They were now--still travelling southward--approaching the ultimate sources of the great Missouri.

The journal says:-- "We are delighted to find that the Indian woman recognizes the country; she tells us that to this creek her countrymen make excursions to procure white paint on its banks, and we therefore call it Whiteearth Creek.

She says also that the Three Forks of the Missouri are at no great distance--a piece of intelligence which has cheered the spirits of us all, as we hope soon to reach the head of that river.

This is the warmest day, except one, we have experienced this summer.

In the shade the mercury stood at eighty degrees, which is the second time it has reached that height during this season.