Thursday 5th. August 1806
The Musquetors was so troublesom to the men last night
that they slept but very little, indeed they were excessive
troublesom to me. my Musquetor Bear has a number of
small holes worn through [which] they pass in. I set out at
an early hour intending to proceed to some other Situation. I
had not proceded on far before I saw a ram of the big horn
animal near the top of a Lard. Bluff I assended the hill with a
view to kill the ram. the Musquetors was so noumerous that
I could not keep them off my gun long enough to take sight
and by that means Missed. at 10 A.M. the wind rose with a
gentle breeze from the N.W. which in some measure thinned
the Musquetors. I landed on a sand bar from the South
Point intending to form a Camp at this place and continue
untill Capt Lewis should arive. killed two Buck Elks and a
Deer the best of their flesh & fat I had saved. had all the
dryed meat & fat put out to sun and continued at this place
untill late in the evening finding that there were no buffalow
or fresh sign I deturmined to proceed on accordingly set out
at 4 P. M and proceeded on but a fiew Miles eer I saw a Bear
of the white Species walking on a Sand bar. I with one man
went on the Sand bear and killed the Bear which proved to be
a feemale very large and fat. much the fattest animale we
have killed on the rout as this bear had got into the river
before we killed her I had her toed across to the South Side
under a high Bluff where [we] formed a Camp, had the bear
Skined and fleaced. our Situation was exposed to a light
breeze of wind which continued all the forepart of the night
from the S W. and blew away the Musquetors.
