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the canoes, and six or seven men were sent to dres^ 
the elk that had been killed and take care of the 
sueat. The rain contmiied all day. 
Thursday Sth. Again we had a wet stormy day, so 
that the men were unable to proceed with the canoes* 
Aboiit 1 1 o'clock Capt. Lewis and three of his party 
€ame back to camp; the other two were left to take 
ikare of some meat they had killed. They have fomid 
a place about 15 miles from this camp, up a small 
*iver which puts into a large bay on the south side of 
the Columbia, that will answer very well for winter 
^quarters, as game is very plenty, which is the main 
object with us ; and we intend to move there as soon 
as circumstances will admit. There is more weft 
weather on this coast, than I ever knew in any other 
place ; during a month we have had but 3 fail* days; 
and there is no prospect of a change. 
Friday ^tlu We had another wet morning, ^ti^- 
were not able to set out. At noon it rained very hard, 
and the tide flowed so high, that in some part of our 
camp the water was a foot deep : we had therefore 
to remove to higher ground. In the afternoon it still 
continued to rain hard. 
Saturday 7th. AboBt 12 last night the rain ceascc? 
Cincl we had a fine clear morning. We put our ca- 
Sioes into the water, loaded them, and started for our 
intended wintering place. We coasted down the 
south side about a mile, and then met with the six 
men, who had gone for meat. They had brought 4 
pf the skins but no meat, the distance being great and 
the weather very bad. The swells being too h%h 
here to land we went two miles further and took the 
men in. We then proceeded round the bay until we 
came to the mouth of a river about iOO yards broad, 
^vhich we ~went up about 2 miles to the place fixed 
\ipon for winter quarters, unloaded our canoes, and 
carried our baggage about 2Q0 yards to a spring, 
"Where we encampedo 
