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 |
| 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 |
|
21 |
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