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mountains to look for the 2 horses which was lost about 8 oclock we set out and proceeded on the day warm. had a fine road mostly plain some scatering large pitch pine. but little water Several of the men sick by eating hearty of the sweet food and sammon towards evening we came on the branch or fork of Columbian River and followed down it some distance and went on small prarie island and camped a hard rapid at the foot of this island which the natives? tell us is the last bad rapid in this fork of River the hunters joined us with 4 deer & 2 sammon which they had killed. Several of the natives followed after us and camped with us. high hills each side of the River thinly covred with pine but not large enofe for canoes but we expect to find some near so that we may leave our horses in the care of a chief and go down by water to the ocean-- Wednesday 25th Sept. 1805 a fine morning three men out a hunting Capt Clark went with a unclear down the river to look for timber which would answer for to make canoes. the natives have Several small cannoes in the River one at the place this river is about sixty yards wide and unclear deep. Some clifts of rocks along the shores the natives have a fishery fixed in the River little above our camp in which they catch large quantity of sammon they went with the canoes and took in Several to day. they gig a great many also towards evening Capt. Clark returned had been down about 4 miles at a fork which came in on the east side he informs us that their is some