John Colter one of our party observed the tomehawk in one of the lodges which had been stolen from us on the 4th of November last as we decended this river; the nativs attempted to wrest the tomahawk from him but he retained it. they indeavoured afterwards to exculpate themselves from the odium of having stolen it, they alledged that they had bought it from the natives below; but their neighbours had several days previously, informed us that these people had stolen the Tommehawk and then had it at their village.

these people were very unfriendly, and seemed illy disposed had our numbers not detered them [from] any acts of violence. with some difficulty we obtained five dogs ... passed several beautifull cascades

(Multnomah Falls)

several small streams fall from a much greater hight, and in their decent become a perfect mist which collecting on the rocks below again become visible and decend a second time in the same manner before they reach the base of the rocks.

we purchased two dogs ....

April 09, 1806
William Clark

last night at a late hour the old amsiated [emaciated?] Indian who was detected in stealing a Spoon yesterday, crept upon his belley with his hands and feet, with a view as I suppose to take some of our baggage which was in several defferent parcels on the bank. the Sentinal observed the motions of this old amcinated retch untill he got with[in] a fiew feet of the baggage at [that] he hailed him and approached with his gun in a possion [position] as if going to shoote which allarmed the old retch in such a manner that he ran with all his powers tumbleing over brush and every thing in his way.

April 09, 1806
John Ordway

a fair morning and calm   we bailed our canoes   found Some of them to leak   loaded up & about 9 oClock we departed and proceeded on along the South Shore   overtook the 2 Fields who had killed nothing   about noon Some of the men killed an eagle.   we crossed over to the North Side & halted at a village of the Wa-cla-lah nation (Watlala Chinookans, in the vicinity of Skamania, Skamania County, Washington, the Corp had visited this group on November 2, 1805)  where we bought 5 or 6 fat dogs.   found Capt Clarks pipe tommahawk which was Stole from him last fall, below Quick Sand River.   we took it from them. they Signd that they bought it below and appeared to be highly afronted at our taking it but were afraid to Show it   a number of these natives are moveing up to the big Shoote (Cascades of the Columbia River) to fish &C    a number of an other nation overtook us who belong up near the big falls (Celilo Falls) &C   a large creek (Possibly Woodward Creek) puts in close above the village which we did not discover last fall.  when we passd down   we dined and proceed. on   passd Strabury Island (Hamilton Island) where the Swift water begins. we halted at a village at the foot of the 1st rapid, on N. Side which was lately erected.   we purchased 2 fat dogs and crossed over to the South Shore and Camped (Behind Bradford Island, location of Bonneville Dam, Multnomah County, Oregon) behind [blank] Island    commenced raining hard & high winds from N.W.   the River much higher at this time than it was last fall when we passd. down. Some Spots of Snow is now on the tops of these Mountains Near the River.

April 09, 1806
Patrick Gass

The morning was pleasant; we therefore loaded our canoes and proceeded on till 11 o'clock when we stopped at a large Indian village on the north side; but a number of the huts were unoccupied. They are of the Al-e-is nation [Wahclellah village]. At the time we halted 3 canoe loads of them were setting out for the falls to fish. We took breakfast here and bought 5 dogs from them. The women all wear the small leather bandage, but are quite naked otherwise, except what is covered by the small robe they wear round their shoulders. In the afternoon the weather became cloudy and some rain fell. In the evening we came to a large rapid at the lower end of Strawberry island; where there are a number of the natives about settlling on the north side. Here we crossed over, after buying two dogs from them, and encamped behind the island [Brant island, just below the lower Cascades]. some rain continued falling.