They procured deer in the low grounds; beaver and otter were seen in Gallatin River, and elk, wolves, eagles, hawks, crows, and geese at different parts of the route.
The plain was intersected by several great roads leading to a gap in the mountains, about twenty miles distant, in a direction E.N.E.; but the Indian woman, who was acquainted with the country, recommended a gap more to the southward.

This course Captain Clark determined to pursue." Let us pause here to pay a little tribute to the memory of "the Indian woman," Sacajawea.

She showed that she was very observant, had a good memory, and was plucky and determined when in trouble.

She was the guide of the exploring party when she was in a region of country, as here, with which she was familiar.

She remembered localities which she had not seen since her childhood.