a cloud morning blank] in further examonation I found this water nearly boiling hot at the places it Spouted from the rocks (which a hard Corse Grit, and of great size the rocks on the Side of the Mountain of the Same texture[)] I put my finger in the water, at first could not bare it in a Second— as Several roads led from these Springs in different derections, my Guide took a wrong road and took us out of our rout 3 miles through intolerable rout, after falling into the right road I proceeded on thro tolerabl rout for abt. 4 or 5 miles and halted to let our horses graze as well as waite for
One Deer & Some Pheasants killed this morning, I shot 4 Pheasents of the Common Kind except the taile was black. The road over the last mountain was thick Steep & Stoney as usial, after passing the head of
Friday 13th Sept. 1805. cloudy. we got all our horses up except one which
Friday 13th. A cloudy morning.
Friday 13th Sept. 1805. cloudy. we got our horses up all but the one blank] miles this day and Camped on the branch running west where we had good feed for our horses.
Friday Septemr. 13th We had Cloudy weather; We got up all our Horses, but the one that
The men all turned out to hunt for this horse & Colt, but returned to us without success. We on the return of our Men loaded our horses with our Goods & baggage excepting 3 which we left for Men, to ride & seek the lost horses, we proceeded on our way a short distance when we came to a Warm spring, where the water was nearly boiling hot, where it issued out of the Rocks. We found a short distance below that place a dam, which the Natives had made in Order to stop the Water, that they might have a bathing place. the water at this Bath was considerable above blood heat, this bath run out at different places, some of which was considerable cooler than others.— Several of our party drank of the Water that was in this Bath, it had strongly the taste of Sulphur, & was very clear. The same kind of Sulphurous springs are to be found near this place, & has a handsome appearance, Our officers were of opinion that those Springs were very healthy to bathe in; Near this spring run lies a very handsome Creek, with a very handsome Meadow lying
along it, & this Meadow lay near to the Spring, & a small distance above it— We could not get along the Indian trail, for the timber that had been blown down in a thicket of Pine & other Trees.— We went round this falling timber, and round a hill, and got into the road again. We proceeded on our Journey 'till about 11 o'Clock A. M. when we halted to dine & let our horses feed which was on the Main fork of the Creek,— where we saw several beaver dams,