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8th Octr. 1805 Tuesday.
a cloudy morning changed canoes and buried 2 Lead
canisters of Powder 2 foot 4 In. North of a dead toped pine
opposit our camp & opposit the mouth of a run after repareing
leaks in the canoes sprung comeing over the rapids yesterday
set out at 9 oClock
N. W. | 1 | mile to a riffle in the S. bend |
South | ¼ | thro a verry bad rappid all way |
S. 70°. W. | ½ | to a L. bend good water |
N.W. | ¼ | thro a rapid in a Stard bend |
West | 2 ½ | miles to a Stard bend passed a bad rapid at 1 mile pd. a rapd. at 2 miles |
South | 1 ½ | to a L. bend opsd. a bottom of stone |
S. 70°. W. | 2 ½ | mile to a Stard. bend passed an Island on the Lard Side, a rapid at head & foot of Island end of the course |
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S.W. | 2 | miles to a Lard bend passed a rapid & Ind camp (3 Lodges) & fishing place, Lowr pt. of Isd. at which place we dined & bought fish Passed Lower pt. Isd. on Stard Side |
West | 2 ½ | miles passed an Island on which 3 Lodges of Indians were encamped opsd. on the Lad Side a small creek at the Lower pt. on Std Side 6 Lodges of Inds. we halted and took in our 2 chiefs and bought fish & roots Psd. 2 rapids |
S W | 1 ½ | m. to a bend on Std. passed a rapid |
S. 40°. E. | 1 | to a bend on Lard. psd a rapid |
S. 60° W. | 2 ½ | miles to a bend Std Side passing an Isd on the Lard. & bad rapid |
S W | 1 ½ | miles to a Stard bend passed an Isd. on Ld. Side a rapid at upper point and lower pt. canoe [c]racked, a creek falls in on the Stard. Side[67] |
West | 1 ½ | to the upper pt, of a Island Std Side |
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