Monday 13th.. May 1805.
the wind blew hard all last night. Some rain high wind and
Squawls of rain this morning, So that we did not Set off eairly.
Some men went out hunting and killed Several Elk and deer.
about 2 oC. p. m. the weather cleared off pleasant. the wind
abated and we Set off Some of the hunters had not returned.
we proceeded on the current Swift passed hills on each Side
which make near the River only the bottoms on the points &
in the bends. came 9 miles and camped in a bottom on S. S.
the hunters joined us one of them had wounded a white or
brown bear. we passed a creek at the lower end of this
bottom, the Current verry Swift in the Missourie, came
about 9 miles this day.
