Clark: May 22, 1805

May 22nd Wednesday 1805 The wind Continued to blow So violently hard we
did not think it prudent to Set out untill it luled a little, about 10
oClock we Set out the morning Cold, passed a Small Island in the bend to
the Lard Side, & proceeded on at 5 miles higher passed a Island in a
bend to the Stard Side, and a Creek a Short distance above on the Stard
Side 20 yds. w Capt Lewis walked out before dinner & Killed a Deer, I
walked out after dinner and assended & but a few miles to view the
Countrey, which I found roleing & of a verry rich Stickey Soil
produceing but little vegitation of any kind except the prickley-piar, but
little grass & that verry low. a great deal of Scattering Pine on the
Lard Side & Some fur on the Stard. Sd. The mineral productions as
described in the proceeding days, game not So abundant as below, the river
Continue about the Same width, fewer Sand bars & current more regular,
river falls about an inch a day We camped on the Stard. Side, earlier than
we intend on account of Saveing the oil of a bear which the party killed
late this afternoon.

Maney of the Creeks which appear to have no water near ther mouths have
Streams of running water higher up which rise & waste in the Sand or
gravel. the water of those Creeks are So much impregnated with the Salt
Substance that it cannot be Drank with pleasure.