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and got all to shore except a small brass kittle & barrel 2 mens robes & blankets 2 spoons one bag of root bread one shot pouch & powder horn a dressed elk skin and some other small articles. we camped below the rapids on ls. island and put out all the wet baggage to dry. we found some wood on the island covered up with stones where the natives burryed sammon every spring. wood was so scarse that we made use of that which was covred so carfully with stone. we came blank miles this day the country continues barron some places broken other places high smooth plains &c. some or one of the men killed 7 or 8 ducks today Tuesday 15th Oct. 1805. a clear cool morning we delayed here to dry the baggage some of the men went out and killed three geese several ducks. about 3 oclock pm we loaded up the canoes and set out and proceeded on over several rapids and swift water passed several scaffels of wood where it was put up to be saved for the use of their fishing in the spring. the country continues as yesterday. we came 17 miles and camped above a bad rapid on a sand bar no wood except an Indians scaffel we had to take some of the wood for our use this evening Wednesday 16th Oct. 1805. we set out as usal and proceeded on over several bad rapids which was full of rocks one of the canoes struck a rock in a rapid and swung on it they stayed their untill we unloaded and took a canoe I was a board the canoe which struck the unclear all canoes came to our assistance also we got the load and canoe