Patrick Gass: October 15, 1805

a fine morning. Having travelled 2 miles we reached the
mountains which are very steep ; but the road over them
pretty good, as it is much travelled by the natives, who come
across to the Flathead river to gather cherries and berries.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 141
Our hunters in a short time killed 4 deer. At noon we halted
at a branch of the creek, on the banks of which are a number
of strawberry vines, haws and service berry bushes. At 2 we
proceeded on over a large mountain, where there is no water,
and we could find no place to encamp until late at night, when
we arrived at a small branch, and encamped by it, in a very
inconvenient place, having come 23 miles.