Set out early this morning as usual current strong with frequent riffles; employ the cord and seting poles. the oars scarcely ever being used except to pass the river in order to take advantage of the shore and current. at the distance of 3¾ m. passed the entrance of a large Creek 15 yds. wide which discharges itself on Lard. near the center of a Lard. bend it is a bold runing stream this we called X: in the deep valley] he suffered excessively with heat and the want of water, at length he arrived at a very cold spring, at which he took the precaution of weting his feet head and hands before drank but notwithstanding this precaution he soon felt the effects of the water. he felt himself very unwell shortly after but continued his march rejoined NB: Qu] where we are and is navigable.— [X: emence qty of Beaver]
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we killed 2 bear which was imediately in our way. both pore emence number of Beaver and orter in this little river which forks in the bottom
July 26th Friday 1805. a clear morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded on. the current verry Swift. Saw Several Springs along the Shore. one of the party killed a large beaver. pleanty of those animels along the Islands and Shores. Saw Some pine & ceeder timber also Some cotton timber
passed clifts of rocks on each Side of the River the hills make off lower. we can discover high mountains a head, with Snow on them. The River wide and full of Islands. passed over Several bad rapids. our hunter on Shore killed 4 deer. we found an Indians bow in a plain on L. S. took on board a deer Skin which
Friday 26th. The morning was fine and we continued our course through the mountains. There are some cedar and spruce trees on the shore; but very little of any kind on the mountains. About 11 o'clock we got through this range into a valley: About 2 came to a large island and halted on it for dinner. A rattle-snake came among our canoes in the water, of a kind different from any I had seen. It was about two feet long, of a light colour, with small spots all over. One of our hunters went on ahead in the morning, and at this place killed 4 deer. While we remained here it became cloudy and some rain fell. At 4 o'clock we proceeded on through the valley; passed a creek on the south side, and having gone 18 miles and an half encamped on the same side, where a small mountain comes in to the river.
Friday 26 July 1805. a clear morning. we Set out as usal, and proceeded on the current rapid. Saw Several Springs along the Shores. one of the men killed a beaver. the pine and ceeder timber pleanty along the Shores. passed clifts of rocks on each Side but the hills make off lower. we find that we have not entered the 2nd chain of Mountains but can discover verry high white toped mountains Some distance up the River. the River verry wide and full of Islands. the current verry rapid in general. passed over Several verry bad rapids which was difficult to pass. our hunter on Shore killed 4 Deer. the wind blew hard at 2 oClock & a light Sprinkling of rain. we
found an Indian bow. took on board a Deer Skin which
Friday July 26th We had a clear morning, & set out Early as usual and proceeded on. we found the current of the River to run much stronger, than what we had yet experienc'd, since we entered the