Clark’s party is given dried sturgeon and wapato on their return to Station Camp at present Baker Bay. There they meet with Chiefs Concomly and Shelathwell. Another Indian trades two sea otter skins for Sacagawea‘s belt of blue beads, and she is given a new coat.
Dried Sturgeon and Wapato
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Sturgeon and Wapato
I proceeded on up the Beech and was overtaken by three Indians one of them gave me Some dried Sturgeon and a fiew wappato roots, I employd Those Indians to take up one of our Canoes which had been left by the first party that Came down, for which Service I gave them each a fishing hook of a large Size—
—William Clark
Return to Station Camp
despatchd. 3 men to hunt Jo. Fields & Colter to hunt Elk & Labich [Labiche] to kill some Brant for our brakfast The Morning Cleared up fare and we proceeded on by the Same rout we went out
—William Clark
Cheap Chinese Beads c. 1850
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Sacagawea’s Belt of Blue Beads
one of the Indians had on a roab made of 2 Sea Otter Skins the fur of them were more butifull than any fur I had ever Seen both Capt. Lewis & my Self endeavored to purchase the roab with differant articles at length we precured it for a belt of blue beeds which the Squar—wife [Sacagawea] of our interpreter Shabono [Charbonneau] wore around her waste.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Day of the month Wind State of the Weather 20th S E fair after clouds rained moderately from 6 A. M.
—Meriwether Lewis[1]Some abbreviations have been spelled out.
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