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Woe-yark-Eek 30. Thloos, good, Kummertacks I understand or know it, Knick-me-week-no-se-ye, far off. Pesheek, bad. 31 After much delay we were obliged to set off. At 9:5 A. M. get across to the north side with Woe-Yark-Eek, course say northwest 2/3 miles, then carried S. W. 1 m, S. 70 W. 1 m. Embarked S. 30 W. 'y 2 m, S. R. a small channel. W V 4 m, S. 68 W. 1/6, S. 5 W. 1/6, S. 22 W. 1/6, S. 56 W. Y 4, S. 60 W. 1/6, S. 15 W. ft, S. #, S. 5 W. #, S. 22 W. H> S. 43 W. */4, S. 60 W. 24, S. H, S. W. 1 m at end of course, put ashore and boiled salmon. Here an Indian followed us and gave us a salmon. At 6-^4 P. M. set off. We had before stopped about half an hour to trade salmon at two houses S. 40 W. 5 m, S. 2/3 m. This course crossed the river. Camped at 8 :5 P. M. a little above Point Vancouver.

July 14th, Sunday. 32 A very fine morning. At 3-% A. M. set off, Co. S. 80 W. 2-*/ 2 m, S. 80 W. 2-j m, S. 60 W. 1-2/3 m, S. 60 W. 1 m, S. 85 W, 1 m, plus 1 m, plus 2-J4 m, plus 2-Y-2 m, plus 2~y 2 m, N. 85 W. l- l / 2 m, plus 2 m, N. 80 W. 1 m, plus y 4 m, N. W. l-j m, N. 33 W. J4 m, N. 15 W. 1-1/6 m, N. 2-y 2 m, N. 30 W. y 2 m, plus 1 m, plus 1-^4 wi- We landed about at their houses and traded a few half dried salmon. At 10-^4 A. M. put ashore to boil salmon. At 11 :35 A. M. set off Co. N. 40 W. 1-J^ m. A simple con- ical mountain at end of course bore N. 15 E. 30 m buried under snow. Co. N. 50 W. 1 m, plus l-j m, N. 56 W. 2-y 2 m, plus l-y 4 m. Co. N. 60 W. 1-J4 m, N. 56 2-% m, N. 60 W. y 4 m, N. 70 W. 2-#m, plus 1 m, S. 85 W. l-# m, S. 80 W. 1-% m, to Indians, N. 50 W. %, S. 36 W. 2-y 2 m, S. W. 3/4, S. 56 W. y 2 m, S. 60 W. #, S. 80 W. \-y 2 m, S. 55 W. 1/3 m, S. 70 W. 1/6 m, W. 1/6 N. 60 W. 2 m. Put up on an ugly place of rocks and an old campment, left the canoe in the water. Obs'd Saturn for Lat'de 44 just V. G. Tide fell about 2 ft. in the night. Lat. 46 10' 5" N.

30 Compare with names given by Lewis and Clark to these Indians.

31 Very good Chinook; compare with any Chinook dictionary.

32 Mr. Thompson travels about 85 miles today, and his camp at night is under thel rocky cliffs some distance above Cathlainet on the Washington shore. He stops to boil salmon on Sauvies' Island, and Mt. St. Helens is sighted from about where the city of that name now stands.