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Friday, 14th June 1805. A fare pleasant morning, 2 men lay out all last night, which walked on shore ? a came hand? the othe side. we proceeded on. passed the place where Capt. Lewis had camped as he went up. had left 2 bear skins & one deer skin which they had killed. 2 of the men lay by it last night at breakfast we came up to the other man which had killed 2 buffalow & a deer. we proceeded on passed verry high bluffs on each side & several islands of cotton timber. the current verry rapid all day. our interpters wife verry sick & I am verry sick myself about 4 of p.m. we met one man which Capt Lewis sent back to meet us. he informed us that he came from the falls, to day & that they were verry bad illegible about 80? miles from us above & that Capt. Lewis & the other three men was a going to the head of the falls, in order to examine how far it was before we could take water again. we went 10 miles to day through a verry rapid current and camped at a small bottom on the ? Side we saw a nomber of dead buffalow floating down the river which we expect was killed in the falls 186