we were visited today by several parties of indians from a village about 8 miles above us of the S[h]ah-halah nation. I detected one of them in steeling a peice of lead and sent him from camp.

April 07, 1806
William Clark

we made our men exercise themselves in shooting and regulateing their guns, found several of them that had their Sights moved by accident, and others that wanted some little alterations all which were compleated rectified in the course of the day except my small rifle, which I found wanted cutting out.

April 07, 1806
John Ordway

a fair morning   Drewyer & the 2 Fields were sent on a head to ascend the River & hunt untill our arival   all hands set at jurking & drying the Elk meat.   a number of Savages came down the River in their canoes    brought a fiew dogs a little Chapellel (Cous, Lomatium cous, the Chinookan word is a-sablal, "bread".) & roots for trade, but asked a large price for them So we purchased only one dog.   we got the meat all dry towards evening and packed it up &C   the Musquetoes trouble us a little &c--   Drewyer returned with the Savages and killed 2 ducks this evening &c--

April 07, 1806
Patrick Gass

This was a pleasant day, but cloudy. Three hunters went on ahead again and the rest of the party remained drying meat to subsist on while we passed the Columbia plains, as there is no game in that part of the country, according to the accounts given by the natives, who are daily coming down; and say that those remaining in the plains are in a starving condition, and will continue so until the salmon begin to run, which is very soon expected. We continued here all day; and one of our hunters killed a beautiful small bird of the quail kind.