JOURNAL. 
tain Clarke killed a hare, which was now changing- 
Its colour from white to grey. 
Saturday IZth, We had a pleasant day andafeiir 
wind ; but our small canoes could not bear the saiL 
Some o^f the party caught some beaver, and some 
Frenchmen who were out trapping caught 7 of them. 
We passed a large creek on the South side, called 
Onion creek. We came 23 miles and encamped on 
the North side, where we found a wild goose nest on 
a tree about 60 feet high. One of the men climbed 
the tree and found one egg in the nest. 
Sunday I4t/i, We started early as usual, and had a 
fine morning. As we were setting out a black dog 
eame to us, and went along, supposed to have belong- 
ed to a band of the Assiniboins, who had been en- 
camped near this place a few days ago. We passed 
a hill resembling a large haystack, ail but about IG 
feet of the top which was as white as chalk. The 
hills in general are much higher here than lower 
down the river ; but the bottoms much the same. In 
the afternoon we passed a creek, called after our inter- 
preter, Sharbons creek. He had been, before, this far 
up the Missouri, and no white man any further, that 
"we qould discover. We made 16 miles and encamp- 
ed in a handsome bottom on the North side. 
Monday \ 5th, We had a pleasant day and a fair 
wind ; se£ forward early as usual, and went on verjr 
well. Passed a large creek on the North side, called 
Goat-pen creek. We saw a number of bufialoe and 
two bears on the bank of the river. After going 23- 
Hiiles we encamped on the South side. 
Tuesday \6th. We had a clear pleasant day ; and 
in the early part of it, a fair gentla wind. Captaia 
Clarke went out and killed a Cabre or Antelope, the 
same kind of an animal, which we before called a 
fpat. The wind became flawy and the sailing bad. 
After maldng 18 miles we encamped on the Soutb 
tide in a point of woods called the Grand point* 
