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down two canoes at a time over high rapids? or rollers by main strength and by being in the water which ran between unclear stone large rocks. we had to hall them in that way past 2 of the worst rapids then took them a half a mile below where we intend loading which will make the portage in all only about one mile but a verry bad one. in the evening 2 Indian canoes came to our camp 5 Indians in them which were going down the river trading with fish &c. Friday 1st Nov. 1805. a clear morning the wind high from the N.E. and cold so we carryed all our baggage past the portage the Indians carried their baggage and canoes past the portage we drew out one of the canoes to repair it then went at taking down the other two large canoes and the small one towards evening we got all safe below the big rapids and camped three canoes arived at the head of the rapids a nomber of men and women on board of them. they are loaded with pounded fish and dry sammon for trade. they sign that they are going down to the white traders to trade their fish for blue unclear Saturday 2nd Nov 1805. a clear morning we carried a part of the baggage below the last rapids one mile further and unclear