2nd.  Thursday.  All the wheat in, and put into stacks, the amount is fair containing 7200 sheaves.

Five men have been sent with Jos Lapierre, to work on dam for, and clear the road, to the mill.

Indians keep coming with dry salmon, more than we have need of as the articles wanted in returns are getting scarce.  Cloudy weather.

3rd.  Friday.  Francis Rivet, the interpreter and two men sent to Walla Wala with the following articles, at the disposal of Mr. Chief Factor McLoughlin. Vis

The men busily employed at gathering and thrashing the crops, with the exception of those at the mill.  The weather, as usual, fine.

4th.  Saturday.  The men employed as yesterday.  We have now in the small store, behind the big one, 3200 lb of salmon, and the natives still press more on us for barter.  the weather very warm and at times cloudy.  Two pigs killed weight in all 366 lbs.

5th.  Sunday.  All very quiet, the Indians keep at their dancing devotions, and very few trouble the fort.

Some rain fell during the night, fair all day.

6th.  Monday.  The goods on hand assorted for taking the inventory.  The men thrashing barley, and oats, as also covering the wheat stacks with straw.  Lapierre and party still employed about the mill.

More dried salmon traded.

7th.  Tuesday.  Inventory taken and the store put into some order.  The men employed as yesterday. 

Mr. Montour and family arrived from the Flat Heads with whom, he has been all the year watching the movements of the Americans.  No further news of that quarter, than what we knew before.  Warm weather.

8th.  Wednesday.  Four men occupied thrashing the remainder of the barley in the field near the hill.  Six men at the mill, one cooking, one watching the cattle, that are troublesome. Two off for canoe wood one processing meat for making pemigan⁽¹⁾ one looking after the pigs and one mess cook.

A few Spokanes and Pendent Orielles around from whom we got a few skins in trade.  The Okinagans paid us their last visit, to proceed home.

The weather overcast and warm

9th.  Thursday.  The thrashers completed their job in the upper field next the hill, and now employed thrashing pease in the middle field.  The usual compliment of hands at the mill dam, and the rest of the men various employed.  More Spokanes in for trade.  The salmon still plentiful at the fall. Fine weather

10th.  Friday.  The same employment for the men as yesterday.  Sent horses t the two men in search of canoe wood.  During the night we got a heavy thunder storm.

11th.  Saturday.  The men employed as usual.  The two men, who were out for cedar returned home with it. Orders given to five men for a start tomorrow to the Pendent Orielles for the purpose of making cedar canoes for the Flat Head fall party, as the crafts there are now unfit for service.  Trade dull.  Fair weather.

12th.  Sunday.  The men, alluded above, have taken their departure.  The day passed away in quietness.  Rained last night and cloudy all day.

15th.  Monday.  The men of the place were employed as usual, thrashing grain, erecting the mill dam and other various duties.  Indians moving off as fast as possible to hunting grounds.  Fair weather.

14th.  Tuesday.  The employment of the men as yesterday.  Had instruction given to Indians to bring game for trade.  The women of the place employed at picking off the ears of corn from the stocks, and one man employed carting the same to the farm yard.  The weather continues fair. 

15th.  Wednesday.  The work going on as yesterday.  Fair weather.

16th.  Thursday.  The men ended thrashing the pease, and have put the straw of the same into stacks.  Four men taken from the mill wright, he is left with only one and the work there in a forward state.  This morning old Rivet arrived from his trip to Walla Wals.  By him, we received a little supply of fine beads, as requested by Mr. Heron.  Nothing new from that quarter.

17th.  Friday.  Six men have been employed at cutting wood for a coal kiln.  The rest of the men kept at various employments.  Fair weather.

18th.  Saturday.  The coal wood completed.  One man has been busy carting home wood for making a potatoe shed under ground, the old one rotten.  Quinvelle and a young Indian, left behind by Rivet, arrived, but, as usual with scamps, did not bring home the two horses left in their charge.  A Spokane Indian has the care of those animals.  The women have been busy at shelling the Indian corn brought home.  130 kegs white pease put in store besides many tresses of Indian corn.  The Indians are beginning to bring in furs.  Two Flat Head Indians have also come in and appeared surprised at the change of the place, in fact all the natives that visit the fort seem struck with the beauty of the dwelling house, which is finished with glass windows.  Clear weather.

19th.  Sunday.  A mare stolen from us by and Okinagan Indian.  It rained during the night

20th.  Monday.  The men were at the following employment.  Three at the water mill, five at the potatoe shed, two carting, one with the women in the farm yard shelling Indian corn, the blacksmith at his trade, and one squaring wood for the potatoe shed.  Two men on the sick list, in fact every now and then we have some useless hands about the place.  Traded a little gum and berries.

Six more kegs of corn put in store, and one hundred tresses of the same hung up in the garret of the big store.  Fine weather.

21st.  Tuesday.  The men and women employed as yesterday.  Preparations making for taking up the families to the west end of the Rocky mountains.  LaCourse, and party arrived from the Pendent Orielles, where they were making a cedar canoe, which they completed in five days.  Fair weather.

22nd.  Wednesday.  The men at their several occupations, such as building the potatoe shed, working at the mill, gumming a boat for the mountain, and the women with a man as usual shelling corn.  Fine cool weather.

23rd.  Thursday.  From the private luggage being great, it is now found necessary to take up two boats, in order to make a sure and quicker voyage to and from the mountain.  Another boat, has therefore been got across, and men put to gumming of it.

The rest of the men variously employed.  Indians are again moving off for the hall hunt.  Clear weather.

24th.  Friday.  The men employed as yesterday.  Very few Indians come to the house, most of the strangers have gone to their different houses.  The weather still continues fine.

25th.  Saturday.  After an early breakfast the two boats left this for the mountains, with the lading of forty pieces each including provisions.  Manned severally by six men and a boy.  The passengers were Mr. Heron and family, Mr. Saml McDougall and family, Messrs McLeod and Harriotts families, and the family of your humble servant who is left in charge of the Fort until Mr. Herons' return.  The total heads in the two boats were thirty two, fourteen of which are working men.  Eight men remain to do the work of the place, two of them are on the sick list.  Old Rivet is also at the fort, and no small assistant is he, to the Gentleman in charge.  Pleasant cool weather.

26th.  Sunday.  Nothing of any importance transpired her today, ant the natives all very quiet.  Cloudy weather.

27th.  Monday.  Three men were employed raising the square of the potatoe shed, Jos Lapierre at his mill work, two with the women at the Indian corn, and one of the sick was also shelling corn, the other useless being was sent to Lapierre with whom he can amuse himself.  The mare stolen on the 19th Instant was this day brought back by a Cing Poel, who played the same trick to the Okinagan thief as he did to us.  Fair weather. 

28th.  Tuesday.  The same work for the men as yesterday.  At noon the shelling of the Indian corn in the farm yard was ended, and two of the men with the women were put in the field picking up more.  the sick man Deloge was sent to mend a cart for binging home the corn.  The old Inpent, a Flat Head, left us for his lands in order to make a fall hunt.  Mr. Montour has taken his route toward the Arc Platte portage for the purpose of hunting beaver, he is to be here by the 15th of next month.  Very strong west wind all night and day and the weather cloudy.

29th.  Wednesday.  The old corn field finished except carting of the Indian corn.  The potatoe shed taken up much time owing to the ground giving way.  One of the men busy carting home the corn, and Deloge employed making two ploughs.  We have now in store 770 tresses of Indian corn, besides what has been put loose on the floor of the store and Gentleman's dwelling houses.  Fair weather.

30th.  Thursday.  The men have been occupied as yesterday and the women busily employed shelling corn in the farm yard.  Cloudy weather.

The months produced the following trade.

	Kettle Falls	Lake Indians	Spokanes	Okinagans	Pendent Orielles	Cing Poels
23 large Beaver	3	7	6		7
12 small beaver	2	4			6
4 black bear		1	3
2 brown bear		1	1
2 grizzli		1			1
5 prs casternon		5
1 martin	1
5 mink	1		4
163 musquash	40	1	100	10	12
4 lynx	1	3
3 otters			1		2
4 appichinon					4
866 lb salmon		531		225	80	50
163 fresh salmon	151					12
5 kegs roots			5
3 kegs berries	3
2 horses			1		1
4 kegs grease	4
1 fisher			1
24 ducks	24

1.  Pemmican is a high energy food developed by the Indians. It can be transported easily and lasts for many months. Although most pemmican was made from buffalo occasionally moose and caribou were used. After the meat was dried, it was pounded into a fine texture. Then it was mixed with animal fat and at times berries. This created a high calorie, high nutrition food for the travelers. URL: http://www.whiteoak.org/learning/food.htm