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Show 120 JOUR~.\L. c~l'ly, through rapid water; the river lx.ing crouked and narrow, and passed a small creek on ti-le south bide. The weather\~ as cold during the whole of this day. \Ve went 16 miles and encamped in a beautiful plain on the South side. TVedilesday 14th. The mol'ning was clear and cold. \Ve embarked after breakfJst ; passeL] a small c1·eek on the north side and a beautiful valley on the same side. Timber is very scarce, and only ~ome few scattel'ing trees along the ri,·cr. Our hunters came in at noon, who had been out all day yesterday : they had killed 5 deer and a goat. There are a few dee1·and goats in this part of the cemntry ; ancl otter and beaver in plenty along- _the river, but no other kind of game that we could c!Iscover. 'I'here are some fish in the rirer and trout or a large size, and of the bbck kind. 'Ve went 15 n1iles ~n d encamped on the Soulh side whet·e we hatl great dit1iculty in procuring a sufficient quantity of wood to cook with. 'J'Iuw~day 1 :Jtll. \Ve bad a fine morni11g and proceeded on about 8 o'clock. IIavillg gone 2 miles, we c~me to tl~c.: entrance of a I110Gntain, where Captain Lew1s and h1s p~uty on ti1e second day after their· de· pal'ture had taken dinner ; ancl had left 4 dee1· skins. ..L~t the entrance of tile n:ountain there are two high pllla1:s of r~~ks, resemb.lmg· towers on each si~.le of the l'Ircr. I he mountams al'e not vc.:ry Ligh and do not approach so ncar the riYet a'5 some we have passed ; ~hey arc about a gn:utct· of a mile di~tant, and the nver m?and~rs along· bet vvcen them through the bushes and 1s not more than ~0 rarcls wide and about a foot and a ~lalf deep. The water is Yt:l'; cold, and sever~ and d1sagre..:able to the men, wboare fr\,qucntly obl.tgcd to wade and dr,lg· the canoes. \Ve went 15 m1lcs and encnmped on the South side. Jlrid~y l6t!t. ,, ... e cli~.l not set out till after breakfast, and wh1le b~re on:! oft!1e mcil went out a!Hl killed a J~ne b·tck. \V e proceed crt thi'ough r2.pid w::.ter; tlw JOURNAL. l~J ·h·er i!'i very nanow, crooked and shallow. This ,.110rninp; we pas:3ecl a place where the hills eome clo!ie to the rivet· foe a short distance, and then open on c,teh !Jirle of a 5m~-:.ll va!ley, which, on account of the .,.real quantity of service berries in it, we called Ser~ ice-berry \ <~llcy. ,~-e passed over a rapid of about 'l qthtrk1' of a mile, and encamped on :he South side, lH'.ving come 15 miles. S.ztu.1·day 17th. A fine morning. vVe p!'oceedcd en about 2 milcc;, and di~covered a number of the natives, of the Snake nation, ron1in~ along the bank on the South side. Captain Lewis had been as far as tbe waters of the Columbia river and met them there. vVe continued on about t. \YO miles :\.u·thel' to a place where the rht!r forks, and there halted and encumpecl, after much fatigue and difficnl ' y. The water is so shallow that we had to drag the canoe5, one at- a time, almost all the w.ty. The distance across from this place to the \Vaters of the Columbia. river is about 40 miles, and the road or way said to be good. There were about 20 of the natives came ove1· '~ith Captain Lewis and had the same.: numbeL· cf horses. Here we unloaded the canoes, and had a talk with the Indians ; and agreed with them thal they should lencl us some of their hors;es to carry our baggage to the Colu 111bia ri \'er. Sunday 18 'h. A fL1e mor·ning. Vve bought three horses of the Indians. Captd.in Clat·ke and 11 more, with our interpreter and his wife, anrl ,,11 the Indians set oul at 11 ()'clock to go over to the Columbia.The Indians went fot• horses to carry our baggage, and we to search for timber to make canoes for descending the Coh.1 111 \Jia. '" c proceeded up the north branch which is tlw largest and longest bt·anch of Jeff~t·son rircr, tlJJ ou~h a h.mdsome v,tlley abo~t 5 miles wide. In this we found a number of spt'lngs ancl snJ::ill br:tnrheo,, bul uo timber. There is plenty .of gras~ and clover, aml also some flax all along it. L |