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Show IOURNAF. CIIAP. XXIII .. 'J.',~ursday S,·-l', '"e had again [l fine morning I colkct:!d our horses and set out. Captain Lewis and his party went chmn Cl:.l.l·kt's river, and Capta1Il Clarke \nth tbc rest of the party went up it. All the n:ttivc.:<; accompanied Ca.pt~1i.n Lewis. 'Ve prl)Ccedccl on dO\\ n Clarke's river abont 12 miles, \Vhen WL. came to the forl~s ; and made three rafts to carry uursclvcs anll baggage over. The 1 i ,·er It ere is about 150 y .lrds wic1e, and very beautiful. 'Ve had to make :hree tt·ips with 1nr ra~ts, and in the evcnin~ ~ot nil o·;~r sate ; when we moved on up the north bt·:.mch, ,yhich is onr way over to tl1e fulls of the l\1issouri, nntl aLcr tt'U\c.:lling a nnlc hiH.l a~1 bttlf enrampc<l for the n!,;ht. Two hunters went out and kil\cJ three deer. The muskctoes arc worse here than I .hu,,e known them <lt any place, ~ince v. e left the olcl 'l\hh~ 'illag-c on the l\lissouci. This north branch of Li1e rlvcr is called l>y the l!atives Is~\lct-co-qual-1:.1, whi;-h n~e~n", th(; r0ud to the buf1'4tloe.~ Fri.,',::; tJ.fl:. Yf e had a be:.tutifq 1 mornin~ and wcuted here sorne tin1c in orc~c r to La vc ~ !'1ot·niug lmnt, n~; our gui ... les L1t~ncl to return, ancl \VL' \\ish to .;n e th~m a cL:ntifd ~up ply of pto\ is ions to carry them back on.:1 the moun~ains. \V hilt: our lnmtl.:r~; • The rout t-1\en.l'y C·tphin lc\rir; :mel!~;~ part:· is the , dtrect ro:ul to tt1e f.,li;; of t.hc Mis~nuri, 111ention~ct in C:P>· t:tin Clarl;:(''s l·~t 'r>:· ; tl1at t.tkcn by Capt:1i n Chrk~ ::md h'is party leaclB to th ~ hvhl \\'At:!1'S oru.~ mai:. lwanch Gf the Mi3- :so~l'i, \ hJCll they asrr>nd~cl in their outward bound vor3gl', !lnd \\'hich is a en ,..,,ll ·r:1!1lc cli:..tance south of the direct .._ours<: from the falli to t.1c ctcs r,in T' pl~cc of th(' oTcat ch'J1n 'u ,.1 . .., - ~ vl J.'\.0\)•) ~f IJUllt4\' .• b. I JOURNAL. Z35 Wt.. \'2 out:.\ yount; I<h.lbn c~me ~o our c unp who h~cl ct os~ecl the mo1111taitl'i aftel' us. At lO o'c hck our lunt-.!i'S carne in, bnt h ,d not k.ilktl any t11ltw. \\-c l 1 {. . . t> wet'e, 1owevcr, ab e to tll'tllsh t~1em wtth two clee1 an:! <.t:l h:df, from thq<;e th G.t \\ er~ ktlkd yu;terday. \\ e tnen g, n! them some P'\.s~nts and tooi\. r. fti .... ndly k..tn .. of them: and it is bt,~ ju.,tice to say, t:w the '¥hole n,\Lirm to wllici1 thev bl'luwr, arL the tnost .. l':> irjcndly, honest and in ~l'nuo us pL'ople th•tl we have '-'Ct:ll in the cou1 se of o ,,, voy~,g·c d!lcl tra\ el!J. After taki11:-; our [trcwcll of these good he~rtul, hospit,\ble ancl obii:-;ing sans of the west, vte procet:dccl on up 1srp.H.:t-co-qual-l.t through a h.tndsomt! pt· irieor about lO miles, after 'vhich the !tills come close on the river . ' o 1 l.>oth s1cles. anll. we bad a rr,ugh roacl to pass. 1 IavliW made 18 n1lles we cnc<~moed fol' the nt<l"ht · b L (-) ' w hi.. 1·e the country is vcrJ mountainous on both sid~!:> oft:,,,! ri ver. whicn runs llCd l'ly et~st a~lcl west> and iC) a de~p 1'<tpi(l !Stream about 80 Y~\rChJ Yl'ide. .'.·. : atzu·doy 51/z. vVc had anothel' b~huLiful mornlnf!' t • I set out early and pl'occcclcd on the sarnc course t-l~~ yestenlay through a rough country, with a number of br~n ' 11CS 'H' small ~tJ·eams flowing from the hilb. \Ve kilkrl one deer, and ahottt 1 1 o'dock came to a vaU~v thl't.:l: qUMtCl'!:> of a mile wide, all pl<tins, where We h~dtt 1 to dine and to let our horses feed. fhe Lilh; ltpo11 each side are hancbomeiy covert:cl with tin'l'~l' of ~he .it· ~incl. While w-.: re:>t~d bet e one ni our hun- 1e.· , Lilkd <.~. c.JJr~ or ante.\>pe. At 1 o'dock w~ pi'O·· Cl... -!clcl1 on .H;~tll1 up the v,dley, \V hen we Lad g·on.c .tbDi.lt ni,1<:: m.iks we came to ancl cros~ed a rirer, :.1.h"ut :1.5 yard<; wi<lc, which flows in with a r:.tpicl cttl'·· '..:nl frmu som.,! snow topped momH~tiPs on the 11orth, 1-¥ h~re Lhc v.dk} i~ l\\ o or three miles whlc:. ILvincr . f h r;c)n~ .:\bout foul' m1ks urther we camt. to t 1 1e he td or t 111.! val!..?y, where the hill'> com~.: close upon the :::iver for l v. o 1niks. .\iter '' e L ·~J p:\<;~r.;cl t ln:',c th\1't'' J.\YS '\Ye came to rtlotb.et· large ,\ncli.J .... ,m~iful yallcy |