January 11th, 1806
Dear Journal,
Today seemed like it went by very slowly for some reason. That was good for Harrison though because he got to enjoy his birthday!
Today the Cathlamets leave to go to the Clatsops and trade wapato for blubber that the Clatsops bought from the Tillamooks with beads obtained from whites. This, Lewis pointed out, was how traded goods from the coast get distributed well up the Columbia River. Someone who came in last night didn't tie up the Indian canoe, their lightest, and it's gone down the Netul with the tide. Some men got sent out to search for it.
Nothing really that interesting happened today except for that we have lost a canoe and we really hope that the people who got sent out find it! I'm afraid I have to go, for everyone's calling me to come to dinner! We have to go and sing to Harrison, hope he had a great birthday [:
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