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229 Friday 2nd August 1805. a fine pleasant morning? Set out eairly and proceeded on the river is now small crooked shallow and rapid. passed bottoms of cotton timber &c. Saw abundance of beaver sign. trees a foot over which had been newly cut down. Saw a pond which was made by the beaver damming up the water as in may places passed a high bank in which was a village of what is called bank swallows high hills a little back from the river on each side of the river considerable of pine on them & covered with short grass. I have a pain in my shoulder. we proceeded on passed large beautiful bottom prarie on each side & bottoms of timber. Saw a nomber of old Indian camps. the beaver houses are very pleanty & ponds where they unclear. the day warm we proceeded on passed a nomber of islands and bottoms the river shallow and rapid passed smooth praries &c. Saw 2 grey eagles which had nests on the top of dry trees. came 14 3/4 miles this day & camped on a smooth plain on S.Side. Saw a gang of elk back under the hills. the country back from the river is broken & mountainous Saturday 3rd August 1805. a clear morning. we set out as usal and proceeded on. Capt. Clark walked on shore a short time and