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Sunday 1st September 1805. a pleasant morning we set out as usal and proceeded on over verry high mountains which was verry bad for our horses to climb up and down them passed across several large creeks the water of which was verry cold considerable of pine & cotton timber on each of those creeks we find a great? pleanty of servis berrys which are verry sweet and good at this time in the afternoon we descended a mountain nearly as steep unclear roof of a house went down unclear the valley unclear in which runs through a large creek unclear a plain near the creek a short distance camped after unclear 28 miles this day unclear a little before night on account of its raining Some of the men giged several unclear creek three men went down unclear to purchase some salmon from a band of? Indians who stay at the unclear of the unclear they bought about 25 pound unclear articles the hunters killed a deer & wounded? two bear at dark but could not unclear the wild or choke cherrys abound in this bottom? we gathered and boiled some which got verry well a nomber of Indian lodges along the creek? we had 2 unclear camp to sleep in. Several squall showers of rain this day unclear little small hail Monday 2nd Sept. 1805. a wet cloudy unclear we unclear our horses and set out about 7 oclock and proceeded on the road but? some places unclear to cross other places rockey unclear up the ab min creek crossed several large spring runs. saw a number of large beaver dams &c. the pine and bolsom fir timber verry pleanty and thick unclear this creek unclear