Clark: September 3, 1805

September 3rd Tuesday 1805 A Cloudy morning, horses verry Stiff Sent 2 men
back with the horse on which Capt Lewis rode for the load left back last
night which detained us until) 8 oClock at which time we Set out. The
Country is timbered with Pine Generally the bottoms have a variety of
Srubs & the fur trees in Great abundance. hills high & rockey on
each Side, in the after part of the day the high mountains closed the
Creek on each Side and obliged us to take on the Steep Sides of those
Mountains, So Steep that the horses Could Screcly keep from Slipping down,
Several Sliped & Injured themselves verry much, with great dificuelty
we made ____ miles & Encamped on a branh of the Creek we assended
after Crossing Several Steep points & one mountain, but little to eate
I killed 5 Pheasents & The huntes 4 with a little Corn afforded us a
kind of Supper, at dusk it began to Snow at 3 oClock Some rain. The
mountains to the East Covered with Snow. we met with a great misfortune,
in haveing our last Thmometer broken by accident, This day we passed over
emence hils and Some of the worst roade that ever horses passed our horses
frequently fell Snow about 2 inches deep when it began to rain which
termonated in a Sleet our genl. Courses nearly North from the R