Getting very little fresh provisions, the barrier is producing nothing even of the bad salmon.
Thursd.y. 15
Sent a man and an Indian off to the Kettle Falls with some provisions & other articles required for the Express. Mr. McLeod's family[163] accompanied them.—
The smith & one man employed making Axes. The other man cleaning up the store & about the Fort. A few Nezperces Indians with a large band of horses arrived from the plains, they had been collecting roots and came on a visit. No furs.
Friday 16
Thunder & heavy showers of Rain.
The smith making Axes, the other men differently employed about the Fort.
Satd.y. 17
Pleasant weather.
Had horses brought from the plains to set out to the Kettle Falls tomorrow accompanied by Mr Kittson to send off the canoe with the Express to the Rocky Mountains & see how the people are getting on with the buildings.