June 10th. Monday 1805
a fine day dry all our articles arrange our baggage burry
some Powder & lead in the point, some Lead a canister of
Powder & an ax in a thicket in the point at some distance,
and in the large cache or hole we buried on the up land near
the S. fork 1 mile up S.S. we drew up our large Perogue
into the middle of a small Island in the North fork and covered
her with bushes after makeing her fast to the trees,
branded several trees to prevent the Indians injureing her,
at 3 oClock we had hard wind from the S.W. thunder
and rain for about an hour after which we repaired & corked
the canoes & loadded them. Sahcahgagweâ our Indian woman
verry sick I blead her, we deturmined to assend the South
fork, and one of us, Capt. Lewis or my self to go by land as
far as the Snow mountains S. 20°. W. and examine the river
& countrey course &c to be certain of our assending the proper
river, Cap
t Lewis inclines to go by land on this expedition,
according selects 4 men George Drewyer, Gibson, Jo. Fields
& S. Gutrich to accompany him & deturmine to set out in the
morning. The after noon or night cloudy some rain, river
riseing a little.
