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Saturday 18th May 1805, a pleasant? warm morning . one of the party killed a rattle snake. another caught a beaver about 7 o.c. we set out illegible some narrow bottoms of timber & covered with illegible 10 oc ? up and began to rain we had several squall shower about 12 oc Capt Clark killed a fat deer we halted to dine and dry our clothes? at a large bottom covered with timber on N.S. this bottom is filled with buffaloe elk deer &c one of the party killed 2 elk another killed a beaver. about 2 we proceeded on the weather cleared up and we had a pleasant afternoon the river water is getting clear and gravelly bottom ? we came 19 miles and camped at a smooth high bottom on S.S. Sunday 19th May 1805. a heavy dew fell last night. N.B. Capt Clark killed three deer a clear pleasant morning, we set off as usal and proceeded on passed pitch pine hills on each side of the river about 10 oclock we killed a small female brown bear on S.S. we took on board the meat & skin and proceeded on about 10 oc we halted to dine at a borrom on the N.side Capt Clark killed 3 deer --