Patrick Gass: September 16, 1805

could not be found; but some of the men were left to hunt
for him and we proceeded on. When we had gone 2 miles,
we came to a most beautiful warm spring, the water of which
is considerably above blood-heat; and I could not bear my
hand in it without uneasiness. There are so many paths lead-
ing to and from this spring, that our guide took a wrong one
for a mile or two, and we had bad travelling across till we got
into the road again. At noon we halted. Game is scarce;
and our hunters killed nothing since yesterday morning;
though 4 of the best were constantly out, and every one of
them furnished with a good horse. While we remained here
Captain Lewis and the men, who had been left with him, came
up; but had not found the horse. At 2 o’clock we proceeded
On again over a mountain, and in our way found a deer, which
our hunters had killed and hung up. Ina short time we met
with them, and Capt. Lewis sent two back to look for the
horse. We passed over a dividing ridge to the waters of
another creek, and after travelling 12 miles we encamped on
the creek, up which there are some prairies or plains.