JOURNAL. 
4 of them as leading men of their nation ; and thcf 
remainad about our camp. The river below the fork 
is about 200 yards wide ; the Water is clear as chrys- 
tal, from 2 to 5 feet deep, and abounding with salmon 
of an excellent quality. The bottom of the river is 
atony and the banks chiefly composed of a round 
hard species of stone. 
Saturday 2^th, We had a pleasant moniing and all 
hands, that were able, employed at the canoes.-— 
Game is very scarce, and our hunters unable to kill 
any meat. We are therefore obliged to live on fish 
^arid roots, that we procure from the natives ; and 
which do not appear a suitable diet for us. Salt also 
is scarce without which fish is but poor and insipid. 
Our hiinters killed nothing to day. 
Sunday 29th. A fine day ; all our hunter^ went out, 
and all^he men able to work, were employed at the 
Canoes, At noon two of our hunters came in with 3 
deer ; a very welcome sig ht to the most of us. Five 
or six of the men continue unwell. 
Monday 30th, The weather continued pleasant; 
and our hunters killed a deer. 
.^utsday \st Octr, 1805. This was a fine pleasant 
•warm day. All the men are now able to work ; but the 
greater number are very weak. To save them from 
hard labour, we have adopted the Indian method of 
burning out the canoes. * 
Wedjiesday 2nd, Two men were sent to the Indian 
village to purchase some provisions, as our hunters 
do not kill enough for us to subsist on. And least 
the Indian provisions should giot agree with us, vijt 
killed one of our horses. 
On the third, the men were employed as 
usual ; on the morning of the fourth there was a 
white frost, afier it a fine day. In the evening our 
two men returned, with a good supply of such provi- 
sions as the nativei have* 
