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and extensive in the afternoon we entered in to some rough rockey hills which we expect from the Indian account is the commencement of the second chain of the rockey mountains. but they do not appear so high as the first nor so solid a rock at the entrance we found several bad rockey rapids which we had to pass through and so shallow the rocks show themselves across the river and appear shallow all the way across we double manned and got up safe. I cut my foot with the stone a towing along the shore. Saw excelent springs which ran from under the clifts we came 16 miles this day and camped on the N.S. our hunter killed one goose which was all that was killed this day-- Friday 26 July 1805. a clear morning. we set out as usal and proceeded on the current rapid. Saw several springs along the shores. one of the men killed a beaver. the pine and ceeder timber pleanty along the shores. passed clifts of rocks on each side but the hills make off lower we find that we have not entered the 2nd chain of mountains but can discover verry high white toped mountains some distance up the river the river verry wide and full of islands. the currents verry rapid in general passed unclear several verry bad rapids which was