Octr. 10th. 1805 Thursday.
Set out at 7 oClock
| South |
1 |
mile passed a bad rapid at the head of an Isd. on Ld. Side |
| S. 20°. W. |
1 ½ |
miles to a Ld bend, passed a Isd. on Ld Side. rapid
at the head bad. passed Lower pt. of the other
[island] at the mouth of a run on Stard. |
| West |
½ |
to a Std bend passed a small Isd. Ld Side and a rapid |
| S. 30°. W. |
3 |
miles to a Ld bend passed a creek coming [in] on the
Ld Side at ½ a mile on which is cotton wood
bottoms Inds camp below the Creek |
| West |
2 |
miles to the head of an Isd at a bad rapid on both
side current on the right side |
| S. 30°. W. |
4 |
mile pd. a rapid at Lower point of Isd & rapid at 1 mile,
a rapid at 1 ½ miles rockey bottoms on each side
a rapid at 2 ½ miles a run & (Indn camp) on Stard
Side at 3 miles a rapid at 3 ½ miles to a Lard bend,
low plain 100 ft |
| West |
2 |
mile to a Stard bend, (passed an Indian bathing in
hot bath) rapid an Island on the L. S. shole waters
at the head opsd. to which a verry bad rapid we call
ragid rapid one canoe struck & lodged sprung
a Leak onload Passed several Inds camps on the
Island. Took meridian altitude on the Island with
Sextent made it 74°. 26′ Latd. 46°. 29′ 21″ 7/10 North |
| S. W. |
1 |
mile to a bend on the St Side psd a rapid |
| South |
1 |
mile to the L. bend passed 2 rapids a large bottom
on each side |
| S. 80°. W. |
3 |
miles to the mouth of a Large fork caled by the Inds.
Ki-moo-e-nen[69]
passed 2 rapids Isd in mouth |
| West |
1 |
mile to a Std bend psd a shole in the mouth. Wind
high which obliged us to stop. Kimooenem has
two forks on the South Side, & camps of Inds all the
way up 2d fork called Pâr-nash-te about 50 miles
camped on Std Side to make observations. |
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[ILLUSTRATION]
a verry worm day, Indians continue all day on the banks to
view us as low as the forks. Two Indians come up in a canoe
who means to accompany us to the Great rapids, Could get
no observations, worm night. The water of the South fork
is of a bluish green colour
