JOURNAL, 
CHAP. XXIV, 
Sunday 27ih. In a fine clear pleasant morning, 
myself and one of the men crossed the river with the 
iiorsesj in order tago by land to the mouth of Maria's 
river : the rest of the party here are to go by water. 
AYe proceeded on through the plains about twenty 
luiles, and in our way saw a great many buffaloe. 
We then struck Tansy or Rose river, which we kept 
down about ten miles and encamped. The land along 
this river is handsomely covered with Cotton wood 
timber and there is an abundance of game of differ- 
ent kinds. In our way we killed a buffaloe and a 
goat. . The wolves in packs occasionally hunt these 
goatsj which are too swift to be run down and taken 
by a single wolf. The wclves having fixed upon 
their intended prey and t^iken their stations, a part 
6f the pack commence the chace, and running it in a 
cnxle, are at certain intervals relieved by others. In 
this manner they are able to run a goat down. At 
the fails where the wolves are plenty, I had an oppor- 
tunity of seeing one of these hunts. 
Monday 28///. The morning was fine and pleasant, 
and at an early hour we proceeded down the river. la 
our way we killed six goats or antelopes and severi 
buffaloe ; and about one o*clock came to the point at 
the mouth of Maria's river, where we m.et with the 
party who had come down from the falls by water, 
and who had just arrived \ and also unexpectedly with 
Captain Lewis and the three men who had gone wilh 
liim. They had joined the party descending the 
river this forenoon, after riding one hundrecl and 
tv>'enty miles since yesterday morning, when 
they had a skirmish with a party of the Prairie 
