19 i JOURNAL. 
went out to hunt. Myself ami 4 men went belov/ the 
mouth of Sandy river, and killed an elk, soaie dter 
and a black bear. 
Thursday 3rd, We went out and killed some deer ; 
and then to bring in the meat of the bear and dry that 
of the elk ; but it rained so hard we could not dry the 
meat; and therefore brought in the carcase of the 
bear. On our way Vv'e saw 3 small cubs in a den, 
but the old bear was not with them. In the evening 
we returned to our camp, and remained there all 
iiieht. 
Friday itk. After a cloucly morning, we turned 
out and killed a deer and seme geese, and then went 
to the camp. A party that went out on the upper 
side of Sandy river, killed 4 elk, and some of the 
men were out drying the meat* • 
While I was out hunting, Capt. Clarke got infor- 
mation that a large river came in on the south side 
of the CohuTibia, about 40 miles below this place, 
opposite a large island, which had concealed it frorA 
our view ; and v/ent down with six men to view it. 
He found it to be a very large river, 500 yards wide, 
with several nations of Indians living on it ; and its 
source supposed to be near the head waters of some 
of the riversj which fall into the gulph of CaliForniai 
On their return they bought some dogs at an Indian 
village ; aiui last night arrived at camp. Four men 
were sent on ahead this forenoon in a canoe to hunt; 
and. I went out with two more to the den where we 
saw the cubs, to watch for the old bear ; v/e staved 
there until dark and then encamped about a quarter 
of a mile otf, and went back early in the morning \ 
but the old one was not returned : so we took the 
cubs and rctarntd to camp* 
Saturday bth. The weather was pleasant. There 
IS a beautiful prairie and a number of ponds below 
the mouili ()f ISandy river; and about two miles from 
- the Columbia the soil is rich with white qedar tiuv 
