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Saturday 14h.. Sept. 1805.

a cloudy morning. we eat the last of our meat, and Set out
as usal. ascended a mountain covrd with pine. abt. 4 miles
we descended it down on the Creek at a fork where it ran very
rapid and full of rocks. we then ascended a verry high mountain,
about 4 miles from the forks of the creek to the top of it

went Some distance on the top then descended it about 6 miles.
Some places verry Steep. came down at another fork of the
Creek where it was considr. larger. the Natives had a place
made across in form of our wires [weirs] in 2 places, and
worked in with willows verry injeanously, for the current [was]
verry rapid. we crossed at the forks and proceeded on down
the creek. passed Several late Indian Encampments. our
Guide tells us that the natives catch a great nomber of Sammon
along here. we went down the creek abt. 4 miles and
Camped for the night. Eat a little portable Soup, but the men
in jeneral So hungry that we killed a fine Colt which eat verry
well, at this time. we had Several light Showers of rain and a
little hail. Several claps of Thunder. we came in all [blank
space in MS.] miles this day. the 2 hunters joined us with
Capt. Lewis horse which had been lost. Saw high mountan. a
little to the South of us, which are covred with Snow. the
most of these mountains are covred with pine. Saw Some tall
Strait Siprass [Cypress] or white ceeder to day. the Soil indifferent,
and verry broken. the Countrey all mountaineous.
our hunters found a Stray horse on the road. a Small Indian
horse came to us this evening.