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is uneven & hilley. we came 15 miles to day and camped at a spring on the South Side of the river the prickley pears verry thick &c Sunday 21th July 1805. a clear morning. we set out unclear this usal and proceeded on Saw a nomber of large swan on the river. some of the hunters killed 2 of them considerable of pine spruce and ballsom fir trees along the shores we passed a small creek on the s.s. and one on the N.S. the grass in the valley & on the hills look dry & pearched up the wind high from the N.W. in the afternoon we passed through a hill & clifts of rocks on each side. the river divides in different channels & spreads about a mile wide the islands verry pleanty. saw beaver sign on them this valley unclear is smooth in places some timber along the shores our hunter on shore killed a deer. we came 15 1/2 miles through verry rapid water the men party much fatigued. camped on a smooth plain on the South side -- Monday 22rd July 1805. a clear pleasant morning. we set out as usal and proceeded on passed verry large islands covered with grass a fiew trees. a great many currents we took a narrow channel behind unclear which