JOURNAL.: 
went about ei^^'itcen iTiiles end halted nt a handsoiric 
grove of timber on the South side. It rained a Utile 
all the aftLTDCon. Some of the men went owl to 
hunt and killed an elii. Last night about 12 o'clock 
a builiiloe swiming' the river hrsppened to land at 
one of the periogutS) crossed over it and broke t^vo 
L- uiis, but not so as to render them usekss. He 
then went strai^'bt en. tiiroui'^h the men v^here tb.ev 
Avere sleeping;, but hurt none of them. As we came 
alon^ to day we passed a place v/here the Indians had 
driven above an hundred head of i)uffaIoe down a pre- 
cipice and killed them. 
Tfmvfiday SOth. TheJbrencon was eloudv? 
some rain. We did not %et cut till late in the day. 
The hills came in close on the river <ieain, but are 
not so high. vSome of them ^re as black as coal 
and some white as chaiL.' We see af:^reat mtiny fresh 
Ijidian tracks or signs as pass along. ^It rained 
a little all dav ; we Went on slow and encamped ear- 
ly on the North side, in a small bottom with some 
cotton wood, haying proceeded on eight rnilcs. 
There are n^ pines lo be seen on the bills. 
Fridaxj 3 Is/. We embarked eaily in ?i cloudy 
iiiorning ; passed through a mountainous country, 
but the game is more plenty? and we kilied sorae tuif- 
faioe in our way. About 1 1 o'clock it bei^aa to rain 
slowly, and continued raining two hours, wiicn it 
cleared up. We passed some very cui'ious cliils and 
rocky peaks, in a ionif range. Some of them 200 
feet hi^>:h and not more than eieht feet thick. They 
seem as it built by the hand of man. and are so 
numerous that they appear like the ruins of an an- 
tient city. We v.'ent X7 ~ miles and encamped at 
the mouth of a handsome creek on the North side. 
Saturdaij \st June^ '805. We embarked early. 
The morning was cloudy, but without rain. We 
passed through a more handsome country, than for 
^oine days past. It appears mo.re. It vel and ther^ are. 
