Wednesday 24th.. July 1805.
a clear pleasant morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded
on. the current verry rapid. we found a goat Skin which
Capt. Clarks party had killed and left on Shore. passed a yallow
or redish clift of rocks on N. S. Saw considerable of
ceeder on the Islands and along the Shores. in the afternoon
we passed a large plain on the N. S. the prickley pear abound
on it. Saw otter and beaver in great abundence. the willow
verry thick on the Islands and along the Shores. the Currents
still abound also the Rabit berrys, which the french call graze
the buff [graisse de bœuf]. the rapid water continues all day.
Some bad rapids which it was with difficulty we passed over
them. Came 19 ½ mls. this day and Camped on the large
plain N.S. one deer killed this day. a white bear Seen.
pleanty of Elk sign. we Saw a great many different kinds of
Snakes along the R[iver].
