the meeting of those people was really affecting, particularly between Sah cah-gar-we-ah and an Indian woman, who had been taken prisoner at the same time with her, and who had afterwards escaped from the Minnetares and rejoined her nation.

Shortly after Capt. Clark arrived with the Interpreter Charbono, and the Indian woman, who proved to be a sister of the Chif Cameahwait.

In pursuance of this.. we called the S. W. fork Jefferson's River in honor of 〈that illustrious personage〉 Thomas Jefferson. [the author of our enterprise] the Middle fork we called Madison's River in honor of James Madison, and the S. E. Fork we called Gallitin's River in honor of Albert Gallitin.

who now begin to console themselves with the anticipation of shortly seeing the head of the missouri yet unknown to the civilized world.

on the face of this clift they walked about and bounded from rock to rock with apparent unconcern where it appared to me that no quadruped could have stood, and from which had they made one false step they must have been precipitated at least a 500 feet.

we supposed that they were snake Indians. they appeared to have a number of horses with them—. this appearance gives me much hope of meeting with these people shortly.

I wished for the pencil of Salvator Rosa [EC: a Titian] or the pen of Thompson, that I might be enabled to give to the enlightened world some just idea of this truly magnifficent and sublimely grand object, which has from the commencement of time been concealed from the view of civilized man;

he makes his own tools principally and works extreemly well in either wood or metal, and in this way has been extreenely servicable to us, as well as being a good hunter and an excellent waterman.

and at the same time to strengthen their crews by means of the seven hands who have been heretofore employd. in navigating the red perogue