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horses, one I had hired for myself, and Mr. Pardo 

 had two for himself and squaw. About noon we 

 left the village, and proceeded up the Batteau 

 river, until we passed the second large fork, and 

 then we crossed it to the north side. The river 

 here was about an hundred yards wide, and ford- 

 able. The country was barren and hilly. On 

 the 7th, we came to Salt springs, where buiTaloe 

 and cabree were very plenty ; and the country 

 much infested with wolves, which were very rav- 

 enous. Some Indians had very lately removed 

 from this place. We supposed them to have been 

 some of the Gens-di-foukrs, who live three miles 

 below the Gross-Ventres, on the Missouri. We 

 occupied their camp, and continued here until the 

 9th, when we proceeded a western course, crossing 

 a barren country destitute of timber. On the 

 10th, we came to a branch of the Jaun, called 

 Road river, and followed this branch down to its 

 mouth ; where, on the 15th, we arrived at the 

 River*. Jaun, and encamped in a cotton wood 

 grove. The country near the Jaun is more level, 

 and some of the intervals are very rich ; but large 

 barren hills are to be seen at a distance from the 

 river. A party of the Gens-des~corbeau, or Crow 

 Indians, had lately encamped at this place, and 

 their tent poles accommodated us. The river is 

 about half a mile wide, and shallow, but not ford- 

 able. We supposed ourselves about a hundred 

 miles from the mouth. Here we caught a number 

 of very fine fish, mostly pike and cat. On the 



