Mouth of Necanicum River
with the other 3 men I deturmined to proceed on to the Ocian, & Set out on a Westerley direction
here I found their vilg. 4 Lodges on the west bank of this little river which is here 70 yards wide
William Clark
with the other 3 men I deturmined to proceed on to the Ocian, & Set out on a Westerley direction
here I found their vilg. 4 Lodges on the west bank of this little river which is here 70 yards wide
William Clark
The river enter the ocean on the left. Photo date: December 19, 2010.
[those houses] which were built on the S. exposur of the hill, Sunk into the ground about 4 feet the walls roof & gable ends are of Split pine boards, the dores Small with a ladder to decend to the iner part of the house,
-William Clark-
the fires are 2 in the middle of the house their beads ar all around raised about 2½ feet from the bottom flore all covered with mats and under those beads was Stored their bags baskets and useless mats
-William Clark-
an old woman presented a bowl made of a light Coloured horn a kind of Surup made of Dried berries
which is common to this Countrey which the natives Call Shele wele
-William Clark-
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