North Fork Salmon River, impassable route — Joseph Whitehouse: September 3, 1805

cloudy. we Set out as usal after the load was brought up
which was left last night. we proceeded on up the branch a
Short distance, then took the mountains and w[ent] up and
down the mountains all day. passed and crossed an a bundance
of fine Springs and Spring runs. Some of the mountains was
So Steep and rockey that Several of the horses fell back among
the rocks and was near killing them. Some places we had to
cut the road through thickets of bolsom fer Some of that
kind of timber in the vallies of these mountains is verry high
about 100 & 60 feet, and verry Strait and handsom. the most
of them are covred with warts full of the bolsom towards
evening we crossed a dividing ridge went some distance on the
top of it which was tollarable good and Smoth going. then
passed down a Steep hill in to the head of a cove and branch
where we Camped after a dissagreeable days march of only 11
miles with much fatigue and hunger as nothing has been killed
this day only 2 or 3 fessents, and have no meat of any kind.
Set in to raining hard at dark So we lay down and Slept, wet
hungry and cold. Saw Snow on the tops of Some of these
mountains this day.