Sunday June 15th. 1806.
Collected our horses early with the intention of makeing
an early Start. Some hard Showers of rain detained us untill
[blank space in MS.] AM at which time we took our final
departu[r]e from the quawmash fields and proceeded with
much dificuelty owing to the Situation of the road which was
very sliprey, and it was with great dificulty that the loaded
horses Could assend the hills and Mountains the[y] frequently
sliped down both assending and decending those
steep hills. at 9 miles we passed through a Small prarie in
which was quawmash in this Prarie Reubin Fields & Willard
had killed and hung up two deer at 2 miles further we arrived
at the Camp of R. Fields & Willard on Collin's Creek,
they arrived at this creek last evening and had killed another
Deer near the Creek. here we let our horses graze in a small
glade and took dinner. the rain seased and sun shown out.
after detaining about 2 hours we proceeded on passing the
Creek three times and passing over some ruged hills or Spurs
of the rocky Mountain, passing the Creek on which I encamped
on the 17th. Septt. last to a Small glade of about 10
acres thickly covered with grass and quawmash, near a large
Creek and encamped. we passed through bad fallen timber
and a high Mountain this evening. from the top of this
Mountain I had an extensive view of the rocky Mountains to
the South and the Columbian plains for [a] great extent also
the SW. Mountains and a range of high Mountains which
divides the waters of Lewis's & Clarks rivers and seems to
termonate nearly a West cours[e]. Several high p
ts. to the
N & N. E. covered with Snow. a remarkable high rug
d
mountain in the forks of Lewis's river nearly south and covered
with snow. The vally up the Chopunnish river appears
extensive tolerably leavel and covered with timber. The SW.
Mountain is very high in a S S W derection.
