Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Joseph Whitehouse: August 4, 1805

a clear morning. we Set out at Sunrise. a hunter Sent on
a head to kill Some fresh meat for us to eat. proceeded on.
abt 8 oC! A. M. we Came to Cap! Lewis camp of the 2 ult.
[inst.] he left a note letting us know he left this place yester-
day morning and ment to go on untill this evening, & if they
found no fresh Sign of Indian, they would return back a fiew
miles & hunt untill we came up. we Saw Several Elk in a
plain on L. Side. proceeded on our hunters killed 2 deer.
the rapids bad as usal. we are obledged to use the towing lines
where ever the Shore will admit. Some of the Mountains
near the River on L. S. has been burned by the natives Some
time ago. The timber killed. not So much timber on the
River as below. proceeded on killed a goose and a duck.
they are pleanty on the River. we Came 15 miles this day
and Camped at a bottoms covered with dry timber and wild
rose bush which is verry thick on S. Side. the beaver ponds
and Sign pleanty &c.