Many of the men were ill from the effects of sleeping and living so constantly in water.

Under date of December 12, the journal has this entry:-- "We continued to work in the rain at our houses.

In the evening there arrived two canoes of Clatsops, among whom was a principal chief, called Comowol.

We gave him a medal and treated his companions with great attention; after which we began to bargain for a small sea-otter skin, some wappatoo-roots, and another species of root called shanataque.
We readily perceived that they were close dealers, stickled much for trifles, and never closed the bargain until they thought they had the advantage.

The wappatoo is dear, as they themselves are obliged to give a high price for it to the Indians above.