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the canoes verry well. line cut off river on the N.S. about 60 yds. wide named blank space river we came 19 1/2 miles and camped in a narrow bottom on the S.Side considerable of flax? in this bottom half unclear we took on board some deer meat & a skin which Capt. Clark killed. July 19th Friday 1805. a clear pleasant morning. we set out as usal and proceeded on. Capt Lewis and one hunter walked on shore shortly killed a large goat or antelope we took on board the skin and some of the meat the current verry swift. the mountains verry high & covered with pine & balsom fir trees many places verry thick. we went on untill about 11 oclock without breakfast expecting to over take Capt. Lewis as usal. the cause we know knot? with with some thing has happened. one of the men killed an otter with his locked pole they are verry pleanty. some beaver also in these narrow bottoms, proceeded on Shortly found Capt. Lewis passed the mouth of a Small river on the S.Side in the afternoon we passed a verry high part of the mountain & steep up from the river on each side about 600 feet from the suface of the water which we name the gates of the rockey mountains. Several fine springs came out under these clifs of light coulour rocks about one oclock their came a thunder shower which lasted 1 hour