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early, through rapid water ; the river being crooked 
and narrow, and passed a small creek on the south 
side. The weather was cold during the whole of this 
day. We went 1 6 miles and encamped in a beauti- 
ful plain on the South side. 
Wednesday l^t/i. The morning was clear and cold. 
We embarked after breakfast ; passed a small creek 
on the north side and a beautiful valley on the same 
side. Timber is very scarce, and only some few^ 
scattering trees along the river. Our hunters came 
in at noon, who had been out all day yesterday : they 
had killed 5 deer and a goat. There are a few deer and 
goats in this part of the country ; and otter and beaver 
in plenty along the river, but no other kind of game 
that we could discover. There are some fish in the 
river and trout of a large size, and of the black kind. 
We went 1 5 'miles and encamped on the South side 
where we had great difficulty in procuring a suffi- 
cient quantity of wood to cook with. 
Thursday \Sth, We had a fine morning and pro- 
ceeded on about 8 o'clock. Having gone 2 miles, 
we came to the entrance of a mountain, where Captain 
Lewis and his party on the seccnrdday after their de- 
parture had taken dinner ; and had left 4 deer skins. 
At the entrance of the mountain there are two high 
pillars of rocks, resembling towers on each side of 
the river. The mountains are not very high a.nd do 
not approach ^o near the river as some we have pass- 
ed ; they are about a quarter of a mile distant, and 
the river meanders along between them through the 
1:^ushes and is not more than 20 yards.wide, and about 
a foot and a half deep. *^ The water is very cold, and 
severe and disagreeable to the men, who are frequent- 
ly obliged to wade and drag the citioes. We went 
15 miles and encamped onthe/South side. 
Friday 1 Mi: We did not set out till after breakfestj 
and while here one of the men went out and killed a 
liae buck. We proceeded through rapid water ; the 
