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 S. 30° W. 2 miles to the upper point of a small island in the middle of Moltnomar river, thence

S. 10° W. 3 miles to a sluce 80 yards wide which devides Wappato Island from the main stard side shore passing a willow point on the Lard. side.

S. 60° E. 3 miles to a large Indian house on the Lard side below some high pine land, high bold shore on the Starboard side, thence S. 30° E. 2 miles to a bend under the high lands on the Stard Side passing a Larboard

10 point.

thence the river bends to the East of S East as far as I could see. at this place I think the width of the river may be stated at 500 yards and sufficiently deep for a Man of war or ship of any burthen."

(Clark) Thursday, April 3rd, 1806:

"The water had fallen in the course of last night five inches. I set out and proceeded up a short distance and attempted a second time with my cord of five fathom but could find no bottom, the mist was so thick that I could see but a short distance up this river. When I left it, it was bending to the East of S. E. being perfectly satisfyed of the size and magnitude of this great river which must water that vast tract of Country between the western range of mountains and those on the sea coast and as far S. as the Waters of California about Latd 37. North. I deturmined to return. ***** I provailed on an old man to draw me a sketch of the Multnomar River and give me the names of the nations resideing on it which he readily done, and gave me the names of 4 nations who reside on this river two of them very noumerous. The first is Clark-a-mus nation reside on a small river which takes its rise in Mt. Jefferson and falls into the Multnomar about 40 miles up. this nation is noumerous and inhabit 11 towns, the 2nd is the Cush-hooks who reside on the N. E. side below the falls, the 3rd is the Char-cowah who reside above the Falls on the S. W. side neither of those two are noumerous. The fourth Nation is the Cal-lar-po-e-wah which is very noumerous