May the 26th.. Satturday 1804—
Set out at 7 oClock after a heavy Shour of rain (George
Drewyer, & John Sheelds, sent by Land with the two horses
with
directions to proceed on one day & hunt the next)
The wind favourable
from the E.N.E. passed Beef Island
and River on Lbd.
Side at 3 1/2 ms. [a large island called
Buffaloe
Island separated from the land by a small channel into which
Buffaloe creek empties itself]. Passed a creek on the Lbd. Side
called Shepperds Creek, passed Several Islands to
day, great
Deel of Deer Sign on the Bank, one man out hunting,
W[e]
camped on an Island on the Starboard Side [near the
Southern extrem' of Luter Island (La
L'outre)[24]
]
Course & Distance to day
S.
50°. W. |
3 1/2 |
Ms. to a pt S. Side opsd. pt. Buf
Isd. |
N. 80° W |
2
1/2 |
Ms. to pt. Lbd. Sd. |
N. 88°
W |
3 1/2 |
Ms. to pt. Std. Sd. abov Buf
Isd. |
N. 82° W |
1
1/2 |
Ms. to pt. Sd. Side |
N 37°
W |
5 |
Ms. to pt.
Lbd. Sd. passed 2 Is. & Shepd. R. |
N 60°
W. |
2 |
Ms. to pt. on St. Sd. pd. a Isd. S.
S. |
|
18 |
|