2nd. Friday. Weather oppressively hot, calm. A party of Okanogan Indians arrived partly for the purpose of trade, but principally to pass a few days amusing themselves with the Indians at the Falls.
3rd. Saturday. weather as above. The waters have not fallen a foot during the week.
4th. Sunday. The weather continues very sultry. Had green peas for the first time this season.
5th. Monday. Weather as above. Hoeing potatoes, mudding houses, etc. constitute the duties of the place.
We get as many salmon daily as enables us to give out full rations to all hands, and some besides to salt, though the Indians have not enough for themselves. The river is again on the rise. It is higher than it has been yet this season.
6th. Tuesday. Weather excessively warm, and generally calm. The labours of the fort go on as usual. River rapidly on the rise: we fondly hoped on the waters falling for a time that our fine crops has escaped, but this hope I am grieved to state was vain, for a large piece of our pea, Indian corn, wheat and potato grounds are under water.
7th. Wednesday. Weather still very warm. Never so many salmon seen in the river within the memory of the oldest Indians, as this season.
8th. Thursday. Weather as yesterday and duties the same.
9th. Friday. As above.
10th. Saturday. Weather cloudy for the first time this many days since. Waters run apace much of our crops under it, which we consider a lost unless the river quickly recedes. Finished hoeing our potatoes and Indian Corn. Two men still continue at house work etc in the Fort. Indians from all quarters in small parties, are constantly on the move backwards and forwards to the fort and falls, where, are great numbers encamped. Never did see such good, well disposed Indians as they are all, before. And what is wonderful, from the little instruction I have given them on religious matters, they have become perfect Saints.
11th. Sunday. The water still increases rapidly, much to the injury of our crops, which lie in the low grounds.
Weather very warm. Wind SW. Rivet's Son a half breed arrived from Walla Wala.
12th. Monday. The men of the place employed hat house work, sawing etc at which they will continue during the week. Straggling small parties of Indians are daily on the move to and from the fort and falls. Weather still very hot and calm. The water is at a stand. It is higher than ever seen here before by our people.
13th. Tuesday. An Indian arrived with letters from Walla Wala, by which we are informed of two deplorable accidents, namely the loss of nine men a woman and two children of the Snake expedition at the dalls, and another ship on the basl. Our boats passed Walla Wala on the 8th instant and they are deeply laden. Mr. Kittson requests horses to be sent to lighten them at Okinagan. Weather sultry.
Wind S. The river again begins to fall.
14th. Wednesday. Sent Joe Lapierre, Rivets' son and four Indians with 15 horses to Okanogan to relieve our boats of part of their ladings. The Indians at the falls get upwards of two hundred salmon some days in their baskets, but seldom less than one hundred. Weather oppressively hot. Wind SW but nicely calm.
15th. Thursday. Yesterday evening Mr. Ogden's family arrived to pass the winter here, also another son of Rivets and his mother. Wind and weather as above.
16th. Friday. Weather cloudy. Wind W.
17th. Saturday. Cloudy weather. Wind NW.
A party of Spokanes arrived with camass to trade, got from them also a few dried salmon.
Six Kootinais Indians also came in with a few beaver and Dress'd Chivt skins.
18th. Sunday. Wind and Weather as yesterday. Had new potatoes for the first time this season, which are tolerably large and good.
19th. Monday. The men employed putting a new roof on one of the old houses, which had nearly fallen in.
The water recedes but slowly, from our fields, which from its long continuance has done much more injury to the crops than we had first supposed. Weather warm. Wind SW.
20th. Tuesday. Cloudy weather. Wind W.
Indians continue to drop in by small parties daily with camass and dried salmon to trade. Duties of the place as yesterday.
21st Wednesday. Cloudy warm weather in the forenoon. Wind S in the evening having thunder with a strong gust of wind and a shower of rain. The men employed white washing the houses inside and out and the women clearing away the rubbish about the fort. A few Pendent Oreilles Indians arrived from the Flat Head Camp, which they left on its march to meet our people at the usual place to trade their summer hunts.
22nd. Thursday. Cloudy in the morning afterwards clear and hot. Wind S. Nearly calm. Two men began to shear barley. One doing carpenters work about the buildings, and one white washing houses.
The water recedes so slowly from our fields, that much of our crops which we hoped would only be slightly damaged will be entirely destroyed thusly.
23rd Friday. Light clouds. Wind west. Weather sultry. The duties of the place the same as yesterday.
Charles Groslai and Jacques Ostisworke two face men arrived, the former for the purpose of joining the Snake expedition and the latter for that of trade. A few Pendent Orielles and Spokanes also came in for the sake of barter.
24th. Saturday. Cloudy and sultry weather. In the afternoon we had thunder and rain which passed over on the opposite side of the river. Wind variable. Indians coming and going daily.
25th. Sunday. Sultry weather with loud thunder and light rain at a distance. Our party that want to meet the boats at Okinagan, returned with thirty pieces of Goods on horseback. The boats gone on but slowly, it seemed owing to the high waters. Salmon not killed in great numbers at present at the falls, owing to the unfavourable state of the water.
26th. Monday. Clear warm weather. Hence men shearing barley, the rest doing necessary jobs about the fort. Opened the pieces that arrived yesterday. Some of them appear to have been damaged by salt water. Indians still on the move by small parties.
27th. Tuesday. Weather as yesterday. Sent off fifteen horse by Bourdignon and the two facemen to lighten our boats so as to enable them to get on the quicker.
The duties of the men the same as yesterday.
28th. Wednesday. Weather cloudy in the forepart of the day, in the afterpart high wind with thunder and a light shower of rain. Four Nes Perces and three Cour d'Alene Indians arrived for tobacco for their Chiefs, who, by these messengers desire to be informed when they will come in to trade etc. Two men sawing, one laying the flooring of the new store, one making desks in our new office which I got made for our own convenience and that of passants, the accountant of the Dept etc. and one man fence mending.
29th. Thursday. Thunder with high wind and a shower of rain in the afternoon.
The duties of the place as yesterday.
30th. Friday. Sultry weather. The men still employed at the same work. A man and a boy arrived from Vancouver for Mr. Works horses.
31st. Saturday. Our three boats arrived with the outfit from Vancouver in charge of Mr. Kittson. The cargoes in good condition, and no loss sustained except one Keg of sugar by the swamping of a boat above Okinagan. Mr. Saml McDougall and family together with Messrs A R McLeod and Harriotts families arrived passengers on their way to the east side of the mountains.
The people and horses I sent to lighten the boats on the 27th inst also arrived safe with thirty pieces. Indians of all the different tribes begin to pour in to trade so that we have our hands full. Sultry weather.
The following is the trade of the month.
| Kettle Falls | Lake Indians | Spokanes | Pendend Orielles | Kootanais | |
| 27 large beavers | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 small " | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 black bear | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 9 bro " | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 grisly " | 3 | ||||
| 3 pr casternon | 3 | ||||
| 10 fishers | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 martins | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 mink | 3 | 7 | |||
| 24 musquash | 17 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 5 otters | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 9 1/2 kegs roots | 6 1/2 | 3 | |||
| 1 pack saddle | 1 | ||||
| 2 appichanons | 2 |