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to inform them, if they are still behmd, where we 
were gone, we continued our voyage. At night we 
encamped after coming above 100 miles ; and though 
dark, killed a fat buffaloe at the plfeice of our encamp- 
ment. 
Friday S(h, We had a fine clear cool morning 
with some white frost ; proceeded on early and in a 
short time past one of Captain Clarke's camps. At 
rjne o'clock we halted to repair the perio^ue, and to 
dress some skins to make ourselves clothmg. The 
iHUsquitoes are more troublesome here than at any 
place since we left the fails of the Missouri. A par- 
ty of men went out to hunt and killed some elk and 
deer ; the rest were employed in dressing deer and 
cabre skins. 
Saturday 9th, This was another fine day; and 
moiK of the men were employed as yesterday ; and 
in making small oars for our canoes. Two of them 
went over the river and killed an elk aud a deer. 
Sunday \Oth. We had a fine morning and were 
ciBpioyed ift t»t?puiriiig the penoguc^ ami dressing 
skinsj until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when we got 
the periogue completed, loaded our craft, and at four 
o'clock proceeded on to the mouth of White-earth 
river, and encamped opposite it on the same bottom, 
where we encamped on the 2 1st April 1805. In the 
afternoon some drops of ruin fell ; and the musqui- 
toes here were very bad indeed. 
M'mday Wth, The morning was pleasant ; and 
we set out early ; passed Captain Clarke's encamps 
menti of the night of the 8th Instant, and proceeded 
on to the burnt bluffs, where we saw a gang of elk 
feeding. The canoes were then sent to shore with 
a party of men to endeavour to kill some of them i 
and we proceeded on with the periogue. In about 
half a mile further we sav/ another gang ; when we 
halted and Captain Levvis^ and one of the men went 
^ul after tli^m. In a short time Captain Lewis v^-- 
