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Friday 18th Oct. 1805. a clear pleasant morning. we delay untill after 10 oclock today for Capt. Lewis to complete his observations Capt Clark measured the width Columbian River and the Ki-moo-c-men found the Columbian River to be 860 yards wide and the Ki-moo-c-men River to be 475 yards wide at the forks Some of the party killed several more haith hens about 12 oclock we loaded up the canoes. Capt Lewis took down some of three languages of these savages as far as we could make them understand. about 2 oclock pm we set out only two chiefs with us who came with us from the flat heads. we proceeded on down the Columbia RIver which is now verry wide from a half a mile to three forths wide and verry smooth & pleasant the country level for about 10 miles down then the hills and clifts made near the river and some rapid places in the river. passed several islands on which was large camps of Indians and scaffels of abandunce of sammon saw the sammon thick jumping in the river some dead in the r. and along the shore the latidude at the forks as taken by Capt. Lewis and Clark is blank North. we proceeded on over several rapids places passed several large camps of Indians which have flag? lodges and abundance of sammon and have a great nomber of horses. we went blank miles and saw no timber of any ant? not a tree to be seen we camped on the lard. side got a fiew small willow only to burn. a nomber of the natives came in their canoes to see us they have a great nomber of small canoes &c.