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[Clark:]

July 24th″ Wednesday 1805

a fine day wind from the NW. I proceeded on up a Creek
on the derection of the Indian road at 10 oClock discovered a
horse 6 miles to my left towards the river as I approached the
horse found him fat and verry wild we could not get near him,
we changed our Derection to the river for water haveing previously
Crossed 5 handsom Streams in one Vallie one only
had any timber on it one other Willows only & a number of
beaver Dams. when I struck the river turned down to kill a
Deer which we dined on & proceeded on up the river a fiew
miles an[d] Campd on th[e] river. the river much like it was
yesterday. the Mountains on either Side appear like the hills
had fallen half down & turned Side upwards the bottoms
narrow and no timber a fiew bushes only.[32]