Clark: September 7, 1805

September 7th Satturday 1805 A Cloudy & rainie Day the greater Part of
the Day dark & Drisley we proceedd on down the river thro a Vallie
passed Several Small Runs on the right & 3 creeks on the left The
Vallie from 1 to 2 miles wide the Snow top mountains to our left, open
hilley Countrey on the right. Saw 2 horses left by the Indians Those
horses were as wild a Elk. One of our hunters Came up this morning without
his horse, in the course of the night the horse broke loose & Cleared
outwe did not make Camp untill dark, for the want of a good place,
one of our hunters did not join us this evening. he haveing killed an elk
packed his horses & could not overtake us