only acquainted with Canoes, the Captain
informed us he did not leave Pitts burgh

until
three days later than he had given expected,
that he had been fifteen days a coming, and
that it was 270 miles to follow the Coarse of
the River, both he and his Men appear-
-ed tired, expressing much satisfaction they
had gotten here, not expecting we would
want them to go further, but when we
let them know our house was nine miles
up the River, and that we wanted the
goods taken there, the submitted to com-
-ply, with much reluctance, and not until
we first engaged to give them three dol-
-lars extraordinary, and half a dollar to
an Indian to Pilot them, the Captain
saying he was a stranger higher up the River.

We have been entirely unable since our
arrival here to have any Conversation
with the Indians without an interpretter their being very few
amongst them who understand any English
& fewer who can, or will express one word,
and our interpretter not being ready at the
the business it was a discouragement to us, to
touch on religious subjects. we had a