October 15th Tuesday 1805.
a fair morning after a cold night. Some frost this morning
and Ice. Several hunters out saw nothing Capt Lewis assended
the hills & saw Mountain a head bearing S. E. & N W. a high
point to the West. Plains wavering. Set out at 3 oClock
Course
| South |
4 ½ |
miles to the lower point of a Island, close under the
Std Side passed one on the Lard. & one other in
the middle of the river, 4 small rapids at the
lower pt of 1st Isd opsd 2nd & 3rd Islands |
| S. E. |
1 ½ |
miles to the lower point of an Isd. close under the
Lard. bend opsd. the upper pt. of an Isd. on Std. point
a small rapid opposit |
| S. 35°. W. |
9 |
miles to a Point of rocks on Lard. Sd. passed a place of
swift water at the lower point of the 1st. Island a
small rapid a little below a Lard. point at 2 miles
a Stard point at 4 miles, a Lard. point at 5 miles
a Stard point 3 small Isd. opsd. on Lard. & 2 on Stard.
Side at 6 ½ a small rapid, several scafles of split
timber on the Stard. Side in the bottom below the
Islands a Island in the river at 8 ½ miles on Std.
Side a fishing timber scaffeled a willow bottom
on the Lard Side above the point country lower
each side 90 to 100 feet is the hite of the plains
some swift water at the last Isd. |
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15 |
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| South |
5 |
miles to an Island in the head of a rapid Passed for
3 miles through good water inclosed in clifts of
rocks 100 feet high. below which the river widens
into a Bay nearly round. we Encamped at three
scaffles of split timber on the Stard Side. here we
found our Pilot & one man wateing for us to show
us the best way thro those rapids. the evening cool,
we saw no timber to day, except small willow &
srub of Hackberry Killed 2 Teel this evening. |
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20 |
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