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Wednesday 30th Oct. 1805 cloudy we bought 3 dogs of the Indians and set out about 7 oclock and proceeded on the river verry Strait and wide. the timber thick on each side Saw a nomber of beautiful Springs running out of the clifts on the Lar.d side. high hills covered with pine and Spruce Some bottoms along the Shores covered with cotton timber and under brush the after part of the day rainy and foggy one of the hunters killed a deer we Saw a great nomber of swan and geese turkey buzzards which had white on their wings&c. Capt. Clark killed a black loon in the evening we arrived at another verry bad rapid or falls above which the river is gentle and wide a nomber of Islands and high rocks &c one half mile above the falls is a village of about 10 well looking cabbins covred with bark Sunk in the ground like those at the narrows unclear only these are much larger and verry comfortable and warm these Savages were Surprized to see us they Signed to us that they thought that we had rained down out of the clouds a nomber of the party went in the village and was treated in a friendly manner gave unclear and the best they had to eat &c we went 15 miles and Camped between the village and falls continued raining high mountains on each side of the falls we unclear mouth of a river came on the S. side 50 yds wide

Thursday 31st Oct 1805 Some cloudy we got in readiness to carry our baggage past the portage which we expect will be about two miles about 9 oclock cleared off pleasant as the road was slippery we concluded to take Some of the canoes down to day. So we took