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Show 158 JOURNAL. and ducks. It rained bard all day, anJ we cnlne on. Jy 15 miles. ~ . ~ Thursday 31st. The mormng was cloucly. \\e unloaded our canoes and look them past the rapid<;, .some part of the way by water, ancl s7m~ OYer 1:ocks ~or 10 feet high. It was the Inost fauguwr; lmsmes'i we have been engaged in for a long time, and \Ve got but two over all day, the distance about a mile, nnd the fall of the water about 25 feet in that di~tance. Friday lst Nov. 1805. \Ve had a cool frosty morning. We carried down our b:tggage before breakfast as we could not go into the water, without \measiness on account of the cold. In the forenoon we took down the other two canoes. A number cf the natives ·with 4 canoes joined us here from above. Their canoes were leaded with pounded salmon, whic-h they were taking; clown the river to barter for beads and other at·ticles. Saturday c.Jnd. There is here a small rapid below the falls, where the men had to cany part of the baggage across a portage of two miles and an half, while the rest took down the canoes. At 12 o' dock we proceeded on ag·ai'1 ; passed a narrow rapid part of the river of about 8 lniles, the hills on both sides are very high, and a number of fine springs flowing out of them, Gome of which fcdl 200 feet perpendicular. The hills are mostly solid rock. On our ·way vre passed two Indian lodges. At the end of eig·ht miles, the river opens to the breadth of a mile, with a g<.:ntle current. We came 23 miles, and encamped at a high peak resembling a tower on the s?uth side. The country here becomes level, and the 1'1 ver broad" cr. .One of tbc Indian canoes retnained with us and the other three went on. On out· way and at camp we killed 1 7 geese and l>rants. Sunday 3rd. The morning was foggy: one of the men went out and killed a fine buck. At 9 we pro~ ce.~~~ o.n1 ~'it cou,Ict ~ot see the countz4f we were JOURNAL. l5r> n~s~i~1g, on accoun.t of the fog, "'' ltich was vo·y th.ick ~·ill noon when it disappeared, and we had a beautiful clay. vVe at thal time cnme to the mouth of a river on the south side, a quarter of a mile broad, lmt not more than 6 or 8 inches deep, running over a bar of <ruicksand. _1\t this place we dined on venison and t··oosc · and from which we can see the hig-h point of " ' . l .i mountain covered vdth ~now, m about a sout 1east di rection from us. Our Commanding Officers are of (,pinion that it is Mount Hooc1, discovered by a Lieu ten .. ant ofVancoover, who was up this river 7 5 miles. The ; i \'er that falls in here has two mouths, through which it chives out a considerable quantity of sand into the Columbia. Opposite the lower mouth there .is a handsome island. At 2 o'd0ck we proceeded on~ and passed anvther hland. T!1e country on bot.h ~ides appears level and closely timbered : on the river the timber is cotton wood, maple and some aih ; ~nd back from it mostly spruce pine. We 1nade 13 miles and encamped on a large island, in which is a large pond full of swans, geese and d~cks. On. out' way ancl here we kille:d some of each ki.nd. At mght, Cat1) tain Lewis had a small canoe earned over to the pond in order to hunt by moon hght, .but ~he party <lid not happen to have good luck, havmz killed only a swan and three ducks. , |