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we had nothing to eat, and there is no gatne. We 
proceeded up about 3 miles, and supperkss went to 
rest for the night. 
Sunday 25th, We set out early and had a fine 
morning ; passed the Indian caoip, whei'e they gave 
us a little dried salmon, and proceeded back again 
over the mountains. Some hunters went on ahead 
and about 4 o'clock we got over the four m^ountains, 
and encaraped in the valley.. Two men went to hunt, 
and all the rest to fish. We soon caught as many 
small fish as made, with two salmon our guide got 
from some Indians, a comfortable supper. At dark 
Gur hunters came in and had killed but one beaver. 
Monday 26th, We had again a pleasant m-orniiig ; 
and four hunters went on early ahead, and one man 
_to look for the horses. We breakfasted on the bea- 
ver and a salmon, which had been saved from si^pper 
the preceding evening. The m.an, who had gone 
for the horses, having returned without finding themr 
4 5 more went out, and our guide immediately 
foiled them. We then about 10 o'clock, proceeded 
on to the forks^ wiiere we found our hunters ; but 
they had killed nothing. So v/e went up to a small 
viMage of the natives, got some fish from them, and 
lodged there all night. 
Tuesday 27th. A fine morning with frost ; and 
eight of us w^ent out to hunt. I -observed some 
liax growing in the bottoms on this river, but saw no 
clover or timothy, as I had seen on the Missouri and 
Jefferson river. There is a kind of wild sage or 
hyssop, as high as a man's head, full of branches and 
leaves, which grows in these bottoms, with shrubs of 
difTerent kinds. In the evening we alJ came in again^ 
and had killed nothing but a fish. We got seme 
^ more from the natives, which we subsisted on. We 
lodged here again all night, but heard nothing;from 
Captain Lewis. 
PV^dmsday 2Bth. The morning^agaia was pleas sh'^t 
