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259 always appear still peaceable and contented poor as they be in the evening they had a war dance their women sang with them they danced verry well but not so regular as those on the Missourie they tell us that some of their horses will dance but I have not seen them yet. Wednesday 28th August 1805. a clear pleasant morning. we hoisted the large flag. Several men went a hunting and several a fishing with iron gigs fixed on poles about 9 oclock am Capt. Lewis began to trade for horses again and offered nearly double as much as yesterday. Some spots of snow continues to lay on the mountain a fiew miles to the South of us. Sergt. Gass joined us about 2 oc. and informed us that Capt. Clark & the rest of the men were about 12 miles down the river waiting for us but Capt. Lewis sent down for him to come up as we had so many horses to pack down Capt Lewis has? bought 5 or 6 more to day we have now 25 in all. our hunters killed nothing this day in the evening 2 Indians arived at this village on horseback from another band which were some distance to the South near the Spanish country the principal men of the village all assembled to council with them these savages all like salt and eat it on meat &c.