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where there was food for our horses. We therefore 
hung up pur loading on poles, tied to and extended 
between trees, covered it all safe with deer skins, 
and turned back melancholy and disappointed. At 
this time it began to rain ; and we proceeded down 
to Hungry creek again ; went up it about two miles, 
and encamped for the night where our horses could 
get soinething to eat. The grass and plants here are 
just putting QUt, and the shrubs budding. It rained 
hard during the afternoon . 
Wednesday IBth. The morning was cloudy and se* 
veral showers of rain fell during the day. We started 
abotit 8 o'clock, and found the road very slippery and 
bad. Two men w«nt on ahead to the village to en* 
quire for a guide, and two more remained to look for 
two horses that could not be found. We proceeded 
on with four men in front to cut some bushes out of 
the path ; but did not go far till one of the men cut 
himself very badly with a large knife ; when we had 
to halt and bind up his wound. We again went for- 
ward, and in crossing the creek the horse of one of 
our men fell with him, threw him off, hurt his leg 
and lost his blanket. We halted for dinner at the 
same place Where we dined on the 1 6th and had a 
gust of rain, hail, thunder and lightening, which 
lasted an hour, when the weather cleared and we had 
a fine afternoon • We continued our march till we 
tame to a small glade on the branch of a creekj 
where we encamped^ and some hunters went cut in 
the evening ; we had left tWo men to hunt at the 
place where we dined. We found the musquitoes 
very troublesome oil the creek, notwithstanding the 
snow is at so short a distance up the jmountains. At 
night our huntelrs came to camp, having killed nd^ 
thing ; but saw some large fish in the creek, which 
they supposed were salmon. 
Thursday \9th. This was a fine morning ; sonve 
hunters went out and w« agreed to stay here all iif 
