September 20, 1805

decended the mountain to a leavel pine Countrey proceeded on through a butifull Countrey for three miles to a Small Plain in which I found maney Indian lodges, at the distance of 1 mile from the lodges I met 3 boys . . . . gave them Small pieces of ribin & Sent them forward to the village
—William Clark

proceeded on with a Chief to this Village 2 miles in the Same Plain, where we were treated kindly in their way and continued with them all night . . . . They call themselves Cho pun-nish or Pierced Noses; their dialect appears verry different from the Tushapaws altho origneally the Same people
—William Clark

Emence quantity of the quawmash or Pas-shi-co root gathered & in piles about the plains . . . . I find myself verry unwell all the evening from eateing the fish & roots too freely.
—William Clark

a cold frosty morning we found a handful or 2 of Indian peas and a little bears oil which we brought with us we finished the last morcil of it and proceeded on half Starved and very weak
—Meriwether Lewis

Three species of Pheasants, a large black species, with some white feathers irregularly scattered on the brest neck and belley a smaller kind of a dark uniform colour with a red stripe above the eye, and a brown and yellow and a brown and yellow species that a good deel resembles the phesant common to the Atlantic States.
—Meriwether Lewis

we came to a small glade, where our hunters had found a horse, and had killed, dressed and hung him up. Capt. Clarke, who had gone forward with the hunters, left a note informing us that he and they intended to go on to the valley or level country ahead, as there was no chance of killing any game in these desert mountains.
—Meriwether Lewis

I larnt that one of the Packhorses with his load was missing and immediately dispatched Baptiest Lapage [Jean-Baptiste Lepage] who had charge of him, to surch for him. he returned at 3 OC. without the horse. The load of the horse was of considerable value consisting of merchandize and all my stock of winter cloathing. I therefore dispatched two of my best woodsmen in surch of him
—Meriwether Lewis

the land through which we passed this evening is of an excellent quality tho very broken, it is a dary grey soil. a grey free stone appearing in large masses above the earth in many places.
—Meriwether Lewis

our road was much obstructed by fallen timber particularly in the evening we encamped on a ridge where ther was but little grass for our horses, and at a distance from water. however we obtained as much as served our culinary purposes and suped on our beef.
—Meriwether Lewis