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  Clark
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  November 26, 1805
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  November 26th Tuesday 1805 Cloudy and Some rain this morning at daylight 
  wind blew from the E N# E, we Set out and proceeded on up on the North 
  Side of this great river to a rock in the river from thence we Crossed to 
  the lower point of an  ¿¿  Island passed between 2 Islands to the main 
  Shore, and proceeded down the South Side, passed 2 Inlets & halted 
  below the 2d at a Indian village of 9 large houses ¬ those Indians 
  live on an emenence behind a Island or a Channel of the river not more 
  than 300 yds wide, they live on fish & Elk and Wapto roots, of which 
  we bought a few at a high price they Call them Selves Cat~tar~bets 
  description 
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  We proceeded on about 8 miles and Encamped in a deep bend to the South, we 
  had not been Encamped long ere 3 Indians Came in a Canoe to trade the 
  Wapto roots ¬ we had rain all the day all wet and disagreeable a bad 
  place to Camp all around this great bend is high land thickly timbered 
  brushey & almost impossible to penetrate we Saw on an Island below the 
  village a place of deposit for the dead in Canoes 
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  Great numbers of Swan Geese Brant Ducks & Gulls in this great bend 
  which is Crouded with low Islands covered with weeds grass &c# and 
  overflowed every flood tide The people of the last village is ¬  ¿¿  they 
  ask emence prices for what they have to Sel Blue Beeds is their great 
  trade they are fond of Clothes or blankits of Blue red or brown We are now 
  decending to see if a favourable place should offer on the So Side to 
  winter &c# 
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  from a high Point opsd# a high Isd down the South Side is S# 30° W 6 mis 
  to a point of low land opsd# upr# pt of Isd# passed lowr. pt# 1st Isd# 
  marshey. at the upr# pt# Of 2 low Isd# opsd# each other at 4 miles 
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