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and that they had seen bearded men who came up? a river to the North of us 6 days march but we have 4 mountains to cross before we come unclear on that river. our hunters killed another deer this evening came blank miles to day and pitched our camp on the plain near the creek on the right of the Indians lodges. considerable of large pitch pines in the valley Thursday 5th Sept. 1805. a clear cold morning the standing water froze a little last night we hoisted our large flag this morning. Several men were out a hunting about 10 oclock our officers held a council with the flat head nation and told them nearly the same as they told other nations only told them that we wanted a fiew horses from them. and we would give them some marchandize in return gave 4 of their principal men meddles made them chiefs gave each of them a shirt and a nomber of other articles also 2 flags & then told them that we could not stop long with them and that we were ready to purchase their horses and that we could not talk with them as much as we wish for all that we say has to go through 6 languages before it gits to them and it is hard to make them understand all what we say. these savages has the strangest language of any we have ever seen. they appear to us to have an empeddiment in their speach or a brogue or bur on their tongue unclear they are the likelyest and honestest? savages we have ever yet seen. our officers lay out some marchandize in different piles to trade