Tuesday 25th.. June 1805.
a cloudy morning. we Set out with the 2 truck waggons,
and returned back to the lower camp for another load. took
up 2 canoes on the high plains. the day proved pleasant and
warm the party much fatigued halling the truck waggons &
the baggage. Saw large gangs of buffalow and antelopes
to day. the evening clear and pleasant. we got our loads
ready to Start from this for the upper Camp. mended our
mockasons &c. below the falls the plains are inferior in point
of Soil to those below, more Stones on the Sides of the hills,
Grass but a fiew inches high and but a fiew flowers in the
plains. Great quantities of choke cherries, good berrys, red &
yallow berrys & red and purple currents on the Edges of the
water. we catch great quantities of Trout, and a kind of a
mullet flat backs &c. a Soft fish resembling a Shad, and fiew
cat fish &c. Sergt. pryor Sick. the party all of us amused
ourselves with dancing untill 10 oC. all in cheerfulness and
good humor. we all harnised up our back loads of the baggage
to make an eairly Steart in the morning.
