominated it the great medicine. the idea which the indians mean to convey by this appellation is something that eminates from or acts immediately by the influence or power of {...} god is manifest by it’s incomprehensible power of action {....} To keep indians in a good humour you must not fatiegue them with too much business at one time. therefore after the council we gave them to eat and amused them a while by shewing them such articles as we thought would be entertaining to them, and then renewed our enquiries with rispect to the country {....}

p. 73

[Lewis]

Monday August 19th 1805

...I was anxious to learn whether these people had the venerial, and made the enquiry through the interpreter and his wife; the information was that they sometimes had it but I could not learn their remedy; they most usually die from it’s effects. This seems a strong proof that these disorders both ganaraehah [gonorreah] and Louis Venerae are native disorders of of America.

v. 2, p. 373

[Lewis:]

Monday August 19^th. 1805

{....} I was anxious to learn whether these people had the venerial, and made the enquiry through the interpreter and his wife; the information was that they sometimes had it but I could not learn their remedy; they most usually die with it’s effects. this seems a strong proof that these disorders both ganaræhah [gonorrhea] and Louis Veneræ are native disorders of America {....}

p. 75

[Lewis]

Wednesday August 21st 1805

This morning was very cold. the ice 1/4 of an inch thick on the water which stood in the vessels exposed to the air, some wet deerksins that had been spread on the grass last evening are stiffly frozen. the ink f[r]eizes in my pen...

v.3, p. 3

[Lewis:]

Wednesday August 21^st 1805.

This morning was very cold. the ice ¼ of an inch thick on the water which stood in the vessels exposed to the air. some wet deerskins that had been spread on the grass last evening are stiffly frozen. the ink f[r]eizes in my pen {....}

p. 75

[Lewis]

August 23rd Friday 1805

...I proceeded on. Sometimes in a Small wolf parth & other times Climbing over rocks for 12 miles...

v.3, p. 25

[Clark:]

August 23^rd Friday 1805

{....} I proceeded on. Sometimes in a Small wolf parth & at other times Climing over the rocks for 12 miles {....}

p. 76

[Lewis]

Sunday August 25th 1805

...sometime after we had halted, Charbono mentioned to me with apparent unconcern that he expected to meet all the Indians from the camp on the Columbia tomorrow on their way to the Missouri. allarmed at this information I asked why he expected to meet them. he then informed me that the 1st Chief had dispatched some of his young men...requesting the Indians to meet them tomorrow...and consequently leave me and my baggage on the mountain...I was out of patience with the folly of Charbono who had not sufficient sagacity to see the consequencies which would inevitably flow from such a movement of the indians, and altho’ he had be in possession of this information since early in the morning when it had been communicated to him by his Indian women yet he never mentioned it untill the after noon...

v.3, p. 34

[Lewis:]

Sunday August 25^th. 1805.

{....} sometime after we had halted, Charbono mentioned to me with apparent unconcern that he expected to meet all the Indians from the camp on the Columbia tomorrow on their way to the Missouri. allarmed at this information I asked why he expected to meet them. he then informed me that the 1^st. Cheif had dispatched some of his young {...} requesting the Indians to meet them tomorrow {...} and consequently leave me and my baggage on the mountain {...} I was out of patience with the folly of Charbono who had not sufficient sagacity to see the consequencies which would inevitably flow from such a movement of the indians, and altho’ he had been in possession of this information since early in the morning when it had been communicated to him by his Indian woman yet he never mentioned it untill the after noon {....}

p. 79

[Clark]

Wednesday (Sunday) Sept 15th 1805

...Several horses Sliped and roled down Steep hills which hurt them verry much the one which Carried my desk & Small trunk Turned over & roled down a mountain 40 yards & lodged against a tree, broke the Desk the horse escaped and appeared but little hurt Some others verry much hurt, from this point I observed a range of high mountains Covered with Snow from SE. To SW with their tops bald...of timber...

v. 3, p. 67-68

{Clark}

Wednesday (Sunday) Sep^t. 15^th. 1805

{....} Several horses Sliped and roled down Steep hills which hurt them verry much the one which Carried my desk & Small trunck Turned over & roled down a mountain for 40 yards & lodged against a tree, broke the Desk the horse escaped and appeared but little hurt Some others verry much hurt, from this point I observed a range of high mountains Covered with Snow from SE. to SW with their tops bald {...} of timber {....}

p. 80

[Clark]

October 6th Saturday [Sunday]

1805

...I am taken verry unwell with a pain in the bowels & Stomach, which is certainly the effets of my diet...

v. 3, p. 96

{Clark}

October 6^th Saturday [Sunday] 1805

{....} I am taken verry unwell with a pain in the bowels & Stomach, which is certainly the effects of my diet {....}

p. 80

[Clark]

October 8th Tuesday 1805

...had everything opened, and two Sentinels put over them to keep off the Indians who are enclined to theave haveing Stole Serveral Small articles those people appeared disposed to give us every assistance in their power during our distress.

v. 3, p. 99

{Clark}

October 8^th. Tuesday 1805—

{....} had every thing opened, and two Sentinels put over them to keep off the Indians, who are enclined to theave haveing Stole Several Small articles those people appeared disposed to give us every assistance in their power during our distress {....}

p. 81

[Clark]

October 9th Wednesday 1805

...at Dark we were informed that our old guide & his son had left us and had been Seen running up the river Several miles above, we could not account for the cause of his leaveing us at this time, without receiving his pay for he services he had rendered us...Or letting us know of his intentions, we requested a Chief to Send a horseman after our old guide to come back and receive his pay &c. which he advised us not to as his nation would take his things from him before he passed their camps...a woman faind madness &c. &c...

v. 3, p. 100

{Clark}

October 9^th Wednesday 1805—

{....} at Dark we were informed that our old guide & his son had left us and had been Seen running up the river Several miles above, we could not account for the cause of his leaveing us at this time, without receiving his pay for the services he had rendered us, or letting us know anything of his intention.

we requested the Chief to Send a horseman after our old guide to come back and receive his pay &c. which he advised us not to do as his nation would take his things from him before he passed their camps {...} a woman fain^d madness &c. &c. {....}

p. 82

[Clark]

October 13th Sunday 1805

The wife of Shabono our interpreter we find reconsiles all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions a woman with a party of men is a token of peace...

v. 3, p. 111

[Clark, first draft:]

October 13^th. Sunday 1805

{....} The wife of Shabono our interpreter we find reconsiles all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions a woman with a party of men is a token of peace

p. 82

[Clark]

October 14th Monday 1805

a verry Cold morning wind from the West and Cool untill about 12 oClock when it Shifted to the S.W. at 2 1/2 miles passed a remarkable rock verry large and resembling the hill [hull] of a Ship Situated on a Lard point at some distance...passed rapids at 6 and 9 miles. at 12 miles we came too at the head of a rapid which the Indians told me was verry bad, we viewed the rapid found it bad in decending three Stern Canoes stuck fast for some time...here we dined, and for the first time for three weeks past I had a good dinner of Blue wing Teal, after dinner we Set out and had not proceded on two miles before our Stern Canoe in passing thro a Short rapid opposit the head of an Island, run on a Smothe rock and turned board Side...The canoe filed and sunk a number of articles floated out, Such as the mens bedding clothes & skin.

v. 3, p.115

{Clark}

October 14^th. Monday 1805

a verry Cold morning wind from the West and Cool untill about 12 oClock when it Shifted to the S.W. at 2-½ miles passed a remarkable rock verry large and resembling the hill [hull] of a Ship Situated on a Lar^d. point at some distance...passed rapids at 6 and 9 miles. at 12 miles we came too at the head of a rapid which the Indians told me was verry bad, we viewed the rapid found it bad in decending three Stern Canoes stuck fast for some time {...} here we dined, and for the first time for three weeks past I had a good dinner of Blue wing Teel, after dinner we Set out and had not proceded on two miles before our Stern Canoe in passing thro a Short rapid opposit the head of an Island, run on a Smothe rock and turned board Side...The canoe filed and sunk a number of articles floated out, Such as the mens bedding clothes & skins {....}

p. 83

[Clark]

October 17th Thursday 1805

Capt Lewis took a Vocabulary of the Languages of those people who call themselves Sakulk...Those people as also those of the flat heads which we had passed on the Koskoske and the Lewis’s rivers are subject to sore eyes, and many are blind of one and Some of both eyes. this misfortune must be owing to the reflections of the sun &c. on the waters in which they are continually fishing during the Spring Summer & fall, & snows dureing the, winter Seasons, in this open countrey where the eye has no rest...

v. 3, p. 123; 126

{Clark}

October 17^th. Thursday 1805

{....} Cap^t. Lewis took a Vocabulary of the Language of those people who call themselves Sokulk {....} Those people as also those of the flat heads which we had passed on the Koskoske and the Lewis’s rivers are subject to sore eyes, and many are blind of one and Some of both eyes. this misfortune must be owing to the reflections of the sun &c. on the waters in which they are continually fishing during the Spring Summer & fall, & snows dureing the, winter Seasons, in this open countrey where the eye has no rest {....}

p. 85

[Clark]

October 18th Friday 1805

...we thought it necessary to lay in a Store of Provisions for our voyage, and the fish being out of Season, we purchased forty dogs for which we gave articles of little value, such as bells, thimbles, knitting pins, brass wire and a few beeds...everything arranged we took in our Two Chiefs, and set out on the great Columbia river, haveing left our guide and the two young men two of them enclined not to proceed on any further, and the 3d could be of no service to us as he did not know the river below...

v. 3, p. 130

{Clark}

October 18^th Friday 1805

{....} we thought it necessary to lay in a Store of Provisions for our voyage, and the fish being out of Season, we purchased forty dogs for which we gave articles of little value, such as bells, thimbles, knitting pins, brass wire and a few beeds {....} every thing arranged we took in our Two Chiefs, and set out on the great Columbia river, haveing left our guide and the two young men two of them enclined not to proceed on any further, and the 3^d. could be of no service to us as he did not know the river below {....}

p. 85

[Clark]

October 19th Saturday 1805

...the Indians came out & Set by me and smoked. They said we came from the clouds &c. &c. and were not men &c &c...As Soon as they Saw the Squar wife of the interperter they pointed to her...they imediately all came out and appeared to assume new life, the sight of This Indian woman, wife to one of our interprts confirmed those people of our friendly intentions, as no woman ever accompanies a war party of Indians in this quarter...

v. 3, p. 136

{Clark}

October 19^th Saturday 1805

{....} the Indians came out & Set by me and smoked They said we came from the clouds &c. &c. and were not men &c. &c. {...} as Soon as they Saw the Squar wife of the interperter they pointed to her {...} they imediately all came out and appeared to assume new life, the sight of This Indian woman, wife to one of our interpr^s. confirmed those people of our friendly intentions, as no woman ever accompanies a war part of Indians in this quarter {....}

p. 86

[Clark]

October 23rd Wednesday 1805

...Great numbers of Sea Otters in the river below the falls, I shot one in the narrow chanel to day which I could not get. Great numbers of Indians visit us both from above and below. one of the old Chiefs who had accompanied us from the head of the river, informed us that he herd the Indians Say that the nation below intended to kill us. we examined all the arms &c. complete the amunition to 100 rounds. The nativs leave us earlyer this evening than usial, which gives a Shadow of confermation to the information of our old Chief, as we are at all time & places on our guard...I observed on the beach near the Indian Lodges two butifull canoes of different Shape & Size to what we had Seen above wide in the midd[l]e and tapering to each end, on the bow curious figures were cut in the wood &c. Capt Lewis went up to the Lodges to See those Canoes and exchanged our Smallest canoe for one of them by giveing a Hatchet & a few trinkets to the owner who informed that he purchased it of a white man below for a horse, these canoes are neeter made than any I have ever Seen and calculated to ride the waves, and carry emense burthens...our two old chiefs appeared verry uneasy this evening.

v. 3, p. 150-151

{Clark}

October 23^rd. Wednesday 1805

{....} Great numbers of Sea Otters in the river below the falls, I shot one in the narrow chanel to day which I could not get. Great numbers of Indians visit us from both above and below. one of the old Chiefs who had accompanied us from the head of the river, informed us that he herd the Indians Say that the nation below intended to kill us. we examined all the arms &c. complete the amunition to 100 rounds. The nativs leave us earlyer this evening than usial, which gives a Shadow of confermation to the information of our old Chief, as we are at all times & places on our guard {....} I observed on the beach near the Indian Lodges two butifull canoes of different Shape & Size to what we had Seen above wide in the midd[l]e and tapering to each end, on the bow curious figures were cut in the wood &c. Cap^t. Lewis went up to the Lodges to See those Canoes and exchanged our Smallest canoe for one of them by giveing a Hatchet & few trinkets to the owner who informed that he purchased it of a white man below for a horse, these canoes are neeter made than any I have ever Seen and calculated to ride the waves, and carry emence burthens {....} our two old chiefs appeared verry uneasy this evening.

p. 87

[Clark]

October 25th Friday 1805

A cool morning Capt Lewis and my Self walked down to See the place the Indians pointed out as the worst place in passing through the gut...according on our return divided the party Some to take over the Canoes, and others to take our Stores across a portage of a mile to a place on the chanel below this bad whorl & Suck...

v. 3, p. 157

{Clark}

October 25^th. Friday 1805

A cool morning Cap^t. Lewis and my Self walked down to See the place the Indians pointed out as the worst place in passing through the gut {....} accordingly on our return divided the party Some to take over the Canoes, and others to take our Stores across a portage of a mile to a place on the chanel below this bad whorl & Suck {....}

p. 88

[Clark]

October 27th Sunday 1805

...we took a vocabelary of the Languages of the 2 nations, the one liveing at the Falls call themselves E-nee-shur. The other resideing at the levels or narrows in a village on the Std side call themselves E-chee-lute not withstanding those people live only 6 miles apart, [they understand] but fiew words of each others language the language of those above having great similarity with those tribes of flat heads we have passed. all have the clucking tone anexed which is predominate above, all flatten the heads of their female children near the falls, and maney have follow the same custom. The language of the Che-luc-it-te-quar a fiew miles before is different from both in a small degree. The wind increased in the evening and blew verry hard from the same point W day fair and cold...Some words with Shabono about his duty...

v. 3, p. 163-164

[Clark, first draft:]

October 27^th Sunday 1805

{....} we took a vocabelary of the Languages of the 2 nations, the one liveing at the Falls call themselves E-nee-shur. The other resideing at the levels or narrows in a village on the St^d. side call themselves E-chee-lute not withstanding those people live only 6 miles apart, [they understand] but fiew words of each others language the language of those above having great similarity with those tribes of flat heads we have passed. all have the clucking tone anexed which is predominate above, all flatten the heads of their female children near the falls, and maney above follow the same custom. The language of the Che-luc-it-te-quar a fiew miles below is different from both in a small degree. The wind increased in the evening and blew verry hard from the same point W day fair and cold {....} Some words with Shabono about his duty {....}

p. 89

[Clark]

October 29th Tuesday 1805

...I observed in the lodge of the chief sundery articles which must have been precured from the white people, Such [as] a Scarlet & blue cloth Sword Jacket & hat. I also observed two wide Split broads w[i]th images on them cut and painted in emitation of a man...The chief then direted his wife to hand him his medison bag which he opened and Showed is 14 fingers...of his enemies which he had taken in war...this is the first Instance I ever knew of the Indians takeing any other trofea of their exploits off the dead bodies of their Enimies except the Scalp...we purchased 12 Dogs and 4 Sacks of fish, & some fiew ascid berries, after brackfast we proceeded on...

v. 3, p. 169-170

{Clark}

October 29^th. Tuesday 1805

{....} I observed in the lodge of the chief sundery articles which must have been precured from the white people, Such [as] a Scarlet & blue cloth Sword Jacket & hat. I also observed two wide Split broads w[i]th images on them cut and painted in emitation of a man {....} The Chief then directed his wife to hand him his medison bag which he opened and Showed us 14 fingers {...} of his enemies which he had taken in war {...} this is the first Instance I ever knew of the Indians takeing any other trofea of their exploits off the dead bodies of their Enimies except the Scalp {....} we purchased 12 Dogs and 4 Sacks of fish, & some fiew ascid berries, after brackfast we proceeded on {....}

p. 90-91

[Clark]

October 31st Thursday 1805

A cloudy rainey disagreeable morning I proceeded down the river to view [the rapids] we had to pass...the Great Shute [the Cascades of the Columbia River]

which commenced at the Island on which we encamped continued with great rapidity and force thro a narrow chanel much compressed...at 1/2 a mile below the end of the portage passed a house where there had been an old town for ages past as this house was old Decayed and a place of fleas I did not enter it...about 1/2 a mile below this house...is 8 Vaults...In several of these vaults the dead bodies w[e]re raped...in Skins tied...with grass and bark...laid...east & west...other Vaults containing bones only...on the tops and on poles...hung Brass kittles & frying pans pearced through the bottoms, baskets, bowls of wood, sea Shels, skins, bits of Cloth, hair, bags of Trinkets & Small pieces of bone &c...and...curious engraveing and Paintings on the boards which formed the Vaults I observed Several wooden Images, cut in the fugure[s] of men...I also observed the remains of Vaults rotted entirely into the ground and covered with moss...This must be the burrying place for maney ages for the inhabitants of those rapids....

v. 3, p. 177-179

{Clark}

October 31^st. Thursday 1805

A cloudy rainey disagreeable morning I proceeded down the river to view {...} [the rapids] we had to pass {...} the Great Shute {the Cascades of the Columbia River}

which commenced at the Island on which we encamped continued with great rapidity and force thro a narrow chanel much compress^d {...} at ½ a mile below the end of the portage passed a house where there had been an old town for ages past as this house was old Decayed and a place of fleas I did not enter it {....} about ½ a mile below this house {...} is 8 Vaults {....} In Several of those vaults the dead bodies w[e]re raped {...} in Skins tied {...} with {...} grass and bark, laid {...} east & west {....} other Vaults containing bones only {....} on the tops and on poles {...} hung Brass kittles & frying pans pearced through their bottoms, baskets, bowls of wood, sea Shels, skins, bits of Cloth, hair, bags of Trinkets & Small pieces of bone &c. and {...} curious engraveing and Paintings on the boards which formed the Vaults I observed Several wooden Images, cut in the figure[s] of men {...} I also observed the remains of Vaults rotted entirely into the ground and covered with moss. This must bee the burrying place for maney ages for the inhabitants of those rapids {....}

p. 91

[Clark]

November 3rd Sunday 1805

The fog so thick this morning we did not think it prudent to set out untill 10 oClock we set out and proceeded on verry well accompanied by our Indian friends. This morning Labich killed 3 Geese flying Collins killed a Buck. This water rose __ Inches last night the effects of tide...a canoe arrived with a man his wife and 3 children, and a woman whome had been taken prisoner from the Snake Inds on Clarks River. I sent the Interpreters wife who is a So so ne or Snake Indian of the Missouri, to Speake to this squar, they could not understand each other Sufficiently to converse...Indians continue to be with us, The Indians at the last village have more cloth and Uropean trinkets than above.

v. 3, p. 190-193

[Clark, first draft:]

November 3^rd Sunday 1805

The fog so thick this morning we did not think it prudent to set out untill 10 oClock we set out and proceeded on verry well accompanied by our Indian friends. This morning Labich killed 3 Geese flying Collins killed a Buck. This water rose [figure erased] Inches last night the effects of tide {....}

{Clark}

November 3^rd. Sunday 1805

{....} a canoe arrived {...} with a man his wife and 3 children, and a woman whome had been taken prisoner from the Snake Ind^s. on Clarks River {...} I sent the Interpreters wife who is a So so ne or Snake Indian of the Missouri, to Speake to this squar, they could not understand each other Sufficiently to converse {....}

v. 3 p. 195

[Clark, first draft:]

Nov^r. 4^th Monday 1805

{....} Indians continue to be with us {...} The Indians at the last village have more cloth and Uropean trinkets than above {....}

p. 92

[Clark]

November 7th Thursday 1805

Great joy in camp we are in view of the Ocian, (in the morning when the fog clears off just below last village...) this great Pacific Octean which we had been so long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey Shores...may be heard distin[n]ctly...We made 34 miles to day...

v. 3, p. 210

{Clark}

November 7^th. Thursday 1805

{....} Great joy in camp we are in view of the Ocian (in the morning when fog cleared off just below last village {...}) this great Pacific Octean which we been so long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey Shores {...} may be heard disti[n]ctly We made 34 miles to day {...}

p. 93

[Clark]

November 12th Tuesday 1805

A Tremendious wind from the S.W. about 3 o Clock this morning with Lightineng and hard claps of Thunder, and Hail which Continued untill 6 oClock a.m. when it became light for a Short time, then the heavens became sudenly darkened by a black cloud from the S.W. and rained with great violence untill 12 oClock, the waves tremendious brakeing with great fury against the rocks and trees on which we were encamped. our Situation is dangerous...we took the advantage of low tide and moved our camp around a point to a Small wet bottom...It would be distressing to see our situation, all wet and colde our bedding also wet (and the robes of the party which compase half the bedding is rotten)...

v. 3, p. 218

{Clark}

November 12^th Tuesday 1805

A Tremendious wind from the S.W. about 3 oClock this morning with Lightineng and hard claps of Thunder, and Hail which Continued untill 6 oClock a.m. when it became light for a Short time, then the heavens became sudenly darkened by a black cloud from the S.W. and rained with great violence untill 12 oClock, the waves tremendious brakeing with great fury against the rocks and trees on which we were encamped. our Situation is dangerous. we took advantage of a low tide and moved our camp around a point to a Small wet bottom {....} It would be distressing to See our Situation, all wet and colde our bedding also wet, (and the robes of the party which compose half the bedding is rotten {...}) {....}

p. 94

[Clark]

November 15th Friday 1805

Rained all the last night at intervales of sometimes 2 hours...eleven days of rain...I can neither hunt...or proceed on...We loaded and set out passed the blustering Point below which is a sand beech, with a small marshey bottom for 3 miles on the Stard Side, on which is a large village of 36 houses deserted by the Inds & in full possession of the flees...The tide meeting of me and the emence swells from the Main Ocian (immediately in front of us) raised to such a hite that I concluded to form a camp on the highest spot...4 Indians in a canoe came down the papto [wapatoo] roots to sell, which they asked blankets or ropes, both of which we could not spare I informed those Indians all of which understood some English that if they stole our guns &c the men would certainly shute them, they all promised not to take any thing...

v. 3, p. 223-224

[Clark, first draft:]

November 15^th. Friday 1805

Rained all the last night at intervales of sometimes of 2 hours {....} eleven days rain {...} I can neither {...} hunt {...} or proceed on {....} we loaded {...} and set out passed the blustering Point below which is a sand beech, with a small marshey bottom for 3 miles on the Star^d. Side, on which is a large village of 36 houses deserted by the Inds & in full possession of the flees {....} The tide meeting me and the emence swells from the Main Ocian (imedeately in front of us) raised to such a hite that I concluded to form a camp on the highest spot {....} 4 Indians in a canoe came down with papto [wapatoo] roots to sell, for which they asked blankets or robes, both of which we could not spare I informed those Indians all of which understood some English that if they stole our guns &^c. the men would certainly shute them, they all Promised not to take any thing {....}

p. 95

[Clark]

November 17th Sunday 1805

...At half past 10 Clock Capt Lewis returned haveing travesed Haley Bay to Cape Disappointment and Sea coast to the North for Some distance. Several Chinnook Indians followed Capt L. and a Canoe came up with roots mats &c. to Sell...

v. 3, p. 229-230

{Clark}

November 17^th. Sunday 1805

{....} At half past 10 Clock Cap^t. Lewis returned haveing travesed Haley Bay to Cape Disapointment and the Sea coast to the North for Some distance. Several Chinnook Indians followed Cap^t. L—, and a Canoe came up with roots mats &c. to Sell {....}

p. 95

[Clark]

Novr 20th Wednesday 1805

...maney Indians about one of which had on a robe made of 2 sea otter skins. Capt Lewis offered him many things for his skins with others a blanket a coat all of which he refused we at length purchase it for a belt of Blue Beeds which the Squar had...

v. 3, p. 237

[Clark, first draft:]

Nov^r. 20^th. Wednesday 1805

{....} maney Indians about one of which had on a robe made of 2 sea orters skins. Cap^t. Lewis offered him many things for his skins with others a blanket a coat all of which he refused we at length purchased it for a belt of Blue Beeds which the Squar had {....}

p. 96

[Clark]

November 21st Thursday 1805

...Several Indians and squars came this evening I beleave for the purpose of gratifying the passion of our men, Those people appear to view sensuality as a necessary evill...The young women sport openly with our men...maney of the women are handsom...The women ware a string of something curious tied tight above the ankle, all have large swelled legs & thighs They live on Elk, Deer, fowls, but principlaly fish and roots of 3 kinds. Lickorish, Wapto &c...Pocks & venereal is common amongst them...I saw one man & one woman who appeared to be all in scabs & several men with the venereal their other Disorder and the remides for them I could not learn...

v. 3, p. 239-240

[Clark, first draft:]

November 21^st. Thursday 1805

{....} Several Indians and squars came this evening I beleave for the purpose of gratifying the passions of our men, Those people appear to view sensuality as a necessary evill {....} The young women sport openly with our men {...} maney of the women are handom {....} The women ware a string of something curious tied tight above the anckle, all have swelled legs & thighs {...} They live on Elk, Deer, fowls, but principally fish and roots of 3 kinds. Lickorish, Wapto &^c. {....} Pocks & venereal is common amongst them. I saw one man & one woman who appeared to be all in scabs & several men with the venereal their other Disorders and the remides for them I could not lern {....}

p. 97

[Clark]

Saturday 30th November 1805

...Some men Complain of a looseness and griping which I contribute to the diet, pounded fish mixed with Salt water, I directed that in future that the party mix the pounded fish with fresh water. The squar gave me a piece of bread made of flour which She had reserved for her child and carefully Kept untill this time, which had unfortunately got wet, and a little Sour. this bread I ate with great satisfaction, it being the only mouthfull I had tasted for Several months past. my hunters killed three Hawks...They Saw 3 Elk but could not get a Shot at them. They fowlers killed 3 black Ducks with Sharp white beeks...

v. 3, p. 259-260

{Clark}

Saturday 30^th. of November 1805

{...} Several men Complain of a looseness and griping which I contribute to the diet, pounded fish mixed with Salt water, I derect that in future that the party mix the pounded fish with fresh water. The squar gave me a piece of bread made of flour which She had reserved for her child and carefully Kept untill this time, which has unfortunately got wet, and a little Sour. this bread I eate with great satisfaction, it being the only mouthfull I had tasted for Several months past. my hunters killed three Hawks {...} they Saw 3 Elk but could not get a Shot at them. The fowlers killed 3 black Ducks with Sharp White beeks {....}

p. 97

[Clark]

Tuesday 24th December 1805

Some hard rain at Different times last night, and moderately this morning without intermition all hands employed in carrying Punchens & finishing covering the huts, and the greater part of the men move into them a hard rain in the evening...

v. 3, p. 288

[Clark, first draft:]

December 24^th Tuesday –5

Some hard rain at different times last night, and moderately this morning without intermition all hands employed in carrying Punchens & finishing covering the huts, and the greater part of the men move into them a hard rain in the evening {....}

p. 98

[Clark]

Christmas Wednesday 25th

December 1805

at day light this morning we we[re] awoke by the discharge of the fire arm[s] of all our party & a Selute, Shouts and a Song which the whole party joined in under our windows...I recved a pres[e]nt of Capt L. of a fleece hosrie [hosiery] Shirt Draws and Socks, a pr Mockerson of Whitehouse a Small Indian basket of Gutherich, two Dozen white weazils tails of the Indian woman...we would have spent this day the nativity of Chris in feasting, had we any thing either to raise our Sperits or even gratify our appetites, our Diner concisted of pore Elk, so much Spoiled that we eate it thro’ necessity, Some Spoiled pounded fish and a fiew roots.

v. 3, p. 290-292

{Clark}

Christmas Wednesday 25^th. December 1805

at day light this morning we we[re] awoke by the discharge of the fire arm[s] of all our party & a Selute, Shouts and a Song which the whole party joined in under our windows {....} I recved a pres[e]nt of Cap^t. L. of a fleece hosrie [hosiery] Shirt Draws and Socks, a p^r. Mockersons of Whitehouse a Small Indian basket of Gutherich, two Dozen white weazils tails of the Indian woman {....}

we would have Spent this day the nativity of Christ in feasting, had we any thing either to raise our Sperits or even gratify our appetites, our Diner concisted of pore Elk, so much Spoiled that we eate it thro’ mear necessity, Some Spoiled pounded fish and fiew roots.

p. 99

[Clark]

Monday 30th December 1805

we had a Sumptious Supper of Elks tongues & marrow bones which was truly gratifying. our fortification is completed this evening and at Sun set we let the nativs know that our Custom will be in future, to Shut the gates at Sun Set at which time all Indians must go out of the fort and not return into it untill next morning...

v. 3, p. 299

{Clark}

Monday 30^th. December 1805

{....} we had a Sumptious Supper of Elks tongues & marrow bones which was truly gratifying. our fortification is completed this evening and at Sun set we let the nativs know that our Custom will be in future, to Shut the gates at Sun Set at which time all Indians must go out of the fort and not return into it untill next morning {....}

p. 99

[Lewis]

Fort Clatsop 1806 Wednesday the 1st of January

This morning I was awoke by the discharge of a Volley of Small arms, which were fired by our party in front of our quarters to usher in the new year, this was the only mark of respect which we had in our power to pay this Selibrated day. our repast of this day tho’ better than that of Christmas consisted principally in the anticipation of the 1st day of January 1807, when in the bosom of our friends we hope to participate in the mirth and hilarity of the day...

v. 3, p. 305

{Clark}

Fort Clatsop 1806 Wednesday the 1^st. of January

This morning I was awoke at an early hour by the discharge of a Volley of Small arms, which were fired by our party in front of our quarters to usher in the new year, this was the only mark of respect which we had it in our power to pay this Selibrated day. our repast of this day tho’ better than that of Christmas consisted principally in the anticipation of the 1^st. day of January 1807, when in the bosom of our friends we hope to participate in the mirth and hilarity of the day {....}

p. 101

[Lewis]

Monday January 6th 1806

Capt Clark set out after an early breakfast with the party in two canoes...Charbonoe and his Indian woman were also of the party; the Indian woman was very impo[r]tunate to be permitted to go, and was therefore indulged; she observed that she had traveled a long way with us to see the great waters, and that now that monstrous fish was also to be seen, she thought it very hard she could not be permitted to see either (she had never yet been to the Ocean)...

v. 3, p. 314-315

[Lewis:]

Monday January 6^th. 1806.

Capt Clark set out after an early breakfast with the party in two canoes {...} Charbono and his Indian woman were also of the party; the Indian woman was very impo[r]tunate to be permitted to go, and was therefore indulged; she observed that she had traveled a long way with us to see the great waters, and that now that monstrous fish was also to be seen, she thought it very hard she could not be permitted to see either (she had never yet been to the Ocean) {....}

p. 102

[Clark]

Wednesday 8th January 1806

...[I] thank providence for directing the whale to us; and think him more kind to us than he was to jonah having sent this Monster to be Swallowed by us in Sted of Swallowing of us as jonah’s did...

v. 3, p. 325

[Clark:]

Wednesday 8^th. January 1806

{....} {I} thank providence for directing the whale to us; and think him much more kind to us than he was to jonah, having Sent this Monster to be Swallowed by us in Stead of Swallowing of us as jonah’s did {....}

p. 104-105

[Lewis]

Friday February b

...Capt Clark completed a map of the country through which we have been passing from Fort Mandan to this place. in this map the Missouri Jefferson’s river the S.E. branch of the Columbia, Kooskooske and columbia from the entrance of the S.E. fork to the pacific Ocean as well as part of Flathead (Clarks) river and our tract across the Rocky Mountains are laid down by celestial observation and survey. we now discover that we have found the most practicable and navigable passage across the Continent...it is that which we traveled with the exception of...the entrance of Dearborn’s River untill we arrived at the Flat-head (Clarks) river at the entrance of Travelers rest creek; the distance between those two points would be traveled more advantageously by land as the navigation of the Missouri above the river Dearborn is laborious and 420 miles distant by which no advantage is gained...the most practiable rout across the continent is by way of the Missouri (falls of Missouri) to the entrance of Dearborn’s river...from there to flathead (Clarks) river (by land to) the entrance of Traveller’s rest Creek, from thence up Traveller’s rest creak to the forks, [across] a range of mounttains which divides the waters of the two forks of this creek, and which still continuing it’s Westwardly course divides the waters of the two forks of the Kooskooske river to their junction; from thence to decend to the S.E. branch of the Columbia, thence down...the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean.

v. 4, p. 68-69

[Lewis:]

Friday February 14^th. 1806.

{....} Cap^t. Clark completed a map of the country through which we have been passing from Fort Mandan to this place. in this map the Missouri Jefferson’s river the S.E. branch of the Columbia, Kooskooske and Columbia from the entrance of the S.E. fork to the pacific Oceans as well as a part of Flathead (Clarks) river and our tract [track] across the Rocky Mountains are laid down by celestial observation and survey {....} we now discover that we have found the most practicable and navigable passage across the Continent {...} it is that which we traveled with the exception of {...} the entrance of Dearborn’s River untill we arrived on the Flat-head (Clarks) river at the entrance of Travelers rest creek; the distance between those two points would be traveled more advantageously by land as the navigation of the Missouri above the Dearborn is laborious and 420 miles distant by which no advantage is gained {....} the best and most Practicable rout across the Continent is by way of the Missouri (falls of Missouri) to the entrance of Dearborn’s river {...} from thence to flathead (Clarks) river (by land to) at the entrance of Traveller’s rest Creek, from thence up Traveller’s rest creek to the forks, {...across} a range of mounttains which divides the waters of the two forks of this creek, and which still continuing it’s Westwardly course divides the waters of the two forks of the Koskooske river to their junction; from thence to decend {...} to the S.E. branch of the Columbia, thence down {...} the Columbia {...} to the Pacific Ocean.

p. 107

[Lewis]

Sunday February 16th 1806

Sent Shannon Labeish and frazier on a hunting expedition up the Kil-haw-a-nak-kle river which discharges itself into the head of Meriwethers Bay...Bratten is verry weak and complains of a pain in the power part of the back when he moves...I gave him barks and saltpeter. Gibsons fever still continues obstinate tho’ not very high; we gave him a dose of Dr. Rushes pills which in maney instancis I have found extreamly effecasious in fevers which are in any measure caused by the presence of boil.

v. 4, p. 78-79

[Clark:]

Sunday February 16^th 1806.

Sent Shannon Labiesh and frazier on a hunting excurtion up the Kil-kaw-a-nak-kle river which discharges itself into the head of Meriwethers Bay {....} Bratten is verry weak and complains of a pain in the lower part of the back when he moves {....} I gave him barks and saltpeter. Gibsons fever still continues obstinate tho’ not verry high; we gave him a dose of D^r. Rushes pills which in maney instancis I have found extreamly effecasious in fevers which are in any measure caused by the presence of boil {....}

p. 109-110

[Lewis]

Tuesday March 18th 1806

Drewyer was taken last night with a violent pain in his side. Capt Clark blead him. several of the men are complaining of being unwell. it is truely unfortunate that they should be sick at the moment of our departure...Comowooll and two Cathlahmahs visited us today; we suffered them to remain all night. this morning we gave Delashelwilt a certificate of his good deportment &c. And also a list of our names...with preamble...“The object of this list is, that through the medium of some civilized person who may see the same, it may be made known to the informed world, that the party consisting of the persons whose names are hereunto annexed, and who were sent out by the government of the U’States in May 1804. to explore the interior of the continent of North America did penetrate the same by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the discharge of the latter into the Pacific Ocean, where they arrived on the 14th of November 1805, and from there they departed on the day of March 1806 on their return to the United States...”

v. 4, p. 180-181

[Lewis:]

Tuesday March 18^th. 1806.

Drewyer was taken last night with a violent pain in his side. Cap^t. Clark blead him. several of the men are complaining of being unwell. it is truly unfortunate that they should be sick at the moment of our departure {....} Comowooll and two Cathlahmahs visited us today; we suffered them to remain all night. this morning we gave Delashelwilt a certificate of his good deportment &c. and also a list of our names {....with...} preamble {...} “The object of this list is, that through the medium of some civilized person who may see the same, it may be known to the informed world, that the party consisting of the persons whose names are hereunto annexed, and who were sent out by the government of the U’States in May 1804. to explore the interior of the Continent of North America, did penetrate the same by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the discharge of the latter into the Pacific Ocean, where they arrived on the 14^th. of November 1805, and from whence they departed the [blank space in MS.] day of March 1806 on their return to the United States {...}” {....}

p. 111

[Clark]

Sunday 23rd March 1806

This morning proved so raney and uncertain that we were undetermined for some time whether we had best set out & risque the [tide] which appeared to be riseing or not. Jo Colter returned having killed an Elk...the rain seased and it became fair about Meridian, at which time we loaded our canoes & at 1 P.M. left Fort Clatsop on our homeward bound journey. at this place we had wintered and remained from the 7th of Decr 1805 to this day and have lived as well as we had any right to expect, and we can say that we were never one day without 3 meals of some kind a day either pore Elk meat or roots, notwithstanding the repeated fall of rain which has fallen almost constantly since...Nov last...

v. 4, p. 197

[Clark:]

Sunday 23^rd. 1806

This morning proved so raney and uncertain that we were undetermined for some time whether we had best set out & risque the [tide] which appeared to be riseing or not. Jo Colter returned haveing killed an Elk {....} the rained seased and it became fair about Meridian, at which time we loaded our canoes & at 1 P.M. left Fort Clatsop on our homeward bound journey. at this place we had wintered and remained from the 7^th. of Dec^r. 1805 to this day and have lived as well as we had any right to expect, and we can say that we were never one day without 3 meals of some kind a day either pore Elk meat or roots, notwithstanding the repeated fall of rain which has fallen almost constantly since {...} Nov^r. last {....}

p. 112

[Lewis]

Friday April 11th 1806

...Three of this same tribe of villains the Wah-clel-lars, stole my dog this evening, and took him towards their village; I was shortly afterwards informed of this transaction by an indian who spoke the Clatsop language...and sent three men in pursuit of the theives with orders if they made the least resistence or difficulty in surrendering the dog to fire on them; they overtook these fellows or reather came within sight of them at the distance of about 2 miles; the indians discovering the party in pursuit left the dog and fled...

v. 4, p.267-268

[Lewis:]

Friday April 11^th. 1806.

{....} three of this same tribe of villains the Wah-clel-lars, stole my dog this evening, and took him towards their village; I was shortly afterwards informed of this transaction by an indian who spoke the Clatsop language {...} and sent three men in pursuit of the theives with orders if they made the least resistence or difficulty in surrendering the dog to fire on them; they overtook these fellows or reather came within sight of them at the distance of about 2 miles; the indians discovering the party in pursuit of them left the dog and fled {....}

p. 113

[Clark]

Wednesday May 7th 1806

...The Indians inform us that the snow is yet so deep on the mountains that we shall not be able to pass them untill after the next full moon or about the first of June. others set the time at a more distant period...this was unwelcom inteligence to men confined to...horsebeef and roots, and who are anxious to return to the fat plains of the Missouri, and thence to our native homes...

v.4, p. 369-371

[Clark:]

Wednesday May 7^th 1806

{...} The Indians inform us that the snow is yet so deep on the mountains that we shall not be able to pass them untill after the next full moon or about the first of June. others set the time at a more distant period. this [is] unwelcom intiligence to men confined to {...} horsebeef and roots, and who are as anxious {...} to return to the fat plains of the Missouri, and thence to our native homes {....}

p. 114

[Lewis]

Thursday 8th of May 1806

...The Snake Indian was much displeased that he was not firnished with as much Deer as he could eate. he refused to speake to the wife of Shabono, through whome we could understand the nativs. we did not indulge him and in the after part of the day he came too and spoke very well...

v. 5, p. 9

[Clark:]

Thursday 8^th of May 1806.

{....} The Snake Indian was much displeased that he was not furnished with as much Deer as he could eate. he refused to speake to the wife of Shabono, through whome we could understand the nativs. we did not indulge him and in the after part of the day he came too and spoke very well {....}

p. 114

[Clark]

Wednesday May 14th 1806

we have found our stonehorses [stallions] so troublesome that we indeavoured to exchange them with the Chopunnish for mears or gel[d]ing but they will not excha[n]ge altho’ we offer 2 for one, we came to a resolution to castrate them and began the operation this evening one of the Indians present offered his services on this occasion. he cut them without tying the string of the stone as is usual, and assures us that they will do much better in that way...

v.5, p. 35

[Lewis:]

Wednesday May 14^th. 1806.

{....} we have found our stonehorses [stallions] so troublesome that we indeavoured to exchange them with the Chopunnish for mears or gel[d]ings but they will not excha[n]ge altho’ we offer 2 for one, we came to a resolution to castrate them and began the operation this evening one of the indians present offered his services on this occasion. he cut them without tying the string of the stone as is usual, and assures us that they will do much better in that way {....}

p. 115

[Lewis]

Saturday May 17^th 1806

It rained the greater part of the last night and this morning until 8 OCk the water passed through [the] flimzy covering and wet our bed most perfectly in sho[r]t we lay in the water all the latter part of the night...I opened it [the chronometer] and founded [it] nearly filled with water which I carefully drained out exposed it to the air and wiped the works as well as I could with dry feathers after which I touched them with a little bears oil. several parts of the iron and steel works were rusted a little which I wiped with all the care in my power. I set her to going and from her apparent motion hope she has sustained no material injury...I am pleased at finding the river rise so rapidly, it no doubt is attributeable to the me[l]ting snows of the mountains; that icy barier which seperates me from my friends and Country, from all which makes life esteemable—patience, patience...

v. 5, p. 43-44

[Lewis:]

Saturday May 17^th. 1806.

It rained the greater part of the last night and this morning untill 8 OC^k. the water passed through [the] flimzy covering and wet our bed most perfectly in sho[r]t we lay in the water all the latter part of the night {....} I opened it {the chronometer} and founded [it] nearly filled with water which I carefully drained out exposed it to the air and wiped the works as well as I could with dry feathers after which I touched them with a little bears oil. several parts of the iron and steel works were rusted a little which I wiped with all the care in my power. I set her to going and from her apparent motion hope she has sustained no material injury {....} I am pleased at finding the river rise so rapidly, it now doubt is attributeable to the me[l]ting snows of the mountains; that icy barier which seperates me from my friends and Country, from which makes life esteemable.—patience, patience

p. 115

[Clark]

Sunday 18th May 1806

...The Squar wife of Shabono busied her self in gathering the roots of the fenel called by the Snake Indians Year-pah for the purpose of drying to eate on the Rocky mountains.

v. 5, p. 47

[Clark:]

Sunday 18^th May 1806

{....} The Squar wife to Shabono busied her self gathering the roots of the fenel called by the Snake Indians Year-pah for the purpose of drying to eate on the Rocky mountains {....}

p. 116

[Lewis]

Monday May 19th 1806

...at 11 A.M. Thompson returned from the village accompanyed by a train of invalids consisting of 4 men 8 women and a child. The men had soar eyes and the women in addition had soar eyes had a variety of other complaints principally rhuematic; a weakness and pain in the loins is a common complaint with their women...eyewater was administered to all; to two of the women cathartics were given, to a third who appeared much dejected and who from their account of her disease we supposed to be histerical, we gave 30 drops of Laudanum...

v. 5, p. 48

[Lewis:]

Monday May 19^th. 1806.

{....} at 11 A.M. Thompson returned from the village accompanyed by a train of invalids consisting of 4 men 8 women and a child. The men had soar eyes and the women in addition to soar eyes had a variety of other complaints principally rheumatic; a weakness and pain in the loins is a common complaint with their women. eyewater was administered to all; to two of the women cathartics were given, to a third who appeared much dejected and who from their account of her disease we supposed it to be histerical, we gave 30 drops of Laudanum {....}

p. 117

[Lewis]

Thursday May 22nd 1806

...Charbono’s Child is very ill this evening; he is cuting teeth, and for several days past has a violent lax, which having suddonly stoped he was attacked with a high fever and his neck and throat are much swollen this evening. we gave him a doze of creem of tartar and flour of sulpher and applyed a poltice of boiled onions to his neck as warm as he could bear it...

v. 5, p. 56

[Lewis:]

Thursday May 22^nd 1806.

{....} Charbono’s Child is very ill this evening; he is cuting teeth, and for several days past has had a violent lax, which having suddonly stoped he was attacked with a high fever and his neck and throat are much swolen this evening. we gave him a doze of creem of tartar and flour of sulpher and applyed a poltice of boiled onions to his neck as warm as he could well bear it {....}

p. 117

[Clark]

Thursday 22nd May 1806

...Shabonos son a small child is dangerously ill. his jaw and throat is much swelled. we apply a poltice of onions, after giveing him some creem of tartar &c. This day proved to be fine and fair which afforded us an oppertunety of drying our baggage which had got a little wet.

v. 5, p. 58

[Clark:]

Thursday 22^nd. May 1806

{....} Shabonos son a small child is dangerously ill. his jaw and throat is much swelled. we apply a poltice of onions, after giving him some creem of tartar &^c. this day proved to be fine and fair which afforded us an oppertunety of drying our baggage which had got a little wet.

p. 118

[Lewis]

Saturday May 24th 1806

The child was very wrestless last night; it’s jaw and the back of it’s neck are much more swollen than they were yesterday tho’ his fever has abated considerably. We gave it a doze of creem of tartar and applyed a fresh poltice of onions...

v. 5, p. 60

[Lewis:]

Saturday May 24^th. 1806.

The child was very wrestless last night; it’s jaw and the back of it’s neck are much more swolen than they were yesterday tho’ his fever has abated considerably. we gave it a doze of creem of tartar and applied a fresh poltice of onions {....}

p. 118

[Lewis]

Sunday May 25th 1806

...the Child is more unwell than yesterday. We gave it a doze of creem of tartar which did not operate, we therefore gave it a clyster in the evening...

v. 5, p. 63

[Lewis:]

Sunday May 25^th. 1806.

{....} the Child is more unwell than yesterday. we gave it a doze of creem of tartar which did not operate, we therefore gave it a clyster in the evening {....}

p. 119

[Lewis]

Tuesday May 27th 1806

...Charbono’s son is much better today, tho’ the swelling on the side of his neck I believe will terminate in an ugly imposthume a little below the ear.

v. 5, p. 68

[Lewis:]

Tuesday May 27^th. 1806

{....} Charbono’s son is much better today, tho’ the swelling on the side of his neck I beleive will terminate in an ugly imposthume a little below the ear {....}

p. 120

[Lewis]

Wednesday May 28th 1806

...The child is also better, he is free of fever, the imposthume is not so large but seems to be advancing to maturity...

v. 5, p. 75

[Lewis:]

Wednesday May 28^th. 1806

{....} The Child is also better, he is free of fever, the imposthume is not so large but seems to be advancing to maturity {....}

p. 120

[Clark]

Thursday 29th of May 1806

No movement of the party to day worthy of notice...Bratten is recovering his strength very fast. the Child, and the Indian Cheaf are also on the recovery. The Chief has much more use of his hands and arms...Since my arrival here I have killed several birds of the Corvus genus of a kind found only in the rocky mountains...

v. 5, p. 82

[Clark:]

Thursday May 29^th. of May 1806

No movement of the party to day worthy of notice {....} Bratten is recovering his strength very fast. the Child, and the Indian Cheaf are also on the recovery. the Chief has much more use of his hands and arms {....} Since my arrival here I have killed several birds of the Corvus genus of a kind found only in the rocky mountains {....}

p. 120

[Lewis]

Friday May 30th 1806

...all of our invalids are on the recovery. we gave the sick Chief a severe Swet to day, shortly after which he could move one of his legs and thy’s and work his toes...The reptiles which I have which I have observed in this quarter are rattle snake of the species discribed on the Missouri, they are abundant...

v. 5, p. 88

[Clark:]

Friday May 30^th. 1806

{....} all of our invalides are on the recovery. we gave the sick Chief a severe Swet to day, shortly after which he could move one of his legs and thy’s and work his toes {....} The reptiles which I have observed in this quarter are the rattle snake of the species discribed on the Missouri, they are abundant {....}

p. 121-122

[Lewis]

Friday June 6th 1806

...we met with a beautiful little bird in this neighbourhood about the size and somewhat the shape of the large sparrow. it is rather longer in proportion to it’s bulk than the sparrow. it measures 7 inches from the extremity of the beek to that of the tail, the latter occupying 2 1/2 inches. the beak is reather more than half an inch in length, and is formed much like the virginia nitingale; it is thick and large for a bird of its size; wide at the base, both chaps convex, and pointed, the uper exceeds the under chap a little is somewhat curved and of a brown colour; the lower chap of a greenish yellow...the eye full raether large and of a black colour both puple and iris. the plumage is remarkably delicate; that of the neck and head is of a fine orrange yellow and red, the latter predominates on the top of the head and arround the base of the beak from whence it graduly deminishes & towards the lower part of the neck, the orrange yellow prevails most; the red has the appearance of being laid over a ground of yellow. the breast, the sides, rump and some of the long feathers which lie between the legs and extend underneath the tail are of a fine orrange yellow. the tail, back and wings are black, e[x]cept a small strip of yellow on the outer part of the middle joint of the wing, 1/4 of an inch wide and an inch in length. the tail is composed of twelve feathers of which those in the center are reather shortest, and the plumage of all the feathers of the tail is longest on that side of the quill next the center of the tail... [&c. &c. &c........]

v. 5, p. 111-112

[Lewis]

Friday June 6^th. 1806

{....} we meet with a beautifull little bird in this neighbourhood about the size and somewhat the shape of the large sparrow. it is reather longer in proportion to it’s bulk than the sparrow. it measures 7 inches from the extremity of the beek to that of the tail, the latter occupying 2-½ inches. the beak is reather more than half an inch in length, and is formed much like the virginia nitingale; it is thick and large for a bird of it’s size; wide at the base, both chaps convex, and pointed, the uper exceeds the under chap a little is somewhat curved and of a brown colour; the lower chap of a greenish yellow. the eye full reather large and of a black colour both puple and iris. the plumage is remarkably delicate; that of the neck and head is of a fine orrange yellow and red, the latter predominates on the top of the head and arround the base of the beak from whence it graduly deminishes & towards the lower part of the neck, the orrange yellow prevails most; the red has the appearance of being laid over a ground of yellow. the breast, the sides, rump and some long feathers which lie between the legs and extend underneath the tail are of a fine orrange yellow. the tail, back and wings are black, e[x]cept a small stripe of yellow on the outer part of the middle joint of the wing, ¼ of an inch wide and an inch in length. the tail is composed of twelve feathers of which those in the center are reather shortest, and the plumage of all the feathers of the tail is longest on that side of the quill next the center of the tail {....} {&c. &c. &c........}

p. 122

[Clark]

Sunday June 8th 1806

...The Sick Chief is much mended, he can bear his weight on his legs and recovers strength. the Child has nearly recovered.

v. 5, p. 118

[Clark:]

Sunday June 8^th. 1806

{....} The Sick Chief is much mended, he can bear his weight on his legs and recovers strength. the Child has nearly recovered {....}

p. 123

[Lewis]

Thursday June 12th 1806

All our hunters except Gibson returned about noon; none of them had killed any thing except Shields who brought with him two deer...Musquetors...very troublesome...The Cutnose informed us...two young Chiefs would overtake us with a view to accompany us to the Falls of the Missouri...our camp is agreeably situated in a point of timbered land...the quawmash [camas] is now in blume at a Short distance it resembles a lake of fine clear water...

v. 5, p. 132

[Clark:]

Thursday June 12^th: 1806.

All our hunters except Gibson returned about noon; none of them had killed any thing except Shields who brought with him two deer {....} Musquetors {...} very troublesome. The Cutnose informed us {...} two young Chiefs would overtake us with a view to accompany us to the Falls of the Missouri {....} our camp is agreeably situated in a point of timbered land {....} the quawmash {camas} is now in blume at a Short distance it resembles a lake of fine clear water {...}

p. 123

[Lewis]

Friday June 13th 1806

...about noon seven of our hunters returned with 8 deer; they wounded several others and a bear but did not get them. in the evening Labuish and Cruzatte returned and reported that the buzzards had eaten up a deer which they had killed butchered and hung up this morning. The Indian who visited us yesterday exchanged his horse for one of ours which had not perfectly recovered from the operation of castration and received a small ax and a knife to boot...

v. 5, p. 133

[Lewis:]

Friday June 13^th. 1806.

{....} about noon seven of our hunters returned with 8 deer; they had wounded several others and a bear but did not get them. in the evening Labuish and Cruzatte returned and reported that the buzzards had eaten up a dear which they had killed butchered and hung up this morning. The indian who visited us yesterday exchanged his horse for one of ours which had not perfectly recovered from the operation of castration and received a small ax and a knife to boot {....}

p. 124

[Lewis]

Monday June 16th 1806

...Hungry creek is but small at this place...runs a perfect torrent; the water is perfectly transparent and as cold as ice. The pitch pine, white pine some larch and firs consti[tu]te timber...and the white cedar not further than the branch of hungry creek on which we dined.

v. 5, p. 138

[Lewis:]

Monday June 16^th. 1806.

{....} Hungry creek is but small at this place {...} runs a perfect torrent; the water is perfectly transparent and as cold as ice. the pitch pine, white pine some larch and firs const[tu]te the timber {...} and the white cedar not further than the branch of hungry creek on which we dined {....}

p. 124

[Lewis]

Wednesday June 25th 1806

last evening the indians entertained us with seting the fir trees on fire. they have a great number of dry lims near their bodies which when set on fire creates a suddon and immense blaze from bottom to top of those tall trees...

v. 5, p. 159

[Lewis:]

Wednesday June 25^th. 1806.

last evening the indians entertained us with seting the fir trees on fire. they have a great number of dry lims near their bodies which when set on fire creates a very suddon and immence blaze from bottom to top of those tall trees {....}

p. 125-126

[Lewis]

Sunday July 29th 1806

...we passed our encampment of the (13th) September at 10 ms...we found after we halted that one of our pack-horses with his load and one of my riding horses were left behind. We dispatched J. Fields and Colter in surch of the lost horses...These warm springs...on the N. Side and near the bank of travelers rest creek...issue from the bottoms and through the interstices of...rock...the prinsipal spring is about the temperature of the warmest baths used at the hot springs in Virginia...I remained in 19 minutes, it was with difficulty I could remain thus long and it caused a profuse sweat two other springs...were much warmer, their heat being so great as to make the hand of a person smart extreemly when immerced...both the men and indians amused themselves with the use of a bath this evening. I observed that the indians after remaining in the hot bath as long as they could bear it ran and plunged themselves into the creek the water of which is now as cold as ice can make it; after remaining here a few minutes they returned again to the warm bath, repeating this transision several times but always ending in the warm bath...I killed a small black pheasant...saw some young pheasants which were about the size of Chickens of 3 days old...

v. 5, p. 170

[Lewis]

Sunday June 29^th. 1806.

{....} we passed our encampment of the (13^th.) September at 10 m^s {....} we found after we had halted that one of our pack-horses with his load and one of my riding horses were left behind. we dispatched J. Feilds and Colter in surch of the lost horses {....} these warm springs {...} on the N. side and near the bank of travellers rest creek {....} issue from the bottoms and through the interstices of {...} rock {....} the prinsipal spring is about the temperature of the warmest baths used at the hots springs in Virginia {...} I {...} remained in 19 minutes, it was with difficulty I could remain thus long and it caused a profuse sweat two other {...} springs {...} are much warmer, their heat being so great as to make the hand of a person smart extreemly when immerced {....} both the men and indians amused themselves with the use of a bath this evening. I observed that the indians after remaining in the hot bath as long as they could bear it ran and plunged themselves into the creek the water of which is now as cold as ice can make it; after remaining here a few minutes they returned again to the warm bath, repeating this transision several times but always ending with the warm bath. I killed a small black pheasant {....} saw some young pheasants which were about the size of Chickens of 3 days old {....}

p. 126-127

[Lewis]

Tuesday July 1st 1806

...from this place I determined to go with a small party by the most direct rout to the falls of the Missouri, there to leave Thompson McNeal and goodrich to prepare carriages and geer for the purpose of transporting the canoes and baggage over the portage, and myself and six volunteers to ascend Maria’s river with a view to explore the country and ascertain whether any branch of that river lies as far north as Latd 50. and again return and join the party who are to descend the Missouri, at the entrance of Maria’s river. I now called for volunteers to accompnay me on this rout, many turned out, from whom I scelected Drewyer the two Feildes, Werner, Frazier and Sergt Gass [accompany me] the other prt of the men are to proceed with Capt Clark to the head of Jefferson’s river where we despoited sundry articles and left our canoes. from hence Sergt Ordway with a party of 9 men are to decend the river with the canoes; Capt C. with the remaining including Charbono and York will proceed to the Yellowstone river at it’s nearest approach to the three forks of the missouri, here he will build a canoe and decend the Yellowstone river with Charbono the indian woman, his servant York and five others to the missouri where should he arrive first he will wait my arrival. Sergt Pryor with two other men are to proceed with the horses by land to the Mandan and thence to the British posts on the Assinniboin with a letter to Mr. Heney [Haney]...

v. 5, p. 175-176

[Lewis:]

Tuesday July 1^st. 1806.

{....} from this place I determined to go with a small party by the most direct rout to the falls of the Missouri, there to leave Thompson M^cNeal and goodrich to prepare carriages and geer for the purpose of transporting the canoes and baggage over the portage, and myself and six volunteers to ascend Maria’s river with a view to explore the country and ascertain whether any branch of the river lies as far north as Lat^d. 50. and again return and join the party who are to decend the Missouri, at the entrance of Maria’s river. I now called for the volunteers to accompany me on this rout, many turned out, from whom I scelected Drewyer the two Feildes, Werver, Frazier and Serg^t. Gass [accompanied me] the other part of the men are to proceed with Cap^t. Clark to the head of Jefferson’s river where we deposited sundry articles and left our canoes. from hence Serg^t. Ordway with a party of 9 men are to decend the river with the canoes; Cap^t. C. with the remaining ten including Charbono and York will proceed to the Yellowstone river at it’s nearest approach to the three forks of the missouri, here he will build a canoe and decend the Yellowstone river with Charbono the indian woman, his servant York and five others to the missouri where should he arrive first he will wait my arrival. Serg^t. Pryor with two other men are to proceed with the horses by land to the Mandans and thence to the British posts on the Assinniboin with a letter to M^r. Heney (Haney) {....}

p. 127

[Clark]

Tuesday July 3rd 1806

We colected our horses and after brackfast I took My leave of Capt. Lewis and the indians and at 8 A M Set out with Men interpreter Shabono & his wife & child...for the Crow Inds and the latter for the Shoshoni...I observed 2 Species of Clover...after letting our horses graze a Sufficient length of time to fill themselves, and taking dinner of venison we again resumed our journey...

v. 5, p. 245

[Clark]

Thursday July 3^rd. 1806

We colected our horses after brackfast I took My leave of Capt. Lewis and the indians and at 8 A M Set out with [blank space in MS] Men interpreter Shabono & his wife & child {...} for the Crow Ind^s. and the latter for the Shoshoni {....} I observed 2 Species of Clover {....} after letting our horses graze a Sufficient length of time to fill themselves, and taking dinner of venison we again resumed our journey {....}

p. 128

[Lewis]

[Sacajawea was not with Lewis when he made the following note]

July 5th 1806

...[in mapping their route] East 3 M. to entrance of a large creek 20 yds wide Called Seaman’s Creek...

v. 5, p. 191

{Lewis}

{Sacajawea was not with Lewis when he made the following note}

July 5^th. 1806.

{....} {in mapping their route} East 3 M. to the entrance of a large creek 20 y^ds. wide Called Seamans’ Creek {....}

p. 128

[Clark]

Sunday 6th July 1806

...in every direction around which I could see high points of Mountains covered with snow...The Squar pointed to the gap through which she said we must pass...she said we would pass the river before we reached the gap...

v. 5, p. 249-250

{Clark}

Sunday 6^th. July 1806.

{....} in every direction around which I could see high points of Mountains covered with snow {....} The Squar pointed to the gap through which she said we must pass {...} she said we would pass the river before we reached the gap {....}

p. 129

[Clark]

Wednesday 9th July 1806

...The Squar brought me a plant the root of which the nativs eat...

v. 5, p. 255

{Clark}

Wednesday 9^th. July 1806.

{....} The Squar brought me a Plant the root of which the nativs eat {....}

p. 129

[Clark]

Sunday 13th July 1806

...The indian woman who has been of great service to me as pilot through this country recommends a gap in the mountain more south which I shall cross...

v. 5, p. 260

{Clark}

Sunday 13^th. July 1806

{....} The indian woman who has been of great service to me as a pilot through this country recommends a gap in the mountain more south which I shall cross.

p. 130

[Clark]

Thursday 17th July 1806

...I saw in one of those small bottoms which I passed this evening an Indian fort which appears to have been built last summer. this fort was built of logs and bark. the logs was put up very closely (ends supporting each other)...and closely chinked...the Squar informs me that when the war parties (of Minnit. Crows &c, who fight Shoshonees) find themselves pursued they make those forts to defend themselves in from the purusers whose superior numbers might otherwise over power them and cut them off without receiveing much injurey on horsback &c.

v. 5, p. 269-270

{Clark}

Thursday 17^th: July 1806

{....} I saw in one of those small bottoms which I passed this evening an Indian fort which appears to have been built last summer. this fort was built of logs and bark. the logs was put up very closely (ends supporting each other) {...} and closely chinked {....} the Squaw informs me that when the war parties (of Minnit. Crows &c, who fight Shoshonees) find themselves pursued they make those forts to defend themselves in from the pursuers whose superior numbers might otherwise over power them and cut them off without receiveing much injurey on horsback &c.

p. 131

[Clark]

Friday 18th July 1806

...as we were about Setting out this morning two Buffalow Bulls came near our Camp. Several of the men shot at one of them. their being near the river plunged in and Swam across to the opposit Side and there died. Shabono was thrown from his horse to day in pursute of a Buffaloe...he is...brused on his hip sholder & face...

v. 5, p. 272

{Clark}

Friday 18^th July 1806

as we were about Setting out this morning two Buffalow Bulls came near our Camp Several of the men shot at one of them. their being near the river plunged in and Swam across to the opposit Side and there died. Shabono was thrown from his horse to day in pursute of a Buffaloe {....} he is {...} brused on his hip sholder & face {....}

p. 132

[Clark]

Friday 25th July 1806

...I proceeded on after the (rain) lay a little and at 4 P M arrived at a remarkable rock situated in an extensive bottom on the Stard Side of the river & 250 paces from it. this rock I ascended and from it’s top had a most extensive view in every direction. This rock which I shall call Pompy’s Tower is 200 feet high and 400 paces in secumpherance...The Indians have made 2 piles of stone on top of this Tower. The nativs had ingraved on the face of this rock the figures of animals &c. near which I marked my name and the day of the month and year...emense herd of Buffalow about our [camp]...the bulls keep such a grunting nois which is [a]very loud disagreeable sound that we are compelled to scear them away before we can sleep...

v. 5, p. 293-294

{Clark}

Friday 25^th. July 1806

{....} I proceeded on after the (rain) lay a little and at 4 P M arived at a remarkable rock situated in an extensive bottom on the Star^d. of the river & 250 paces from it. this rock I ascended and from it’s top had a most extensive view in ever direction. This rock which I shall call Pompy’s Tower is 200 feet high and 400 paces in secumpherance {....} The Indians have made 2 piles of stone on the top of this Tower. The nativs have ingraved on the face of this rock the figures of animals &^c. near which I marked my name and the day of the month & year {....} emence herds of Buffalow about our [camp] {...} the bulls keep such a grunting nois which is [a] very loud and disagreeable sound that we are compelled to scear them away before we can sleep {...}

p. 135

[Clark]

Wednesday 4th August 1806

Musquetors excessively troublesom so much so that the men complained that they could not work at their Skins for those troublesom insects. and I find it entirely impossible to hunt in the bottoms...our best retreat from those insects is on the Sand bars in the river...The child of Shabono has been so much bitten by the Musquetors that his face is much puffed up & Swelled...

v. 5, p. 322-323

[Clark:]

Wednesday 4^th. August 1806

Musquetors excessively troublesom so much so that the men complained that they could work at their Skins for those troublesom insects. and I find it entirely impossible to hunt in the bottoms {...} our best retreat from those insects is on the Sand bars in the river {....} The child of Shabono has been so much bitten by the Musquetors that his face is much puffed up & Swelled {....}

p. 138

[Clark]

Thursday 12th August 1806

...at Meridian Capt Lewis hove in Sight with the party which went by way the party which went by way of the Missouri as well as that which accompanied him from Travelers rest...I was alarmed on the landing of the Canoes to be informed that Capt Lewis was shot by accident. I found him lying in the Perogue, he informed me that his wound was slight and would be well in 20 or 30 days...

v. 5, p. 330

{Clark}

Thursday 12^th. August 1806

{....}at Meridian Cap^t Lewis hove in Sight with the party which went by way of the Missouri as well as that which accompanied him from Travellwes rest {...} I was alarmed on the landing of the Canoes tobe informed that Cap^t. Lewis was wounded by an accident. I found him lying in the Perogue, he informed me that his wound was slight and would be well in 20 or 30 days {....}

p. 141

[Clark]

Thursday August 15th 1806

Mandan Vilg.

after assembling the Chiefs and Smokeing one pipe, I informed them that I still Spoke the Same words which we had Spoken to them when we first arived in their Country in the fall of 1804. we then envited them to visit their great father the president of the U. States and to hear his own Councils and receive his Gifts from his own hands us also See the population of a government which can be at their pleasure protect and Secure you from all your enemies, and chastize all those who will shut their years to his Councils...

v. 5, p. 339

{Clark}

Thursday August 15^th. 1806 (continued)

Mandans Vilg.

after assembling the Chiefs and Smokeing one pipe, I informed them that I still Spoke the Same words which we had Spoken to them when we first arived in their Country in the fall of 1804. we then envited them to visit their great father the president of the U. States and to hear his own Councils and recieve his Gifts from his own hands as also See the population of a government which can at their pleasure protect and Secure you from all your enimies, and chastize all those who will shut their years to his Councils {....}

p. 142-143

[Clark]

Saturday 17th August 1806

a cool morning gave some powder & Ball to Big White Chief Settled with Touisant Charbono for his services as an enterpreter the price of a horse and Lodge purchased of him for public Service in all amounting to 500$ 33 1/3 cents...we also took leave of T. Chabono, his Snake Indian wife and their child [son] who had accompanied us on our rout to the pacific ocean...T. Charbono wished much to accompany us in the said Capacity if we could have provailed [upon] the Menetarre Chiefs to dec[e]nd the river with us to the U. States, but as none of those Chiefs of whose language he was Conversent would accompany us, his services were no longer of use to the U. States and he was therefore discharged and paid up. we offered to convey him down to the Illinois if he chose to go, he declined proceeding on at present, observing that he had no acquaintance or prospects of makeing a liveing below, and must continue to live in the way that he had done. I offered to take his little son who is 19 months old to which they both himself & his wife wer willing provided the child had been weened. they observed that in one year the boy would be suffficiently old to leave his mother & he would then take him to me if I would be so friendly as to raise the child for him in such a manner as I thought proper, to which I agreed &c...

v. 5, p. 344

{Clark}

Saturday 17^th. August 1806

a cool morning gave some powder & Ball to Big White Chief Settled with Touisant Charbono for his services as an enterpreter the proce of a horse and Lodge purchased of him for public Service in all amounting to 500$ 33 1/3 cents {....} we also took our leave of T. Chabono, his Snake Indian wife and their child [son] who had accompanied us on our rout to the pacific ocean {....} T. Chabono wished much to accompany us in the said Capacity if we could have provailed [upon] the Menetarre Chiefs to dec[e]nd the river with us to the U. States, but as none of those Chiefs of whoes language he was Conversent would accompany us, his services were no longer of use to the U. States and he was therefore discharged and paid up. we offered to convey him down to the Illinois if he chose to go, he declined proceeding on at present, observing that he had no acquaintance or prospects of makeing a liveing below, and must continue to live in the way he had done. I offered to take his little son {...} who is 19 months old to which they both himself & wife wer willing provided the child had been weened. they observed that in one year the boy would be sufficiently old to leave his mother & he would then take him to me if I would be so freindly as to raise the child for him in such a manner as I thought proper, to which I agreed &c. {....}

p. 151

[Clark]

September 25th

A fine morning we commenced wrighting &c.

v. 5, p. 395

{Clark}

Friday 25^th [26] of Sept^r. 1806

a fine morning we commenced wrighting &c.