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unloaded the canoes and formed a camp on a smooth prarie on L. Side the grass high but no timber we could get no timber to burn but small dry willow sticks about as big as a mans finger &c. a high hill in the point or between the forks of the river. high hills around this valley. the hunters killed 3 deer & 2 goats this day. Capt. Lewis informs us that the game is verry scarse on the mountain & that they were without any thing of amount to eat for 2 or three days but the natives tell us that their is pleanty of fish on the Columbian River such as ? salmon &c. our officers told the natives that we wanted to git their horses to take our baggage over the mountains & wanted to buy some from them also so they gave them considerable of marchandize divided it among them all. they consented to let us have their horses &c. assist us over the mo. they tell us that it is only about 8 days travel a south course to the unclear country but these Indians git but little trade amongst them.