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Saturday 15th.. June 1805.

a clear pleasant morning. we Set out at the usal hour.
proceeded on. passed the rapidest water I ever Seen any
crafts taken through, at noon we halted at the Mouth of a
creek on the Lard. Side which we named Strawberry creek,
their being a great quantity of Strawberry vines about it. a
handsom rapid Stream, the bottoms of it coverd. with Small
cotton timber. 2 of the hunters went a Short distance up this
Stream & killed 2 Deer. choak cherrys, Goose berrys and
yallow currents abound on the banks of the Streams in this
country. the afternoon verry warm. we proceeded on.
passed redish couloured bluffs on each Side of the River which
were high rough & in places clifts of dark Rocks. in the
evening we came to a bad rapid which we concluded to not
undertake to pass untill morning. So we Camped below
on the Stard. Side. the wood here Scarse. one man Sent to
the falls, for Capt. Lewis. we Came only 12 miles to day by
exerting our Selves as much as possable with the towing line.