Thursday March 13th 1806.

we sent Drewyer down to the Clatsop village to purchase a couple of their canoes if possible.

while engaged in surching for the perogue Collins one of his party killed two Elk near the Netul below us.
Meriwether Lewis

Thursday March 13th 1806.

The Porpus is common on this coast and as far up the river as the water is brackish.
the Indians sometimes gig them and always eat the flesh of this fish when they can procure it; to me the flavor is disagreeable.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Thursday March 13th 1806.

the Skaite is also common to the salt water, we have seen several of them that had perished and were thrown out on the beach by the tide.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Thursday March 13th 1806.

The flounder is also an inhabitant of the salt water, we have seen them also on the beach where they had been left by the tide. the Indians eat [them] and esteem it very fine.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Thursday March 13th 1806.

the common Salmon and red Charr are the inhabitants of both the sea and rivers.
the former is usually largest and weighs from 5 to 15 lbs.
it is this speceis that extends itself into all the rivers and little creeks on this side of the Continent, and to which the natives are so much indebted for their subsistence.
-Meriwether Lewis-

Thursday March 13th 1806.

The red Charr are reather broader in proportion to their length than the common salmon, the skales are also imbricated but reather large.
-Meriwether Lewis-