The Only Very Rugged Part

I Had The Big Horn River Explored From Wind River Mountain To My Place Of Embarkation.

The Snow Continues With High Winds We Remain At This Camp To Day In Consequence Of The Weather.

Having Now Reached A Point Where Danger Might Be Reasonably Apprehended From Strolling War Parties Of Indians, Spies Were Kept In Advance And Strict Diligence Observed In The Duty Of Sentinels.

These People Were Well Dressed In Skins, Had Some Guns, But Armed Generally With Bows And Arrows And Such Other Instruments Of War As Are Common Among The Indians Of The Missouri.

Some Of Them Profess To Be Well Acquainted With All The Principal Waters Of The Columbia, With Which They Assured Me These Waters Had No Connection Short Of The Ocean.