June 6th.. Thursday 1805
a cloudy cold raw day wind hard from the N.E. we set
out early & traveled down the little river which was imedeately
in our course on this river we killed 7 Deer for their Skins
the bottoms of this little river is in everry respect (except in
extent) like the large bottoms of the Missouri below the forks
containing a great perpotion of a kind of cotton wood with a
leaf resembling a wild Cherry. I also observed wind [wild]
Tanzey on this little river in great quantities, we halted at
12 oClock and eate a part of a fat Buck, after Dinner we assended
the Plain at which time it began to rain and continued
all day, at 5 oClock we arrived at our camp on the point,
where I expected to meet Cap
t Lewis he did not return this
evening. My self and party much fatigued haveing walked
constantly as hard as we could march over a Dry hard plain,
decending & assending the steep river hills & gullies, in my
absence the party had killed an Elk & 2 buffalow, I sent out
for the meat a part of which was brought in. nothing remarkable
had transpired at camp in my absence
