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Show JOL' l~N:\L. 1. i l! ~. The c urrcn t an<l colour of the w~~ tc:r :.: G liHt ch lik{' those of the i\1issouri. SnndarJ 16!11. \Ye set out f0r the bo. t ncross the hills, on. th (! tops of wbicb are k,·d p! i..lins 'ri tll a ~·Tea t 11i.ln~ber of ~~:oa ts and buffaloe on lh ~ 1 ,1. Camt:: • l <.> to the be:td waters of a t.~ rc ek an(l kept down it a S. E. course, and on our "'.1ay J...i1lecl three deer. \Ve pt·oc~ecl~cl on to its rnouth, whic h I computed tn b...: 1·1· rniles from that ofthe \Vhite ri,·er. Jh., 'in ~ f'o :md the ho.1~ had passed we proceedl'cl up the ri,· '1', and r;;.mc to a lnwdso~ne bottom, where our people had ensampcd to dl'y the prO\·; · ion~ and slorcs~ In nn· ab euce the Ulcn ha.d kilkd ~ome clccr nnd two buff~i.loc. J.l1Jnday 17th. As the weather was fair· we remain .. cd het·c during the day. c,,pttjn Le\\'is ancl some men '· ent ont to hunt, and killed thirteen con1mon, ~mtltwo black-tt:jkcl th:<..:l'; thret! l>uffc.lloe all cl a gor\t. 'fbe wilcl goat in this country differ from the com..mon tame goat, and is supposed to be the real ant~· lope. 'fh..; hlach..-tailed, or mnle deer have n1uch larg• er ec-u·s than the common deer and tails a1 most withou t hair, except at. the end, where there is a uunch of black hair. TbL:rc is another species of deer in this countl'y with ~mull horns and long tails. ~ The tail of one which we killed was 18 inc hes long. One of our men c:iu ~ ht a beaver, and killed a prairie \rolf.' fbesc art a small ~pccies of wolveh, something brg· et· than a i(>x, 'rith long· tails and s)1ort cars. Tuesday 18th. 'Ve continued our Yoy2ge ; the c~ ;:l y W:\s clear and pleasant: pas s ~cl some timber hmcl on the south side, and hills and prairi~s on the lJO t'th ; abo an bland and a g1·eat nu mbcr of sand bars. Y cs· tcn lay captain Lewis while hunting killed a uil'd not cotn mon in the stales : i l · is like a mng pic: and is a hird of pt·ey. This day we killed eleYen deer UIHI a \\ ol t; and halted and encamped on the south s]cle vf tlw ri,·u· in ordet· to jit·k ou1· n1eaJ\ JOUHNAL. 4 1 1Vednesday 19 th. \Ve set ont cn. t1y and hacl a clL:a t• <1 -.ty p :lsse.d b!·ge boltoms on both !:>ides of the r,i.vc:t· covered with amber. 'Ve saw some buff.lloe S\\ unmino- the river and killed two of them. There is an islat~~l here, opposite which a rivet' flo,vs in on tbe north side. This ri ver is formed of three, w ~1i c h unite their waters just above its m outh; and imrnc< liately above the c_onflucnce is a c rossing _rlace, calle e.~ the Sioux-crossmg -pluce of the three nvers. At, the uppe L' end, a creek, called Elm creek, comes in on the south side, and two miles above another c t·cek called \Vash creek, falls in on the same side. About two 1niles further we p assed anothet· creek call ' cl Nio·ht creek where we encamped on t h , south sjdc. Tl~·ec blc\ck tailed d~r'r were kill ed this clny. Tlmnday 20th. \Ve r enewed ou t· ,·oy:1ge at an earl•y hour, and h ad a clear day and C.1.i · winc.l. P.\5- sed handsome ri.,ing prairies on th"' north ~hlc , anll bottoms covered with timhGt' on the south 5ide. T wo of the m en with the hQt'se went across the neck of the Lono- or Grand b~ nd, w~1ich we \\·ere obliged to b) • f '} A go ronnel with the l.>oJ~, 3 ~ltstan ce o ~0 rn~ e~. .-~L 1 o'clock we stoppeu ior clwner, and Captau1 Le\ns nnd one of the m en went to hunt, Captain Clark'! had gone out in the tnorni 1g-. At '2 w~ proc~ ecl-!.-1 ag.1in on our voyage,. anci pa5s'.!d a lo:1g cha11: of bluffs on the north side, of a clark colout·. 1 l'om these and others of :..he sam ~ k\.nc1 th: :\Iis ~o '..!ri b!ts its n1uddy colour. The c'~rtll cf which. they aee composed dissolves \ike su_;;ar; CYtl'Y 1 am wash e.~ down great qnanti~ies of h, ~ul'l the Dpillity bf ~(~~ streatn l' ecps it mi xi ng~-tnd afl o· t it1 t ,c \Y'.1~er, nnll it reaches the mouth of the t<i~sis~: 1)j ,!. V/ e enc.1m j1 - ed at 7 o'clock on a sand bet1cl1 on the north sick. Hel'e Captain Lewis, Cnptain Clarke '-'nd ;.be oth·~r man joined us. T hey h ac~ ki:leJ tY.:o go~~ts and two cteer. At 1 o'clock at mght the thmk \vher ~ we.: ~'C l'e stationed b t;l\D to f:IJI SO :nuch, tb~t Wt WCflll D ~ |