The Journals of Lewis and Clark

Clark

November 7, Thursday, 1805

A cloudy foggey morning Some raini. we Set out early proceeded under the Stand. Side under a high rugid hills with Steep assent the Shore boalt and rockey, the fog so thick we could not See across the river, two canoes of Indians met and returned with us to their viliage, they gave us to eate Some fish, and Sold us, fish, Wap pa to roots three dogs and 2 otter skins for which we gave fish hooks principally of which they were verry fond.

These people call themselves War-ci-a-cum and Speake a language differnet from the nativs above with whome they trade for the Wapato roots of which they make great use of as food. their houses differntly built, rasised entirely above ground eaves about 5 feet from the ground Supported and covered in the same way of those above, dores about the Same size but in the Side of the house in one corner, one fire place and that near the opposite end, around which they have their beads raised about 4 feet from the flore which is of earth, under their beads they Store away baskets of dried fish Berries & Wappato, over the fire they hang the fiesh as they take them and which they do not make immediate use. Their Canoes are of the Same form of those above.

...We proceeded on about 12 miles below the Village under a high mountaneous Countrey on the Stand. Side, shore boald and rockey and Encamped under a high hill on the Stand. Side opposit to a rock. Situated half a mile from the shore, about 50 feet high and and 20 Deamieter; we with dificuelty found a place clear of the tide and Sufficiently large to lie on and the only place we could get was on round stones on which we lay our mats rain continued. moderately all day & Two Indians accompanied us from the last village, they we detected in Stealing a knife and returned.

Great joy in camp we are in view of the Ocian, this great Pacific Octean which we been so long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey Shores (as I suppose) may be heard distinctly