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Show ~ici JOURNAL. and the current of the l\I i~ so uri being ve1-y swift, we went down rapidly. At noon we saw some Ibex or .Bigl1o1'ns at the entrance of a range of high rough l1ills ; and we haltt!d and killed t~ro of them. Having dined we proceeded on asain, and in our way, clul'ing t he afternoon, killc:d seven more of these mountain shl:tp. There nrc few other animals in this range of high cotmtry. In the evening we ~ncampcd opposite the mouth of Slaughter river, and Captain. L\:wis had four of those animals skeletonized, to take \'r'ith him to the scat of Government of the United States. A cousicleral.>le quantity of rain fell in the C•JUrse of the dnv. 1!'~ dnesdu.y 30't h. \Ve embarked early in a cloudy morning with some rain. In our way through thi<; high range of lllO\!ntains, we killed four more of the i.lrgc horr11.:d animals, two buff~tloe, tn·O beaver and a hear. The " ' :Akl' of the river is very thick ~nd muddy, un :1ccouut of the late falls of rain, which wash those ~ !cy hill~ Yery much. \Ve went down the thcr upo w.1nls of 10 miles to day, and cf.lG.mpt.d on a prairie i&lat!d. llea\y l'ain fell at ir:tervrds du r in!~ the clay. TIJUrs day 31st. \Ve s1.:t out e~ rly, tbou ~ h it con; inu cd (It il\lU:'I. ul:> to rain ha:d; ~bout 10 o'clock we S't \V a g retlt p.;anb or dk Oil a sm.d} l ·bnd, \v here ·we h a!te.l nncl in a short time ki ll ed fifteen of th em. \Ve ~ ook the skins and the ~J~ ·t pal'ts o[ the m ~ t, :md pro~ cecckd. At noon w<.: halv;d to dine) a nd had then a n~ry heavy shower of rain. \V c c.d so kill.~cl another of the La r~e horned a.ni tn3ls ot· nwuntain shecp.\ Ve remained here about etn h(Jur, then pt·occeded on, ;\Del \\-ill soon be cl e~ r of thi~ range of high rough country. Jn our wuy this afternoon, we l~ illcd two mul..: and twelve other deer, and two be,\ 'lei'. Though the after noon w~\s wet and disagn:eublc, we came 70 1niles to t\ay. friclm; 1st Aug. 1806, We erobcuked ear1y in So\ JOUR1.TAL. 247 wet dh;agreeable tnorning, and in a short time ~::nv a larg~ brown OJ' grizly bear swimmino· in the 1 ivel', which we killed, unrl took on board? passecl the mouth of .:\1usdc shoal river ; and at noon halted to .dine ~t .some old Indi:.tn lodges. Captain Lewis bemg a fratcl, from tht! clarnpness of the '\Veathct·, that the skins he bad procured of these big-horned aniln~ ls \~ouid spoil, thought it adviseable to st'IY here lhts aftel'nOf;n and dl'y then1 by a fi:·e in these old Iodg·es: <mel some of the men went ont to hunt. A · bout an hour after we landed here, a large beat· cam~ ~o close to om· camp, that one of the men shot and .killed it from our fire. In the evenino· our hunters . . » came m and had k1lled several deer. T he afternoon was cloudy with some rain ; and havino· 11Utde a fil'e and put the skins to dry ,.,ith two m 0 en to attend them, made ou1· anangements for the ni ~·ht. , Sat~1·day 2.ml. This '~as a Pne clea t mo1·ning, and Captam Lew1s thought 1t oest to sthy bt.xe to day also and dry all out· baggage, as it wa•3 become damp and wet.. Two hunters were sent on in a c.uwc to hunt ,· and m the course of the day· we P'Ot cverv thin n- drv .1 d 0 " ~ .. unu rea y to set out the next mol'nin g-. Sunday 3rd. YV' c had a tine 1nornin g-, Rncl at 6 o'clock got unclct· way and proceeded ~n. Having gone ten miles we came up with the hunters who bad killed twenty four deer. \Ve went on very rapid~ ly und saw great gangs of elk feeding on the shores, but few buffaloe. At sunset we encamped having gone 7 3 miles. ftlonday 4tlt.. This was another pleasant day and we proceeded on early. One of tile small canoes with two hunters did not come up b st nig ht. 'V c left another small canoe with some hunters bchjnd ancl proceeded on. \V e went very rapidly, and in our way killed a uu{faloc, an elk and some d eer. At five o'clock we passed the mouth of .Milk river. which was very hig-h and the current strong. Having· proCc.: l!dcd 88 miles we encamp~d fer the night. |