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and I went on to the upper village, where i roiiiKl 
Captain Lewis and his party buying horses. The^ 
had got 23, which with 2 we had, made in the 
^vhole 25. I then returned to our camp, a distance 
of 15 miles, and arrived there late. I found the wea- 
ther very cold for the season. 
Thursday 29th, There was a severe white frost 
this morning. Captain Clarke and all the men except 
myself and another, who remained to keep camp and 
prepare packsaddles, went up to Captain Lewis's 
camp. While I lay here today, one of the natives 
shewed me their method of producing fire, which is 
somewhat curious. They have two sticks ready for 
the operation, one about 9 and the other 18 inches, 
long : the short stick they lay down flat and rub the 
end of the other upon it in a perpendicular direction' 
for a few minutes ; and the friction raises a kind of 
dust, which in a short time takes lire. These people 
make willow baskets so close and to such perfection 
as to hold water, for which purj)ose they make use of 
them. They make much use of the sunflower and 
lambs-quarter seed, as before mentioned; which 
with berries and wild cherries pounded together, 
compose the only bread they have any knowledge of, 
or in use. The flsh they take in~this river are of 
excellent kinds, especially the salmon, the roes of 
which when dried and pounded make the best of 
soup. 
Friday 2Qth. We remained here all day, and ia 
the evening the whole of the corps came down with 
in a mile of our camp, and remained there all nighty 
being a good place for grass. 
Scaur day St, They all came down to our camps 
and Vve proceeded on with 27 hod'ses and dwit mule* 
Our old guide after consulting with the rest of the 
Indians, thought it was better to go along the north 
side of the Cohimbia, than on the south side. We 
therefore proct^eded down^ the same way Captam 
