*Sunday, April 6, 1806*
		[[Lewis] This morning we had the dryed meat secured in skins and the canoes loaded; we took breakfast and departed at 9 A. M. we continued up the N. side of the river nearly to the place at which we had encamped on the 3rd of Nov. when we passed the river to the south side in quest of the hunters we had sent up yesterday and the day before. from the appearance of a rock near which we had encamped on the 3rd of November last I could judge better of the rise of the water than I could at any point below. I think the flood of this spring has been about 12 feet higher than it was at that time; the river is here about 1½ miles wide; it's general width from the beacon which may be esteemed the head of tide water, to the marshey islands is from one to 2 miles tho' in many places it is still wider. it is only in the fall of the year when the river is low that the tides are persceptable as high as the beacon rock. this remarkable rock which stands on the North shore of the river is unconnected with the hills and rises to the hight of seven hundred feet; it has some pine or reather fir timber on it's nothern side, the southern is a precipice of it's whole hight. it rises to a very sharp point and is visible for 20 miles below on the river. [Ordway] a clear pleasant morning. we loaded up and Set out proceeded on verry well about 8 miles and halted at the Camp of our hunters they having killed 3 Elk in a bottom S Side 8 men went out for the meat Ruben Fields killed a curious handsom bird {Mountain quail} which made a curious noise it had blue feathers on its breast and under its throat and 2 long feathers on the top of its head the longest 3 Inches long & a handsome Small bird. he Skined it and it is taken care of to carry home with us.
Note: The camp of this day is somewhat difficult to locate. It is most likely above Latourell Falls and Rooster Rock State Park. The Corp remained here until the morning of April 9.
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