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Friday 24th May 1805, clear & pleasant, we set off as usal & proceeded on passed several Creeks & several Small Islands in the river passed pitch pine? hills & bottoms on each side, about 3 oclock pm, we halted to dine at a Small & narrow bottom covered with timber on N.S. Capt Clark had killed a fat buffaloe Some of the party went for the meat, high black bluffs on the S.S. & a large creek which came in a short distance below. The wind from the S.E. so that we Sailed some part of the time about 4 we proceeded on, 2 cannoes waited for the five men to come with the meat. Came 24 3/4 miles to day and Camped at a bottom covered with c.wood timber which the leaves were dead. they had been killed by the frost, the 2 cannoes & 6 men stayed behind all night. we saw a nomber of old Indian camps in the bottoms near the river 154