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Wednesday 29th May 1805 Some clouday a large buffaloe Swam the river last night, and came out across one of the perogues. ? a blunderbuss & bent a rifle & came up the bank through the camp & like to have trampled on several of the men? as they were a sleep we Set off as usal & proceeded passed the mouth of a large creek or R. on the S.S. & bottoms

timber about 10 oc a.m.  we passed a handsom bottom on the N.S.

t?here about 100 lodges of Indians had lately been camped, we ? it was a nation called the blackfoot Indians which ? back from the river to the Northward we got some of? their ? poles. we proceeded on passed over hard rifles which was? so rapid that caused big waves for some distance below