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and took the canoes across the river then halled them round a perpinticular pitch of 21 feet. we halled all canoes round the high rocks about a quarter of a mile them put them in the water again. this portage has been frequented by the natives halling their canoes round and it is a great fishery with them in the spring and the flies are now verry thick. the ground covd with them they troubled us verry much this day. we got the canoes all in the river below the great falls of 22 feet perpinticular then went on board again and ran verry rapid through the whorl pools a little better than a half a mile then we let the canoes down by rope one of them got away from us from the lower shoot and was taken up by the Indians below. towards evening we got all the canoes safe down to camp. the latidude at this place which is called the grand falls of the Columbia River is 45°42'57.3. the hight of the falls is in all 37 feet 8 inches and has a large r?ock island in them and look shocking? but are ordinary looking some of the sick men at camp bought several fat dogs this day in the evening one of our chief signed to us that the savages had a design to kill us in the night which put us on our guard but we were not afraid of them for we think we can drive three times our nomber. Thursday 24th Oct 1805. a clear cool morning we loaded up and set out about 9 oclock and proceeded on down the current verry rapid. we went through a place