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Monday 13th May 1805. the wind blew hard all last night. Some rain, high wind and squawls of rain this morning. so that we did not set off eairly. Some men went out hunting and killed several elk? and deer. about 2 oc. pm the weather cleared off pleasant, the wind abated and we set off Some of the hunters had not returned, we proceeded on the current swift passed hills on each side which make near the river only the bottoms on the points & in the bends. came 9 miles and camped in a bottom on S.S. the hunters joined us one of them had wounded a white or brown bear. we passed a creek at the lower end of this bottom, the current verry swift in the Missourie, came about 9 miles this day. Tuesday 14th May 1805. a hard white frost last night. our mocasons froze near the fire, a clear and pleasant morning, we set off at sun rise and proceeded on passed the mouth of a large creek on N.S. named blank space and a small willow island abt the mouth of the creek. we saw verry large gangs of buffaloe on N.S. high rough black hills on each side of the river. Some spots? of pitch pine on 144