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Saturday 26th Oct. 1805 a clear pleasant morning. we lay camped on the clift on pt. of rocks for Safety 2 Sentinels to guard us. our officers conclude to delay here for observation and repair the canoes&c So we unloaded all the canoes Shaved the bottoms Smooth and paythe? them over and made them in good repair &c. Several men out a hunting a nomber of the natives visited us. we dryed the articles which got wet in the canoe that filled? yesterday one of the men unclear a Salmon Trout in the River towards eveningthe hunters returned to unclear he killed five 5 deer a goose and a gray squirrel they saw a great nomber of deer in the timbered land. we Saw a great no. of geese and ducks the Savages came in crafts to out camp made of Solid wood but are made in form? of Sciffs for the convenience