Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 15, 1806

this flat for our horses. Soon Set in to raining hard, we got up
all our horses took breakfast & packed up and Set out about 8
oClock and proceeded on. found the road verry slipperry & bad
took the mountains and the road So bad several of our horses fell
about noon we had Thunder and hard Showers of rain, we
crossed several runs on which is considerable of white ceedder tim-
ber balsom fer & diffrent kinds of pine, we have now 66 good
horses to take us and our baggage across the mountains, came to
the small prarie where R. Fields and willard had been hunting
found 2 deer hanging up which they had killd we took the meat
and proceed on down the bad hill on Collinses Creek where we
found R. Fields and willard they had killed another Deer and
were Camped on the bank of the Creek where we dined and pro-
ceeded on. found the road verry bad falling timber &C. at dark
we Camped at a Small glade1 where was pleanty of feed for our
horses.