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left except three ; two of which the old Snake guide 
took with him. At dark two of our hunters came 
in but had not killed any thing. The day was fair 
duHng the whole of the afternoon. 
Tuesday 2Qth, We again had a very wet morning. 
Two more of our hunters came in, but' had killed 
(nothing. It continued raining till about noon, when 
we had fair weather with some sunshine. The hun- 
ters said it also snowed on the hills to day, where they 
were hunting, while it rained at our camp. About 
2 o'clock in the afternoon, another hunter came ia 
and bjzought a deer that he had- killed. In the after- 
noon four of our hunters again went out. In the 
evening there were some light showers. 
Wednesday Sl^r. There was a cloudy morning. 
Two more hunters went out ; and some men set 
about making a canoe to fish in, when the salmon 
come up, as we do not expect to leave this place be- 
fore the middle of June. To day we made a small 
lodge of poles and covered it with grass, for Captain 
Lewis and Captain Clarke, as their tent is not suffi- 
cient to defend them froni the rain. At 10 o'clock the 
weather became clear, and in the evening, was cold. 
Thursday 22,nd, had a fine clear morning with 
some white frost. At three o'clock five of our hun- 
ters came in with five deer ; previous to which w^ 
had killed a fine colt. In the afternoon we saw a 
great number of the^lialives on horseback pui suing 
a deer on the opposite side of the river. They drove 
it so hard that it was obliged to take the water, when 
some of our men went down the bank and shot it, 
and the natives got on a raft and caught it. These 
Indians,are the most active horsemen I ever saw % 
they will gallop their horses over precipices, that I 
should not think of riding over at all. 
The frames of their saddles ar^ made of wood 
nicely jointed, and then covered with raw skins, 
which when they become dry, bind every part tightj 
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