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the night one of the party killed a deer this evening and wounded another near a small pond. a short distance back from the river nomber of the natives visited us. &c.

Tuesday 29th Oct. 1805 a cloudy morning. we set out eairly and proceeded on about 6 miles and halted for breakfast at Some Indian villages on the Stard Side where we bought a nomber more fat dogs we proceeded on the current gentle passed a great nomber of Indian Villages on the Stard Side which had their houses built like those at the falls saw 2 or 3 camps on the Lard. Side which was the first we saw on that side of the unclear passed the mo of two creeks one on each side and a Spring on the Lar.d side which ran of a high clift of rocks which looked curious. the country this day mountaineous high clifts of rocks on each side of the River. the country mostly timbered Such as pine and oak some cottonwood on Some of the narrow bottoms along the Shores willows also. we bought Several more dogs at one of the villages went 26 miles and Camped at a village on the Stard. Side in a Small or narrow bottom of large cotton trees we bought Several bags of pounded Sammon today we saw snow on the timbered mountain on the Lar.d Side a little back from the river