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July 19th. Fryday 1805

a fine morning I proceeded on in an Indian Parth river
verry Crooked passed over two mountains Saw Several
Indians Camps which they have left this Spring. Saw trees
Peeled & found poles &c. at 11 oC. I saw a gange of Elk,
as we had no provision Concluded to kill Some. Killd. two
and dined being oblige[d] to substitute dry buffalow dung in
place of wood, this evening passed over a Cream Coloured
flint which [has] roled down from the Clifts into the bottoms,
the Clifts Contain flint a dark grey Stone & a redish brown
intermixed and no one Clift is solid rock, all the rocks of
everry description is in Small pi[e]ces, appears to have been

broken by Some Convulsion passed a butifull Creek on the
Std. Side this even[in]g which meanders thro' a butifull Vallie
of great extent, I call after Sgt Pryor.[14] the countrey on the
Lard Side a high mountain Saw Several Small rapids to day
the river keep[s] its width and appear[s] to be deep, my
feet is verry much brused & cut walking over the flint, &
constantly stuck full [of] Prickley pear thorns, I puled out
17 by the light of the fire to night. We camped on the river
Same (Lard) Side Musqutors verry troublesom.