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not found them our hunters gone on ahead the? mountains rough and rocks which appear above? the timber like towers in some places the day proved pleasant. we proceeded on ascended a? high mountain over took the hunters they had killed a deer. 2 of them sent back after Capt. Lewiss horse. we crossed the dividing ridge found it only about half a mile from the head spring of the water running east to a branch running west. each heading in an open swamp which is level and full of springs came blank miles this day and camped on the branch running west where we had good feed for our horses Saturday 14th Sept. 1805. a cloudy morning we eat the last of our meat and set out as usal ascended a mountain covred with pine abt. 4 miles we descended it down on the creek at a fork where it ran very rapid and full of rocks. we then ascended a verry high mountain about 4 miles from the forks of the creek to the top of it went some distance on the top then descended it about 6 miles. Some places verry steep. came down at another fork of the creek where it was consid. larger the natives had a place made across in form? of our wires in 2 places and worked in with willows. verry injenously for the current verry rapid. we crossed at the forks and proceeded on down the creek passed several late Indian encampments our guide tells us that the natives catch a great nomber of unclear