CIUP, XVL 
WE are mmv at the end of our Vf)yaf>;e5 ''^bfch 
has been completely accomplished accordini^ to the 
Intention of the expedition, the object of which was 
to discover a passai^e by the way of the Missouri and 
CGhinribia rivers to the Pacific ocean ; notwitlistand" 
ing* the difficulties, privations and dangers, \ybich we 
had to encounter, endure and surmount. 
This morning 5 of the mtn went out to bunt^ sn^ 
about 5 oViock ail came in but one<^ They had killed 
-u deer, 9 brants, 2 geescj I crane, a^d 3 duckg. The 
his party should return. 
Sunday \7th. We had a fine pleasant dear morn- 
ing, and 6 hunters went out. About noon they all 
came in ; but the hunter who remained out last night 
^id not return. He had killed 2 deer and the other 
men brought them in vath some brants and a deer 
they had killed. Abou*t the same time Capt. Lewis^ 
and his party returned. They had been round the bay, 
and seen where white people had been in the course of 
the summer : but they had all sailed away. Captain 
Lewis and his party killed a deer and *some brants. 
In the evening the remaining hunter came in and had 
killed another deer. 
There are but few Indians settled down about the 
seashore ; their dress is similar to that of some oF 
those above. The women have a kind of fringe pet- 
ticoats, made of filaments or tassels of the white ce- 
dar bark wrought with a string at the upper part, 
which is tied round the waist. These tassels or 
Ctiuge ar^ of some usq a§ a covering, while the iadii.& 
