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the points. some willow and high grass with a wide leaf the current verry rapid and river unclear and only about 200 yard wide. we came 11 miles this day and camped on the N. Side in a bottom a little cotton timber on it the musquetoes troublesome we got pleanty of yallow currents this day -- July 18th Thursday 1805. a clear pleasant morning we saw some mountain sheep on a verry high precipice which is nearly steep from the river up 2 or 3 100 feet. we set out about sunrise and proceeded on about 3 miles passed the mouth of a river about 100 yds. wide at the mouth it came in on the N. side and run strong one mile further up Capt. Clark killed an elk saw a nomber more we saw a flock of mountain rams on the side of the mountain on S. side with verry large horns Capt. Clark killed one we went near them before they run from us. the mountains appear not so high on ahead but another range seen a long distance above which appear much higher than any we see in this range. and some we allow to be 700 feet high unclear &c yallow pine continues scatering along these mountains &c Capt. Clark & his servant York & 3? other men set out to go up one or 2 days travel by land we proceeded on with