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JOURNAL. 
Captain Lewis's camp, at a veiy rapid place of the 
river, and took breakfast. We had here to join the 
crews of two canoes together, to go up the rapids 
%vhich were about half a mile long. The Missouri 
at this place is very narrow. At the head of these 
rapids a fine spring comes in on the south side, which 
rises about a quarter of a mile from the river ; and 
has a good deal of small cotton-wood and willows on 
its banks. There is also another spring below the 
rapids, but it sinks before it reaches the river. We 
proceeded on through the mountains, a very desert 
looking part of the country. Some of the knobs or 
peaks of these mountains are 700 (perhaps some 
nearly 1200) fset high, all rock ; and though they 
are almost perpendicular, we saw mountain sheep 
on the very tops of them. We saw few other ani- 
jmals to day. The general breadth of the river is 100 
yards. We went 1 1 miles and encamped in a small 
bottom on the north side. 
Thursday \^th. The morning was fair and we 
proceeded on early : passed Clear-water river on the 
north side about 50 yards wide, rapid and shallow. 
There are a great quantity of currants all along the 
river on both sides in the small bottoms. At break- 
fast time Captain Clarke with three men went on a- 
head. About I i w^e got through the higher part of 
tlie mountains, and to where there is less timber and 
the rocks not so large. In the forenoon we passed 
two small creeks on the north side, and in the afters- 
aioon a small river on the same side ; above the mouth 
0|^' .fWch we got a deer skin, that Captain Clarke** 
itian had hung up. The country continues much 
lUe same. We made 20 miles this day. 
Fridaij \9th. A fine morning. At 9 we came t® 
high pans of the mountains, which had a good deal 
of pine, spru^ce and cedar on them, and where there 
were not so many rocks ; but no timber in the bot- 
toms except some small willows. About 1 o'clock 
