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Show JOURNAL. drift wood was pl enty. At 3 we continued our vovn. ge ; passed a long range of dark coloured bluffs ~n the south side and bottom, with some timbel', on th~ North. 'Ve encamped on the south side. TlmrBday 4tk. \Ve ~et out eariy ; but were obli :o::,- erl to return ~o the place where we hi1ltecl yesterday at 12 and to take the other side of the river; the watee ·was so shallow and sand bars so numerous. At 9 o'clock an Indian s\vmn across the river to see us, when we stopped for breakfast. ' Ve inforn1cd him that we were not trade rs, that we had seen his chief and told him ull we had to sa~-. \Ye proceeded on, passed a creek on the south tJide, call<:d 'f eel c reek~ •md encamped on the upper part of an island. Friday 5th. This morning there was a YY bite.: frost; the day clear and pleasant. Abont 1 l we saw some goats swimming the river, when one of our hunter~ ran up the shore and killed four of them, and we took them? into the boat and periogues as they floated ~l~wn. '" c p;1ssed a creek on the north side, called Jl1dden creek, and high black u1nffs on tht' sm:th side.* Some of our J1unters haying- gone on rln i::;Jand to hnnt Rc;red n p1·airie wolf iuto the river, which we kilJccl •. "\\ c passed a creek on the south side called 'YLite Coat creek and encamped on the north side. Saturday 6th. \Ve continued om· Yoyagc early, and had a clear day; p:1ssed blnff:") nn the south side anr a bottom covered ' vith timb ·ron t ile notth. Auout j} We pUS~ed C:L J..~n dSOUlC h0tt0m, \'l.'hCl'C U U;11cl Ol the n ecs l1vecllast wintt.:l'. Thev had left J. number 6L ulll•d hu~s cor;;!'ccl \Vit;l carth;sGmc of thei1• \'ratl!!' JO UH.~:\L. ~.1·n1't made of butfaloc hirlcs, and some g-::.ude:n tt·uck, iillCh as SC]tHtshes. \Ve proceeded on and passed a ~maO creek 011 tl c south side ; a hanclson1e bottom on tbc north ; and encamped on a suml beach on tl c north s-;de. · ~'wulay 7th. \Ve s et forward early anc1 had a ckn,. ilHy : passed a 'villow bottom on the south side, and a cl'cck on the north. A l the beginning of s01ne t in~bcr land we pnssc<.l a small ri,·er on the ~ou th side. ralkd Ccr-wet·-n•r-na, obonl 90 yards '"'ide. l i. i; not so 5andy as the r,li. soud, and the W<'..tcr is c+ ·:-11·. "ith a clccp channel. A l the m outh or t Ji :l riYt t' js 3. ' 'inte ·inp; c.amp of the Rickarecs of 60 lcH\;t'", Y l e ~ a w t\\·O Sioux Indians on the north si (:c, ga,·c th tm some rncnt and proceeded on. We passed an i slan d ~ on which CRptain C larke and one of the rnen went to hunt and killed a deer and a praraw. v'\T e encamped ~n the north side opposite the head of the island. Jtionday -8 th. The morning was pleasant and we set o.ut early : passed hi ~h land on t he south side and lwttom on the north . The river het·c is very shallow and full of sand b:at·s. ' Ve passed a run on the south side called slate run. Two of our hunters went out to some ti mbcr ]and on the north side to look for game. A t 12 we c ~rne to a river on tl•e south side, 120 vanls "irk, c.,1lied the 1.\Tarapa, where we h~ li.ed fol' di nner. The hunters came up, but kl.d l{illed not h in ~~·· ' Vc passed a lont.; range of hills on the n ol'th ~ide ; abont two n: iks ft om the M~rapa we p::~sstcl a creek 25 v~u·cls wide; and alJouL foul' m1lt s further <'~me to a n·i ~ l an d, where one lx 11d of the I1ickan:;cf; Hvc, ancl encamped at t ile up )er encl . Tu e.-~drc~; 9th. T lle dtty vv·a.s stormy, and we reraaincd here prcpa rin ~ to hold a Council with the nation. Captain Lc\' i:; '\ ith some of the n1 en wcnl down to thci t· loclgcs, and were used very kindly and ~itd ft icndl y. Two Frenchmen Jive with thcn1, one t<' trade and the other to intcl])l'Ct. |