JOURNAL. 
Saturday A dourly morning. We proceeded 
as usual. The country much the same as ytrAerdny ; 
until about 1 2^ o'clock? .when the bottoms became 
in ore extensive on both sides of the river. There h 
still a small quantity of pine timber on tlve hilis. 
We had some sbowers of rain in the forenoon ; hail 
in the afternoon ; and a fine clear evening. We went 
nineteen miles and encamped on the South side op- 
posite an island. 
Sunday \9th. The morning Was foggy and there 
was some dew. The river is handsome and the 
country mountainous. We made 20-^ miles and en- 
camped on the North side in a smaii bottom. 
Monday 20th. We set sail early and had a fine 
morning. Parsed a cre^k on the south side and about 
11 came to the mouth of . the Musple-shell river, a 
handsome river that comes in on the South side. Th« 
water of the Missouri is becoming more clea r. W e 
here spent the remaindtir of the day, having come 
seven miles. C'aptain Lev/is had an observation here, 
which gave 47^. 00. 24. North latitude : and Cap- 
tain Clarke measured th.e rivers. The Missouri 
here is 222 yards wide, and the Muscle-shell 
110 yards. The water of the latter is of a pale 
colour, and the current is not rapid; its mouth is 
660 miles above Fort Man dam. / 
TtiQsday 2\st. We proceeded on early and had 
a fine morning ; towards the middle of Jhe day the 
wind blew hard ; but we went on very'^%e]l for 20 
miles, and encamped on a sand-beach on the N|ti'ui , 
side. 
Wednesday 22nd, A cloudy mo|:ning. The '^md. 
blew so hard this morning, we did not get under way 
until 9 o'clock. The forenoon M^as cold and disa- 
i^reeable, but the afternoon became more pleasant. 
We killed a brown bear and sonae other game on 
our way. Having gone 1 6 |- miles we encamped on 
the North side. 
