University of Virginia Library

September 14th Thursday (Saturday) 1805

a cloudy day in the Valies it rained and hailed, on the top
of the mountains Some Snow fell we Set out early and Crossed
a high mountain on the right of the Creek for 6 miles to the
forks of the Glade Creek (one of the heads of the Koos koos kee)

the right hand fork which falls in is about the size of the other,
we crossed to the left Side at the forks, and crossd a verry high
Steep mountain for 9 miles to a large fork from the left which
appears to head in the Snow toped mountains Southerley and
S.E. we Crossd. Glade Creek above its mouth, at a place the
Tushepaws or Flat head Indians have made 2 Wears across
to Catch Sammon and have but latterly left the place I could
see no fish, and the grass entirely eaten out by the horses, we
proceeded on 2 miles & Encamped opposit a Small Island at
the mouth of a branch on the right side of the river which is
at this place 80 yards wide, Swift and Stoney, here we were
compelled to kill a Colt for our men & Selves to eat for the
want of meat & we named the South fork Colt killed Creek,[34]
and this river we Call Flat head River the flat head name is
Koos koos ke The Mountains which we passed to day much
worst than yesterday the last excessively bad & thickly Strowed
with falling timber & Pine Spruce fur Hackmatak & Tamerack,[35]
Steep & Stoney our men and horses much fatigued, The
rain [blank space in MS.]

Course Distance &c. Sept. 14th.. 1805

         

S. 20°. W.	6	miles over a high mountain countrey thickley covered with pine to the forks of the Creek one of equal size from the right side, passed much falling timber this Mountain is covered with Spruce & Pitch pine fir, & what is called to the Northard Hackmatack & Tamerack, The Creeks are verry stoney and has much fall
S. 60°. W.	9	miles over a high mountain steep & almost inaxcessible much falling timber which fatigues our men & horses
S. 60°. W		exceedingly, in stepping over so great a number of logs added to the steep assents and decents of the mountains to the forks of the Creek, the one on our left which we had passed down falling into one still larger from the left which heads in the Snowey Mountains to the S. E. & South, those two Creeks form a river of 80 yards wide, containing much water, verry stoney and rapid. The Creek we came Down I call Glade Creek. the left hand fork the Killed Colt Creek from our killing a Colt to eate, above the mouth of Glade fork, the Flatheads has a were [weir] across to catch sammon [one line in MS. gone]
S. 70°. W	2	miles down the [blank space in MS.] River to the mouth of a run on the right side opposit an Island & camped turned our horses on the Island rained snowed & hailed the greater part of the day all wet and cold
	m 17