[Clark:]
June 8th.. Saturday 1805
rained moderately all the last night & some this morning
untill 10 oClock, I am some what uneasy for Capt. Lewis &
party as days has now passed the time he was to have returned,
I had all the arms put in order and permited several men to
hunt, aired and dried our stores &
c. The rivers at this point
has fallen 6 Inches since our arrival, at 10 oClock cleared
away and became fair. the wind all the morning from the
S. W. & hard. The water of the South fork is of a redish
brown colour this morning the other river of a whitish colour
as usual. The mountains to the South covered with Snow.
wind shifted to the N E in the evening. about 5 oClock
Cap
t. Lewis arrived with the party much fatigued, and inform'd
me that he had assended the river about 60 miles by Land
and that the river had a bold current of about 80 or 100 yards
wide the bottoms of Gravel & mud, and may be estimated
at 5 feet water in sholest parts
The courses which Capt. Lewis went to examine the N. fork of the.
Missouri the 4th. of June 1805
| N. 30°. W. |
4 1/2 |
to a hite on the Stard Side from the top of this hite
the N. Mountains appear to turn to the N. & terminate,
they bear N. 48°. E about 30 miles, the
countrey is a leavel plain. The South mountains
bear S, and appear to terminate, bearing S. 80°. W.
35 ms. The barn mountain S. 38°. W. 40, the
river on the left appears to be turning to the N. W. |
| N. 70°. W. |
12 |
to the N.E. of a high hill |
| N. 15°. W. |
2 |
to the river bluff |
| N. 30°. W. |
2 |
to the mouth of a large Creek on Lard Side a chain
of high hills which run paralal to the river on the
S. Side cease |
| N. 20°. E. |
12 |
to the river Bluffs camped. a Dry creek falls in at
the end of the course on the Stard Side from the
N E. |
|
|
June 5th |
| N. 50°. W. |
4, |
up the river |
| North |
2 |
The Tower Mountain bore N. 52, W. about 60
miles a high single Mtn. |
| S. 60°. W. |
1 1/2 |
allong the river |
| S. 10°. W. |
3 |
allong the river |
| N. 50°. W. |
1 1/2 |
allong the river. |
| West |
10 |
to the river bluff across a Plain river haveing made
a considerable bend to the South. Centr. of bend
5 ms. |
| N. 80°. W. |
2 |
miles on the river |
| S. 70°. W |
6 |
to a high hill on S.S. & 1/2 miles N from the river
in a plain |
| S. 80°. W. |
15 m. |
with the genl. course of the river the countrey is a
leavele open Plain, near the river steep reveins,
the bottoms narrow but well timbered, bluff from
1/4 to 3/4 asunder. the countrey as far as could
be seen is a leavel plain. |
|
77 1/2 |
|
Some rain in the evening. the left hand fork rose a little.
