The advance party were so fortunate as to overtake a herd of elk, two of which they killed; what they did not eat they left secured for the other party with the canoes.

Clark's men also had good luck in hunting, for they killed five deer and one bighorn.

Neither party found fresh tracks of Indians, and they were greatly discouraged thereat.

The journal speaks of a beautiful valley, from six to eight miles wide, where they saw ancient traces of buffalo occupation, but no buffalo.

These animals had now completely disappeared; they were seldom seen in those mountains.