JOURNAL. 
105 
Monday \st July^ 1805. A fine day. In the af- 
ternoon, Captain Clarke and the men came v»ith all 
the baggage except some they had left six miles 
back. The hail that fell on the 27th hurt some of 
the men very badly. Captain Clarke, the interpre- 
ter, and the squaw and child, had gone to see the 
spring at the fails ; and when the bform began, thev 
took shelter under a bank at the mouth of a run ; 
but in five minutes there v/as seven feet water in the 
run ; and they were very near being swept away* 
They lost a gun, an umbrella and a Surveyor's com- 
pasS) and barely escaped with their lives. 
Tuesday 2nd* A fine m.orning. The Surveyor's 
compass, which had been lost v/as found to day. 
The men went out for the baggage which had 
been left on the way, and got in with the whole of it, 
and canoes safe. 
In the evening, the most of the corps crossed over 
to an island, to attack and rout its monarch, a large 
brown bear, that held possession and seemed to defy 
all that would attempt to besiege him there. Our 
troops, however, stormed the place* gave noquarter^ 
and its commander fell. Our army returned the 
same evening to camp vvithout having suffered any 
loss on their side. 
Wednesday ord, A fine morning. I was So enga- 
ged with the boat, that I had not visited the falls. I 
therefore set out with one of the inen to day for that 
purpose. I found the 2nd pitch the most beautiful, 
though not the highest. About a mile belov/ the up - 
per pitch, the largest and most beautiful spring rises 
out of the bank of the Missouri on the south side 
that I ever beheld. We had a light shov/er ^f rain. 
During this excursion I saw more buifaloc than I had 
seen in any day previous : we killed 7 of them before 
we returned to camp. We also saw 25 v/oives in one 
gang or pack. 
Thursday 4(h, A fine day. A part of the men were 
