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Saturday 15th June 1805. a clear pleasant morning, we set out at the usual hour proceeded on passed the rapidest water I ever Seen any crafts taken through, at noon we halted at the mouth of a creek on the hard Side which we named Strawberry Creek. their being a great quantity of Strawberry vines about it. a handsom rapid Stream. the bottoms of it cover with small cotton timber. 2 of the hunters went a short distance up this Stream & killed 2 Deer. choak cherry, goose berry and yallow carrents abound on the banks of the Streams in this country. the after noon verry warm, we proceeded on passed redish couloured bluffs on each Side of the River which were high rough & in places cliffs of dark Rocks. in the evening we came to a bad rapid which we concluded to not undertake to untill morning. So we camped below on the stard. side. the wood unclear scarse one man sent to the falls for Capt. Lewis. we came on? only? 12 miles today by exerting our Selves as much as possable with the towing line Sunday 16th June 1805. we had a Shower of rain & high wind the for part of last night, a clear morning all hands went over the Rapids unclear with the canoes about 1 mile & then went back and took up the unclear and halted to wait the arival of Capt. Lewis &