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a Cloudy morning wind Still from th West not hard, we Set out at day light [from their camp on Rocky Island at Crates Point] proceeded on about 5 miles and Came too [vicinity of Dougs Beach]
at a Lodge of a Chief which we made at the upper village at th falls about his house there is Six others ...
N. 55° W. 4 miles to a Lard. point [Rowena Gap], pasd a run on Lard Side [???]
West 8 miles to Rock Island near the middle of River [Memaloose Island] passed 7 Houses of Indians about 50 men at 1 mile on the Stard
Side. Brakfast
[vicinity of Dougs Beach]
Those people fish at the last narrows, &
have but little pounded fish, Som dried and buries
Those people are friendly gave us to eate fish Beries, nuts bread of roots & Drid beries and we Call this the friendly Village [Dougs Beach] ...
at 4 miles further we landed to Smoke a pipe with the people of a village of 11 houses [Lyle, Washington area] we found those people also friendly Their Village is Situated imediately below the mouth of a River [Klickitat River] of 60 yards water which falls in on the Stard. Side and heads in the mountains to the N. & N, E, the Indians inform us that this river is long <but> and full of falls no Salmon pass up it. They also inform that 10 nations lives on this river by hunting and on buries &c. The Countrey begin to be thinly timbered with Pine & low white oake verry rocky and hilley- We purchased at this vilg 4 dogs- at the end of this Course is 3 rocks, in the river and a rock point from the Lard. the middle rock is large and has a number of graves on it we call it the Sepulchar Island [Memaloose Island]. The last River we call Caterack River [Klickitat River] from the number of falls which the Indians inform is on it
The Indians are afraid to hunt or be on th Lard Side of this Columbia river for fear of the Snake Ind. who reside on a fork of this river which falls in above the falls a good Situaion for winter quarters if game can be had is just below Sepulchar rock [Memaloose Island] on the Lard Side, high & pine and oake timber the rocks ruged above, good hunting Countrey back, as it appears from the river Indian village opsd. of 2 Lodgs river ½ mile wide at rocks
S. 60° W. 5 miles to a point of rocks Island in a Lard bend [Eighteenmile Island], passed 2
rocks in the river- passed 2 Houses at 1 mile on the Stard
Side and 2 at 4 miles on the Stard. Side Countrey on the
Lard. Side has more timber than common and looks well for
huntg. high and ruged.-
S. 80° W. 6 <to a point> miles to 4 Houses in a point of a timbered bottom
on the Lard. Side at a large creek or River 40 yr. [Hood River]
passed a bottom on the Stard Side the distance in which there is 14
Indian houses- The falls mountain covered with Snow is South [Mount Hood]
S. 70° W. 6 miles to a high Clift of rocks Std bend passed a large creek
at 1 mile on the Stard. Side [White Salmon River] in which the Indians catch fish, a
large Sand bar from the Lard. Side for 4 miles [below Hood River], at which
place a small stream of water falls over a rock of 100 feet on
the Lard Side [Wah Gwin Gwin Falls]
passed 4 Indian Houses at 5 miles in a bottom on the Lard Side ...
S. 56° W. 6 miles to a point of timbr. bottom on the Lard. Side, passd. a
Stard. point at 2 miles Here the mountains are high on
each Side, the high points of those to the Lard. has Snow
Came too at 3 miles on this Course at 3 Houses of flatheads and Encamped on the Stard. Side [near Drano Lake and the Little White Salmon River], a Pond lies back of those people in which we Saw great numbers of the Small Swan ...
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