Clark: June 15, 1805

June the 15th Satturday 1805 a fair morning and worm, we Set out at the
usial time and proceeded on with great dificuelty as the river is more
rapid we can hear the falls this morning verry distinctlyour Indian
woman Sick &low Spirited I gave her the bark & apply it exteranaly
to her region which revived her much. the curt. excessively rapid and
dificuelt to assend great numbers of dangerous places, and the fatigue
which we have to encounter is incretiatable the men in the water from
morning untill night hauling the Cord & boats walking on Sharp rocks
and round Sliperery Stones which alternately cut their feet & throw
them down, not with Standing all this dificuelty they go with great
chearfulness, aded to those dificuelties the rattle Snakes inumerable
& require great caution to prevent being bitten.we passed a
Small river on the Lard Side about 30 yards wide verry rapid which heads
in the mountains to the S. E. I Sent up this river 5 miles, it has Some
timber in its bottoms and a fall of 15 feet at one place, above this river
the bluffs are of red earth mixed with Stratums of black Stone, below this
little river, we pass a white clay which mixes with water like flour in
every respect, the Indian woman much wors this evening, She will not take
any medison, her husband petetions to return &c., river more rapid
late in the evening we arrived at a rapid which appeared So bad that I did
not think it prudent to attempt passing of it this evening as it was now
late, we Saw great numbers of Gees Ducks, Crows Blackbirds &c Geese
& Ducks with their young. after Landing I detached Joseph Fields to
Capt. Lewis to let him know where I was &c river rises a little this
evening we could not get a Sufficency of wood for our use