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Tuesday 29th.. Oct. 1805.

a cloudy morning. we Set out eairly and proceeded on
about 6 miles and halted for breakfast at Some Indian villages
on the Stard.. Side, where we bought a nomber more fat dogs
we proceeded on the current gentle passed a great nomber of
Indian villages on the Stard. Side which had their houses built
like those at the falls. Saw 2 or 3 Camps on the Lard. Side,
which was the first we Saw on that Side of the Colm. R. passed
the mo. of two creeks, one on each Side, and a Spring on Lard.
Side which ran of[f] a high clift of rocks which looked curious.
the country this day mountaineous high clifts of rocks on each

Side of the River. the country mostly timbred Such as pine
and oak. Some cottonwood on Some of the narrow bottoms
along the Shores willows also. we bought Several more dogs
at one of the villages. went 26 miles and Camped at a village
on the Stard. Side in a Small or narrow bottom of large cotton
trees. we bought Several bags of pounded Sammon today.
we Saw Snow on the timbred mountains on the Lard. Side a
little back from the River.