Clark: May 11, 1805

May the 11th Satturday 1805. Wind hard fore part of last night the latter
part verry Cold a white frost this morning, the river riseing a little and
verry Crooked the high land is rugged and approaches nearer than below,
the hills and bluff exhibit more mineral quats & Salts than below, the
gullies in maney places are white, and their bottoms one, two & 3
Inches deep of this mineral, no appearance of either burnt pumice Stone or
Coal, the Countrey hilley on both Sides of a rich black earth, which
disolves This kind of Countrey Continues of the Same quallity for maney
miles on either Side, we observed Some hills which appeared to be
timbered, I walked to this timber and found it to pitch pine & Dwarf
Cedar, we observe in every derection Buffalow, Elk, Antelopes & Mule
deer inumerable and So jintle that we Could approach near them with great
ease, I killed 2 Mule Deer for the benifit of their Skins for the party,
and about the place I expected the party would get to Camp I killed 2 fat
Bulls for theire use, in my absence they had killed a fine fat Yellow bear
below which detained them and they did not reach the place I expected, but
had Camped on the Lard. Side about 2 miles below on my return to the party
I killed a fat Beaver the wind blew verry hard from the S. W. all the
after part of this day which retarded our progress verry much. river rose
2 In