The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.

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.

The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.

I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.

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.

The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.

The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.