IIS 
JOURNAL. 
Friday 9th. We set out at sunrise, and had a fine 
morning with some dew; proceeded on tili 9 o'clock 
when we halted for breakfast. Here one of the hun* 
ters came to us who had been out since the morning 
the canoes went up the north branch by mistake, and 
who had that morning preceded them by land. Here 
also Captain Lewis and tjirte men started to go on a- 
head ; and at 10 we proceeded on with the canoes. 
The river is narrow and very crooked, and the val- 
ley continues about the same breadth. There is some 
timber on the mountain on the south side, and w'hite 
earth or rocks appearing through the pines. At noon 
we halted for dinner, and hauled out one of the canoes, 
which had sprung a leak and caulked her. 
This morning our commanding officers thought 
proper that the Missouri should lose its name at the 
confluence of the three branches we had left on the 
SOth ultimo. The north branch, which we went up, 
they called Jefferson ; the west or middle branch, 
Madison ; the south branch, about 2 miles up which 
a beautiful spring comes in, Gallatin ! and a small 
river above the forks they called Fhilosofihy, Of the 
3 branches we had just left, they called the north 
WisdoMy the south Fhilanthrojiy^ and the west or mid-' 
die fork, whi'ch we continued our voyage along, re^ 
tained the name of Jefferson. We went 14 miles 
and encamped on the south side. Our two hunters 
killed but one goat. 
