Lewis: August 5, 1806

Tuesday August 5th 1806. Colter and Collins not having arrived induced me
to remain this morning for them. the hunters killed four deer this morning
near our encampment. I remained untill noon when I again reimbarked and
set out concluding that as Colter and Collins had not arrived by that time
that they had passed us after dark the night of the 3rd inst. as Sergt
Ordway informed me he should have done last evening had not the centinel
hailed him. we continued our rout untill late in the evening when I came
too and encamped on the South side about 10 miles below little dry river.
on our way we killed a fat cow and took as much of the flesh as was
necessary for us. The Feildses killed 2 large bear this evening one of
them measured nine feet from the extremity of the nose to that of his
tail, this is the largest bear except one that I have seen. we saw several
bear today as we passed but did not kill any of them. we also saw on our
way immence herds of buffaloe & Elk, many deer Antelopes, wolves,
geese Eagles &c. but few ducks or prarie hens. the geese cannot fly at
present; I saw a solitary Pillacon the other day in the same situation.
this happens from their sheding or casting the fathers of the wings at
this season.