As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment.

On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country.

It appears from this information that the river is not the Multnomah, a southern branch of the Columbia, which I first supposed it to be.

It appears from Mr. Smith's account that there is no scarcity of buffalo as he penetrated the country.

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.