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May 16, 1806 " a man and boy came to our camp at 11 AM with Drewyers Horse which he informed us he found at a long distance towards the mountains. this horse had strayed from Drewyers camp last night. Hohastillpilp and all the natives left us about noon today and informed us that they were going up the river some distance to a place at which they expected to fine a canoe. we gave these peole a head and Neck of the largest bear, the Indians of this country seldom kill the bear they are very much afraid of them. The men who were complaining of the head ake and cholick yesterday and last night are much better to day." May 17, 1806 " The worm days which we have had has melted the snows in the mountains and the river has rose considerably. we have been visited by no indians today. That icy barier which separtes me from my friends and Country, from all which makes life esteemable. - patience, patience- " May 18, 1806 "Twelve of the party turned out to hunt . our indian woman was busily engaged today in laying in a store of the fennel roots for the Rocky mountains. these are called by the Shoshones year-pah*. None of the natives visited us today until 2 o’clock in the afternoon. They remained about an hour and had some eye water put into their eyes which were sore." year-pah* - Is a Shoshone word, yampa, from which Gairdner's yampah derives its name. May 19, 1806 "We sent Shabobo, Thomson , Potts, Hall & Wiser over to the Villages above to purchase some roots to eate with our pore bear meat, for which purchase we gave them a fiew Awla, Knitting pins, & arm bans and directed them to proceed up on this Side of the river opposit to the Village and Cross in the Cano which we informed is at that place. Sent Jo & Rueben Field up the river a short distance after the horse which Capt. Lewis rode over the mountains last fall, which horse was Seen yesterday with a gangue of Indian horses, and is Very wild -. 4 Men and 8 women came to our Camp with Thompson who went to the Village very early this morning. those Men applyed for Eye water and the Women had a variety of Complaints tho' the most general complaint was the Rhumitism, pains in the back and the Sore eyes, they also brought fowd. a very young child whome they said had been very Sick. I adminstered eye water to all, two of the women I gave all, one whose Spirets were very low and much hiped* I gave 30 drops of Laudanum**... all of those people thought themselves much benifited by what had been done. " hiped* - Afflicted with hypochondria; here perhaps depression Laudanum** - Laudanum is a tincture of opium, given as
a sedative in this case. May 20, 1806 "It continued to raining, the hunters said it also snowed on the hills to day where they hunting. at 5 PM Frazier who had been permitted to go to the village this morning returned with a pasel of Roots and bread which he had purchased. brass buttons is an article of which these people are tolerably fond, the men have taken advantage of their prepossession in favour of buttons and have devested themselves of all they had in possesson which they have given in exchange for roots and bread. "
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