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One of our hunters killed one, and Captain Clai-ke's 
black servant killed two. We encamped at sunset 
on the south side. 
Monday lOth, We had a foggy mornmg, but mo- 
ved on early ; passed high bluffs on the north sid^, 
and saw some timber in the bottom on the south 
side. At 12 we came to black sulphur bluffs on the 
south side. On the top of these bluffs ^sIvg found the skel- 
eton or back bones of a fish, 45 feet long, and petri- 
fied : part of these bones were sent to the City of 
V/ashington. One of our sergeants discovered a 
large salt spring abotit a mile and an half from the 
river. A hunter went up the bank aixl. kiiled ^n elk. 
We left a periogue for the men who were dressing^ 
the elk, and proceeded up the north side of the river 
two miles, when W€ were obliged to return on ac* 
count of sand bars, and to take the south side. Here 
we saw eight elk swimming the river, and had seen a 
great many buffaloe during the day. W e encamped 
on an island and killed one buffaloe. 
"Tuesday 1 liii. We set sail before day light with 
a fair wind ; passed an island covered with timber, 
and high hills and prairie on both sides of the liver. 
At I o'clock it began to rain. We saw^ some person 
coming down the river on horseback, when we came 
to land and found it Was the man who had preceded 
us with the horses. He had left one of the horses 
;that had failed. We now had only one horse left. 
This man had been absent 1 6 days, and his bullets 
being expended, he subsisted 12 days almost wholly 
on grapes. The hills here come close to the river 
on both sides. One of the men went by land with 
the horse, and we continued our voyage, until night, 
though it rained very hard ;* and encamped on the 
south side. Captain Clarke/^it4 two or three of the 
men who had gone out to hunt, feilled two elk, four 
(ker and one porcupine. 
Wednesday Mt/i. We set out as usual and had a 
