June 28th.. Friday 1805
a fair morning wind from the South I despatch the remaining
canoe with baggage in hir to the top of the Hill three
miles, imploy some hands in carrying those things we intend
to deposit to the carsh [cache] or whole, some to repareing
one of the trucks &c. &c. the water is riseing and of a redish
brown colour. after covering the carshe & loading the two
carriges with the remaining part of our Baggage we all set out
pased the Creek which had rose a little and the water nearly
red, and bad tasted, we assended the hill to the place the canoe
lay with great labour, at the canoe at which place we left some
boxes & Kegs of Pork & flour for another Load, and proceeded
on with the canoe & what baggage we could draw on the wheels
to willow run 6 miles where we camped. this run mearly some
water remaining in holes &c. Soon after we halted we had a
Shower, and at dark we experinced a most dredfull wind from
off the Snow Mountains to the S.W. accompanied with rain
which continued at intervales all night men wet. I refreshed
them with a dram. Killed 2 Buffalow. Great no8. about
