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titer is very narrow, crooked and shallow. This^ 
morning' we passed a place where the hills come close 
to the river for a short distance, and then open on 
each side of a small valley, which, on account of the 
great quantity of service berries in it, we called Ser- 
vice-berry valley. We passed over a rapid of about 
a quarter of a mile, and encamped on the South side, 
having come 15 miles. 
Saturday \7th. A fine morning. We proceeded 
on about 2 miles, and discovered a number of the 
natives, of the Snake nation, coming along the batik 
on the South side. Captain Lewis had been as far 
as the waters of the Columbia riv^r and met them 
there. We continued on about two miles further to 
a place where the river forks, and there halted and 
encamp^la^v after much fatigue and difficulty. The 
water is §o shallow that we had to drag the canoes, 
one at a time, almost all the v/ay. The distance 
across from this place to the waters of the Columbia 
river is about 40 miles, and the road or way said to 
be good. There were about 20 of the natives came 
over with Captain Lewis and had the same number 
of horses. Here we unloaded the canoes, and had a 
talk with the IndiaUv' ; and agreed with them that 
they sliould lend us some of their horses to carry our 
baggage to the Columbia river. 
S^ndmj ]S'ih. A fine morning. We bought three 
iorses of the Indians. Captain Clarke and 1 1 more, 
with our interpreter and his wife, and all the Indian* 
set out at 1 i o'clock to go over to the Columbia.— 
The Indians went for horses to carry our baggage^ 
and we to search for timber to make canoes for des** 
cending the Columbia. We proceeded up the nortW 
branch which is the largest and longest branch of 
J-frerson river, thvdugh a handsome valley about 5 
irales wide. In this we found a number of springg 
and small branches, but no tiniber. There is plenty 
of gra^^s and clova^, and also some flax all along it; 
