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embarked er^rly, and proceeded on till about 1 1 
o'clock, when we arrived at Pleasant camp, aud halt- 
ed. We left this camp on the 18th September 1804." 
The Commanding Officers wishing to procure and 
take down with them the skeletons of some iP.ule 
deer, and cabre ; and knowing that there were but 
few of those animals lower down the river, continued 
here the remainder of the day, and sent out six or 
eight hunters ; who returned at night without finding 
any of the wished for animals, but killed some fat 
bufTaloe and common deer. 
Friday "i^th. The morning was cloudy and some 
hunters went on ahead very early ; while we amused 
ouraelves till 10 o'clock gathering plumbs, of which 
there is great abundance at this place. We then 
went on, and passed White river on the south side. 
The Missouri here is very full of sand bars and 
shoals, and we find difficulty in getting along. About 
2 o'clock we halted to kill some bufTaloe, but were 
unsuccessful, and we proceeded, till evening, and en- 
camped. 
Saturday oOth. We had a pleasant morning, and 
went on eai^iy, three hunters starting ahead. We 
killed some buffaloe and elk in our way, and about 
2 o'clock met a band of the Teetons, fifty or sixty 
in number, and halted on the opposite side of the 
river as we did not wish to have any intercourse 
with them. Here we waited for three hunters, who 
were behind ; ami during our stay eight or nine of 
the Indians swam to a sand bar about sixty yards 
from us, and we found that they were the same ras- 
cals, who had given us trouble as we went up. We 
could not converse with them, but one of our men 
understanding the language of the Pools, of which 
they understood some words ; we through him let 
them know that we wanted to have nothing to do 
with thero ; and that if they troubled us, we would 
kill every one of them. They then withdrewj and 
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