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JOURNAL. 
Tuesdaif 5th, Last night was cloudy and thunder 
ivas heard at a distance. About midnight the small 
canoe we left yesterday came floating down with the 
current, and would have passsd usifour centinel had not 
hailed it : the hunters in it killed a bear and two deer. 
This morning was also cloudy, and we halted here 
tin noon in expectation that the other canoe would 
come down \ but there was then no appearance of 
it ; and we began to suspect it had passed in the 
night. The forenoon had become clear and pleasant? 
and at noon we got under way. As we went on we 
killed a very fat buffaloe and some deer ; and two 
hunters who went on ahead in the morning killed two 
very large brov^n bears. At sunset we encamped 
and at dark a violent gust of wind and rain came ©ii 
with thunder and lightening, which lasted about an 
hour ; after vvhich we had a fine clear night. 
Weclncsdny 6th\ We embarked early, and had a 
iinc morning, but high wind. At 12 o'^clock the 
wind blew so violent that it became dangerous to go 
on, and we halted ; and some of the men went out 
and shot a large buck, but not dead and he got into 
the river ; when two of them pursued in a canoe and 
caught him. Having remaiaed here three hours, 
we again v/ent on until night and encamped. We 
have yet seen nothing of the two hunters wha had 
been left behind in the small canoe. 
Thursday 7th. The morning was cloudy, and we 
set out early, after a very heavy shower of rain which 
fell before day light. We proceeded on very wellv 
and about 4 o'clock arrived at the mouth of the 
Yellow Stone river. We found that Captain Clarke 
had been encamped on the poitit some time ago, and 
had left it. We discovered nothing to inform u& 
where he was gone, except a few words written or 
traced in the sand, which were " W, C. a few mtlee 
furth r doivn on the right hand .sId:.'* Captain Lewis 
having left a few lines for the two men in the can«>Cj 
