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miitig up the liver towards us; we there foris h ait td 
a white and killed the wholti of them. About 7 we 
set out along tlie plains again, and discovered the 
mountain South of us coven ed with snow, that had 
fallen last night. _\Vhen we had gone about 1 1 miles 
we saw a larii'e mountain to the West of us also co- 
vered v\ith snow. This mountain appeared to run 
from North to South, and to be very high. The beai^ 
ing of the river is ^till South West. Captain Clarke 
thought this a good course for us to proceed on our 
Toy^vge, and we turned back towards the carap again. 
We v/ent about 15 miles and struck the small river 
about 20 miles from its mouth. Here we killed som^ 
elk and deer ^nd encamped all night. There is a 
great ekal of trrcbcr in the bottoms of this little ri- 
ver, and plenty of different kinds of game. In these 
bottoms I saw the stalks of a plant resembling flax 
in everj^partkular. ^ 
Thursday 6?/). \Np proceeded down the small 
river and killed scnite deer. About 1 o'clock we 
Went on the ^^laiiis again, nvbich we kept on till we 
came to the point in the evening. Captain Lewis 
and his party had not returaea. Some light rain fell 
this afternoon. 
Friday 7ih. It rained all day : Captain Lewis and 
party did not return. 
Santrday Sth: A fine cool morning. About ITl 
o'clock A . M. the water of ihe South river, or branchy 
4:5ecanie altnost of the colour of claret, and remained 
so. all dav. The water of the other branch has the 
appearance of milk when contrasted with the water 
of this branch in its present state. ASout 4 in the 
afternoon ( :aptain Lewis and his party came to camp. 
They had been up the Noi th brunch about 60 miles, 
^xid found it navic;a»3[e that distance ; not so full of 
jslandsas the other branch and a greater quantity of 
timber near it and plenty of game, which is not the 
case on the South branci'. lis bearing sometliinj 
