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  Clark
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  January 9, 1806
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  January 9th Thursday 1806 a fine morning wind N E Set out at day lighte 
  every man Some meat of the whale and a little oile proceded on the track 
  we Came out to a house at a branch where we halted 1/2 an hour to rest 
  this house is at at place an old village has formerly been, on the Coast 
  at the Comencment  żż  27 foot wide 35 feet long Sunk in the ground 5 feet 
  2 Dotes & 2 fire places dotes 29 Ins. high & 141/4 wide handsom 
  Steps to decend down a post in the middle Coverede with boards Split thin 
  an 2 feet wide, old grave in Canoes of 3 feet 8 Inches wide & 5 feet 
  long neetly made high at bow proceded on to the top of the hill Passing 3 
  bad points rockey &# from the Point Clarks Point of view Cape Disapt# 
  bears S# 12° E passing a Great point at 15 miles one at 40 miles rocks out 
  to the 1st large point from the Creek 4 points, between the 1st large 
  Point and 2d a point of many large rocks, Day Clouded up, I can See a 
  point Bearing N 5° East along way just in Sight. from Clarks View Point to 
  Cape Disapointment is N 20° W# To point adams &the open Slope point is 
  North and a Sharp point, met a party of Chinnooks going to get whale 
  blubber to eate & oile each of which they eate together, we also over 
  took Several parties of the Clot Sops loaded with imence laods of the 
  blubber and oile maney of those loads I with difficuelty raised, 
  Estonishing what custom will do. at 2 oClock we arrived at the Camp of our 
  Salt makers verry much fatigued, more So than I ever was before, the 
  Indians all proceeded on, I concluded to Stay all night, as the party was 
  much fatigued, and Send out 2 men which I had left here to hunt Ducks up 
  the little river, Jo# Fields had killed an Elk and brought in a quarter on 
  which we Dined he also had killed & brought in a Deer. The Indians 
  with the oile & bluber tole me they had to purchase of the Ca~le nixx 
  and would Come to the fort & Sell to us in 3 Days time, this I 
  incouraged, as I expect to purchase at the fort as cheep as at the village 
  at which I was, day proved fine. rained the greater part of the night I 
  went into an Indian Lodge they were pore Durty and the house full of 
  flees. he offered me roots which they geather on the Sea Cost a kind of 
  rush, of which they offered me to eate, 
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