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the hills on each side of the river about 1 oc we halted to dine at timbered bottom on the S.S. Capt. Clark killed a bufaloe about 2 oc we proceeded, we had passed the mouth of a large creek this forenoon on S.S. ?  ? saw some banks of snow on the N. side of some hills. about 4 oclock p.m. we passed the mouth of a large creek on S.S. 100 yards wide at high water mark. we proceeded on at 5 oc we saw a verry large brown bear on the hills on S.S. Six men went from the cannoes to kill him they fired at him and only wounded him he took after them and chased 2 men into a cannoe. they shoved off in the river and fired at him Some of the men on shore wounded him worse he then chased one man down a steep bank into the river and was near getting hold of him but he kept up stream so that the bear could not get up to him. one of the men on shore shot the bear in the head which killed him dead after having nine balls shot in him. we got him to shore