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Wednesday 31st July 1805. Capt. Lewis layed out alone all last night. a fine morning. we set off at sunrise and proceeded on as usal. the current rapid. passed the mouth of a creek on the lard. side which was damed up by the beaver in sundry places. the bottoms low on each side and covered with small cotton timber & unclear willow &c about 8 oclock am. we came to Capt. Lewis' where he camped last night. we took breakfast and proceeded on passed a plain on the L.S. the hills begin to make near the river on each side. passed a verry large island which is smooth bottom prarie & but a little timber on it large open plain on L.side on which grows abundance of flax wild tanzey thirsels &c the above mentioned handsome creek runs through this prarie or smoth bottom without timber. only a little cotton timber on the river we dined about 1 oc. under a delightful grove of cotton timber on L.side. under the mountain which has large heaps of snow on it. we now enter the the hills on each side and keeps along under the mountains Capt. Clark saw a mountain sheep with the 226?