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Thursday 6th June 1805. a cold cloudy morning the wind blew cold from the N. E. Some of the men went from camp a short distance and killed 2 buffalow one fat Elk 2 Deer 1 mule & one common Deer & 2 antilopes etc. a light Sprinkling of rain today, about 2 oclock P.M. Capt. Clark & his party returned to Camp. they informed us that the South fork is the most probable branch to our course which Capt. Clark alowed we would take. they had been about 40 miles up the South fork when they got about 8 miles from our Camp they found a beautiful Spring of water where the small? river was not more than 200 yards from the South fork. They refreshed themselves at the Spring with a drink of good grog. they saw but little game on this river. they unclear through high plains where nothing groes but short grass & prickley pears. the course of the river as far as they went about S.W. they saw a mountain to the South of them covered with Snow. one of the men by the name of