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it. I 9 accordingly, went over, hoping that I should 

 be able to ascertain who they were ; but I have 

 not been able to obtain the least information re- 

 specting them. Probably, they had not courage 

 to make the attack, and have returned to their 

 own lands. 



Shad berries begin to ripen, which is about 

 twenty days later than they ripen, in the same 

 Latitude, on the east side of the Rocky Moun- 

 tain. 



Friday, August 2. Our whole stock of provis- 

 ions in the fort, for ten persons, consists of five sal- 

 mon, only. It is impossible, at this season, to take 

 fish out of this lake or river. Unless the salmon 

 from the sea, soon make their appearance, our 

 condition will be deplorable. 



Saturday, 10. Sent all our people, consisting 

 of men, women, and children, to gather berries at 

 Pinchy, a village about twelve miles distant from 

 this, toward the other end of this lake. At no 

 great distance from that village, as I am informed, 

 there is a small lake, out of which the Natives 

 take small fish, which very much resemble a sal- 

 mon in shape and in flavour, which are not more 

 than six inches long. They are said to be very 

 palatable ; but, if they were not so, they would 

 be very acceptable to us, in our present circum- 

 stances. 



