2nd.  Saturday.  Mild weather.  Wind W.  Two men covering houses with mats.  Two boat buildings.  One whitewashing houses, and one at carpenters work, got the outside of the fort cleaned by Indian women.

3rd.  Sunday.  Cloudy cold weather.  Wind N.

4th.  Monday.  Wind and weather as yesterday.  Two men boat building, two thrashing, one at the mill, and one repairing the fence of the garden.

Weighed our beaver and took an account of all the furs.

5th.  Tuesday.  The weather still continues cold.  Wind NW.  This morning five Arc Plattes arrived with leather to trade.  They passed Mr. Montour yesterday at the last portage in McGillivray's River.  About noon Mr. Kittson came in with seven men, accompanied by three families.  He brought three bags of pimigan for the use of the express, and left his returns at Pendent Orielle Bay, in charge of Canotte who is to remain there until sent for, as yet the snow will not admit any horses to go for them.  I am sorry to say that owing to the severity of the winter, our expectations, in the making a good spring trade there, have been blasted.  The following is a statement of what Mr. Kittson left behind him.

Besides the above there remains in the same care 20 Buffalo Rove, 11 elk skins and 12 parfliches belonging to the Kootinais post.

The men of the place employed as yesterday.

6th.  Wednesday.  The weather clear and cold.  Wind N.  Two men boat building, on thrashing, one at the mill, one working in the garden, and one /the blacksmith/ in the forge.  Natives still come in, and bring nothing else but gum to trade.

Today Mr. Montour arrived with his party in three canoes, loaded with the following trade.

340 Large Beaver	22 minks	4 dressed Rien deer skins
217 sm do	200 musquash	59 dressed Red deer skins
5 lar black bear	10 otters	830 lar Chiv: skins
3 cub blac bear	1 badger	200 sm chiv skins
2 lar brown bear	55 lar Buff Robes	5 parcht skins
1 cub brown bear	3 sm Buff robes	10 garnished shirts
1 cub grizzli bear	6 damaged Buff Robes	6 pr garnished leggings
12 lb Casternon	68 lar: appichimons	4 Plain shirts
32 fishers	17 half appichimons	4 pr plain leggings
1 red fox	42 Parfliches	12 Cabross or long Cab
54 lynx	8 Wolves/skins	250 Sinoues
6 martins	3 wolverines

The winter trade of that post exceeds that of the preceding year, but owing to the inferior summer trade, the returns are much less than last year, yet had the winter been mild we had every hope of making a good spring trade, which would have made up all deficiencies.

The Arc Plattes, have taken their departure for their land, previous to their going, they were advised to do their best for the coming year, in order to retrieve their lost good man as hunters of beaver; and to send word to their friend the Kootinais to exert themselves in the hunt of fur animals.

7th.  Thursday.  The weather clear and the nights cold.  Wind SW.  The Flat Head men employed with the men of the place at the following jobs.  Two thrashing, four boat building, one making wheels, one at the mill, two commenced ploughing the north field, one carting firewood, on in the garden, and one watching the millers.

An account taken of Mr. Montours returned Inventory, both of which were laid bye in the big store.  A few Okinagans arrived and brought a little fresh venison to trade.

8th.  Friday.  Wind and weather as yesterday.  All the men of the district have been employed as follows.  Two thrashing, four boat building, five gone up the river for fence poles, two ploughing, at the mill work Jos Lapierre, One whitewashing the big house, the blacksmith in his forge, one in the garden doing the needful there.  One making a large cart, and one watching the swine.

Indians keep coming and going, but seldom on the score of trade.  LaBregue, the head chief of the Flat Heads, who come with Mr. Kittson, has been round the premises, and finds everything envious, the live stock in particular mad a deep impression on his mind, and thought that one of the cows horns would do very well on his side for a powder flask.  The horses still lean and weak.

April 9th.  Saturday.  Fine weather.  Wind S.  The men of the place have been employed in the following manner.  Four boat building, five rafting fence poles, two thrashing, one at the mill, one watching the swine, Two whitewashing all the buildings about the place, two ploughing, one in the garden and the blacksmith in his forge.

One boat finished and put out of the boat house.  Indians are now becoming scarce, and the few that remain give us little or no trouble.

10th.  Sunday.  The weather cloudy.  Wind S.  The natives about the place assembled as usual in the little Chiefs Lodge for the purpose of devotions.

11th.  Monday.  Clear weather.  Strong northwest Wind.  The men employed as usual, three rafting poles, four at the boat house, one thrashing and winding wheat, two at the mill, one in the garden, one swine keeper, four ploughing, two mending the fences round the farm, and the blacksmith in his forge. 

A few Indians arrived from below, and brought the news of the express being at Thompson's rapid.  In the evening Mr. C. T. Alex R McLoed accompanied by Messrs Parnboun and D. Douglas arrived having left Mr. Barnston in charge of two boats loaded with property for this place.

12th.  Tuesday.  Cloudy weather in the forenoon, and we got a heavy storm of rain.  Wind W.

The same employment for the men as yesterday.  At breakfast hour Mr. Barnston cast up, and every thing he brought was put in store.

13th.  Wednesday.  Cloudy weather Wind S.  The men employed as follows, four boat building, four farming, on at the mill, two thrashing, one swine keeper, two attending the Gentlemen's mess, three mending the farm fences, on in the garden an the blacksmith sick.

Wheat sowed in the north field.  Inventory and outfit 1830 concluded.

Crop of last harvest

• 5006 kegs potatoes
• 751 bus wheat
• 430 bus Indian corn
• 168 bus Pease
• 103 bus barley
• 130 bus oats

In the afternoon a Canadian with two Indians arrived from Walla Wala with twenty two horses sent by Mr. McGallaway for the use of this place.  This party divided from another which has twenty six horses more and expected to be here on the morrow.

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