a Cloudy Mornin, raind Some last night We set out early and proceeded on up the [EC: Fish
] Creek, Crossed a large fork from the right and one from the left; and at 8 [
Monday 2nd Sept. 1805. a cloudy wet morning. we loaded our horses and Set out about 7 oClock, and proceeded on. the way we had to go was verry bad Some places thick bushes and logs to pass over. other places rockey. our course about N. E. crossed Several creeks or large Spring runs the water of which was verry cold. Saw a nomber of large beaver dams and beaver ponds on this creek. the pine and balsom fir timber tall and Strait, and pleanty. Some of the pine is large enofe for canoes or boards &C. considerable of common alder along the creeks and runs. we proceeded on up the creek passed through verry bad thickets where we were oblidged to cut a road for our horses to pass through. handsom tall strait pine and balsom fir and a little cotton intermixed. crossed Several branches. Some places muddy. we call this place
Monday 2nd. The morning was cloudy. We set out early; proceeded up the creek, and passed some part closely timbered with spruce and pine. We went on with difficulty on account of the bushes, the narrowness of the way
and stones that injured our horses feet, they being without shoes. In the forenoon we killed some pheasants and ducks, and a small squirrel. In the afternoon we had a good deal of rain, and the worst road (if road it can be called) that was ever travelled. The creek is become small and the hills come close in upon the banks of it, covered thick with standing timber and fallen trees; so that in some places we were obliged to go up the sides of the hills, which are very steep, and then down again in order to get along at all. In going up these ascents the horses would sometimes fall backwards, which injured them very much; and one was so badly hurt that the driver was obliged to leave his load on the side of one of the hills. In the low ground there are most beautiful tall straight pine trees of different kinds, except of white pine. Game is scarce; and a small quantity of dried salmon, which we got from the natives is almost our whole stock of provisions. A son of our guide joined us to day and is going on. We went 13 miles and encamped; but some of the men did not come up till late at night.
Monday 2nd Sept. 1805. a wet cloudy morning. we loaded our horses and Set out about 7 oClock and proced on. the road bad Some places thick bushes and [logs?] to cross. other places rockey. went about a N. E. course up the abo. ment. Creek. Crossed Several large Spring runs. Saw a nomber of large beaver dams & ponds the pine and bolsom fer timber verry pleanty and thick up this Creek Some of the Pine is large enofe for boards [several words illegible] we proceeded on through a bad thicket of tall Strait pitch pine bolsom fer & cotton timber we were obledged to cut a road for the horses to go and some places verry Steep and rockey. we followed the creek up, crossed a nomber of fine Spring branches and waided the creek a nomber of times. the mountains on each Side of the Creek is verry Steep and high. the bottoms on the Creek narrow and Swampy a nomber of beaver dams. we Call this place
Monday September 2nd A cloudy wet morning, We set out with our horses & proceeded on our Journey, and about 7 o'Clock A. M. we passed some very bad Roads, some being plains with very thick bushes, and low slashes to cross, other places, very rockey, we went a North east course up the Creek above mention'd. We recrossed the same Creek near a large spring run,— where we saw a number of high beaver dams. We saw also Pitch pine & Balsam fir Trees in great abundance, on the Tops of the Mountains, We passed through a bad thicket of tall strait Pitch pine, balsam fir, & Cotton wood Timber 〈so〉 which grew so close to each other that we were obliged to cut a road for our horses to pass through.—
Some of those places were very steep & Rockey.— We continued our course up the side of the Creek already mentioned this day, and crossed a number of fine Spring branches, and waided in the Creek a number of times. The Mountains that lies on both sides of this Creek are very steep & high; the bottoms on this Creek narrow & swampey, And had a vast number of beaver dams, on them We named this place