This was immediately begun by almost the whole party, who in the course of the day dragged four of the canoes to the head of the rapids, with great difficulty and labor.

A guard, consisting of one sick man and three who had been lamed by accidents, remained with Captain Lewis (and a cook) to guard the baggage.

This precaution was absolutely necessary to protect it from the Wahclellahs, whom we discovered to be great thieves, notwithstanding their apparent honesty in restoring our boat; indeed, so arrogant and intrusive have they become that nothing but our numbers, we are convinced, saves us from attack.

They crowded about us while we were taking up the boats, and one of them had the insolence to throw stones down the bank at two of our men.
"We now found it necessary to depart from our mild and pacific course of conduct.

On returning to the head of the portage, many of them met our men and seemed very ill-disposed.