NOVEMBER 15

G Drewyer & the frenchman we Dispatched yesterday came up from the Hunters, who is incamped about 30 miles below— after a about one hour we Dispatched a man with orders to the hunters to proceed on without Delay thro the floating ice, we Sent by the man Tin, to put on the parts of the Perogue exposed to the ice & a toe roape—

The Sun Shown untill 1 oClock P M which afford us time to Dry our bedding and examine the baggage which I found nearly all wet, Some of our pounded fish Spoiled in the wet; I examined the amunition and Caused all the arms to be put in order.

About 3 oClock the wind luled, and the river became calm, I had the canoes loaded in great haste and Set Out, from this dismal nitich where we have been confined for 6 days passed, without the possibility of proceeding on, returning
to a better Situation, or get out to hunt, Scerce of Provisions, and torents of rain poreing on us all the time—

proceeded on passed the blustering point below which I found a butifull Sand beech thro which runs a
Small river from the hills below the mouth of this Stream is a village of 36 houses uninhabited by anything except flees,

here I met G. Shannon and 5 Indians. Shannon informed me that he met Capn Lewis at an Indian Hut about 10 miles below who had Sent him back to meet me, he also told me the Indians were thievish, as the night before they had Stolen both his and Willards rifles from under their heads, that they Set out on their return and had not proceeded far up the beech before they met Capt Lewis, whose arival was at a timely moment and alarmed the Indians So that they instantly produced the Guns—

I told those Indians who accompanied Shannon that they Should not Come near us, and if any one of their nation Stold anything from us, I would have him Shot, which they understoot verry well.

as the tide was Comeing and the Seas became verry high imediately from the Ocian I landed and formed a camp on the highest Spot I could find

between the hight of the tides, and the Slashers in a Small bottom this I could plainly See would be the extent of our journey by water, as the waves were too high at any Stage for our Canoes to proceed any further down. in full view of the Ocian from Point adams to Cape Disappointment, I could not See any Island in the mouth of this river as laid down by Vancouver

The Bay which he laies down in the mouth is imediately below me. This Bay we call Haleys bay from a favourate
Trader with the Indians which they Say comes into this Bay and trades with them Course to Point adams is S. 35° W. about 8 miles To Cape Disappointment is S. 86° W. about 14 miles

4 Indians of the War-ki a cum nation Came down to See &c. The Indians who accompanied Shannon from the village below Speake a Different language from those above, and reside to the north of this place The Call themselves Chin nooks