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falls into the North bmach, caiied Rose river. Its, 
water is muddy, an j the ciirrerit rapid/ (»aptMn 
Lewis look a ®}eridi.ai^ altitade at the p Mat, which 
gave 47^. 24. 12, i^onh Ip^tiiude. Capum Lewis 
and Captain Clarke were not yet satisiied with res- 
pect to the proper river to ascend. 
Tuesday Alt h. Captain L^ wis with six men v/ent 
lip the North brimch, to set if they could iiod any 
certain marks to determine whether that was the 
Missouri oi no-: ; and Captain Clarke mj^eif and h\xv 
others weiit np the Soutii branch, for the same pur- 
pose with regard to that branch. About eight miles 
aljove the con Piuence, the South branch and the small 
river widch falls into the. Nortii braiicbj arc not 
more than 200 yards apa^t. Near this place anti 
close CO the aank of the S#utHbt"anch isv^a llfeautifui 
springy v^here we refreshed ourselves ^^h J|^»gp€>d 
drink of p:rog ; and proc#ej|d.pn througilffl^ Ugh 
plains. Here nothing ii:rpwsMit prickif peaR>5 which 
are in abundance, and some s'ftcn: grass. We wen'c__ 
on about th.irty kniles and found the river still exten- 
ding in a South Yv'est direction. "We saw a moun- 
tain to the South about 20 miles oF, which appeared^- 
to run East and VTest, and some spots ,on it resem- 
biino* snov/. In tlie eveninp; we went towards the 
river to^encea"Dp, where one of the men haviog-got 
dov/u to a small point of woods on the bank, hefore 
the rest of the^party, %vas attacked by a huge he-bear, 
and his ^i^n missed fire. We were about 200 yards 
from him, but the bank there was so steep we could 
iipt get down to his assistance i- we, however, fired 
at the animal from the place where we stood and he 
went off without injuring' the man. Having got 
dov«^n we all- encamped in an. old Indiim lodge for the 
night. 
fVcchzesday 5th. Some light ghowers of rai.n fell 
in the ni^-ht, and the mornine was cloudv. When 
preparing "to set out we discovered three bears co'- 
