October 22nd. Tuesday 1805
a fine morning calm we set out at 9 oClock and on the
Course S. 52°. W. 10 miles passed lodges & Indians and rapids
as mentioned in the course of yesterday, from the expiration of
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miles to the mouth of a large river in the Lard. bend 200
yds. wide great rapids in it a ¼ up it long and impracticable
of assent Passed a point of rock Island at 2
miles on the Stard. 3 Islands in the mouth of this river
no bottoms a little up |
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miles to a bend on Stard. side passed the Island of rocks at
2 miles at Lower point 8 large Lodges, on the Stard.
Side 10 Lodges, below at the end of the course 6
more Lodges passed a Island on the Std Side |
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miles to a rocky Lard. bend from the mouth of the river at
the fall or commencement of the Pitch where we made
a portage of 457 yards & down a steep |
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Took our Baggage & formed a camp below the rapids in a
cove on the Stard. Side the distance 1200 yards haveing passed
at the upper end of the portage 17 Lodges of Indians below
the rapids & above camp 5 large Lodges of Indians, great
numbers of baskets of Pounded fish on the rocks Islands &
near their Lodges those are needy pounded & put in verry
new baskets of about 90 or 100 pounds w[e]ight. hire Indians
to take our heavy articles across the portage purchased a Dog
for supper Great numbers of Indians view us, we with much
dificuelty purchased as much wood as cooked our dog this
evening, our men all in helth. The Indians have their grave
yard on an Island in the rapids. The Great Chief of those
Indians is out hunting. no Indians reside on the Lard Side
for fear of the Snake Indians with whome they are at war and
who reside on the large fork on the Lard. a little above
