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South side only 4 or 5 lodges of well looking Indians & Squaws. they had several small canoes and catch considerable quantity of sammon we purchases some from them by giving them a fiew green or blue & red beeds and tin &c the day warm. some of the men bought 2 dogs from them they have a great many many horses feeding along the shores and have a nomber of small canoes. we proceeded on a short distance further down came to some more Indian camps at the foot of an Isl. & rapids we halted a short time bought some more sammon and some white roots then proceeded on a short distance further down 2 chiefs came with us as we were descending a rockey rapids at the foot of an Island on which was some Indian camps one of the canoes struck a rock and whirled round then struck again and cracked the canoe and was near spliting hir in two throwed the stearman over board who with difficulty got to the canoe again but they soon filled with water and hang on the rocks in a doleful situation some of the men on board could not swim and them that could had no chance for the waves and rocks an Indian went in a small canoe to their assistance our little canoe went also and took out some of the loading and carried it to shore we unloaded one of the other canoes and went in the rapid and took the loading all out of the canoe which was stove and got all to shore below the rapid and camped at dark unclear found every thing wet which was in the canoe that was stove. some small articles lost a nomber of the natives visit us this evening we have come about 18 miles this day before the sad accident hapened to us?