John Ordway: August 12, 1805

hunting, we set out as usal and proceeded on the current verry
rapid the River verry crooked. Some of these rapids is deep
and dangerous to pass up one of the large canoes was near turning
over, we passed low Swampy land a little timber along the
Shore, about 2 oClock we halted to dine, we had a hard Thun-
der Shower rained some time, we then proceeded on found
pleanty of red and yallow currents along the Shores, took on
board a goat or antelope which one of the hunters killed yester-
day in the evening the hunters joined us had killed 3 deer & a
faun, we Came [blank in Ms.] miles2 and Camped at a grove of
cotten trees & Smooth prarie on the Lard Side.