Lewis: May 18, 1805

Saturday May 18th 1805. The wind blew hard this morning from the West. we
were enabled to employ our toe line the greater part of the day and
therefore proceeded on tolerably well. there are now but few sandbars, the
river is narrow and current gentle. the timber consists of a few
cottonwood trees along the verge of the river; the willow has in a great
measure disappeared. in the latter part of the day the hills widened, the
bottoms became larger, and contained more timber. we passed a creek on the
Stard. side about three oclock, which afforded no water; came too and
encamped on the Lard. side opposite to the lower point of a small Island,
two miles short of the extremity of the last course of this day. Capt
Clark in the course of his walk this evening killed four deer, two of
which were the black tailed or mule deer; the skins are now good, they
have not yet produced their young.we saw a number of buffaloe, Elk,
deer and Antelopes.the saline substance frequently mentioned
continues to appear as usual.-