October 30th. Wednesday 1805.
A cloudy morning. Some little rain all night, after eating
a slight brackfast of venison we set out. The rocks project
into the river in maney places and have the appearance of haveing
fallen from the high hills those projected rocks is common
& small Bays below & nitches in the rocks. passed 4 cascades
or small streams falling from the mountains on Lard.
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miles to a point of rocks on the Stard. Side, passed a number
of stumps at some distance in the water
This part of the river resembles a pond partly dreaned
leaving many stumps bare both in & out of the water,
current about 1 mile pr. Hour |
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miles to a point of a timbered bottom on Stard. Side
halted to Dine, killed a Deer & 3 ducks & a squirel of
the mountains we can plainly here the roreing of the
grand Shute below, saw the large Buzard white head
and part of the wings white |
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miles to the mouth of a river on the Stard. Side of about 60
yards wide passed Std. point & many large rocks promiscuously
in the river both above and below this river
a large sand bar on the Lard Side |
The bottom above the river is about ¾ of a mile wide and
rich, some deer & bear sign. rained moderately all day, we
are wet and cold. Saw several species of wood which I never
saw before, some resembling Beech & other Poplar. Day dark
and disagreeable
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2 miles to a large rock in the river, passed several rocks and
a large sand bar on the Lard. Side verry large rock
near the Stard. Side High Mountains on each side,
ruged and covered with a variety of timber such as
Pine Spruce Seder Cotton wood oake |
| S. 30 W |
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miles to a Island, at the commencement of the grand
shute and the Stard. Side where we camped, passed
maney large rocks in the river,[27]
a large creek on the
Std Side at 2 miles, with an Island in the mouth.
passed 3 Islands on the Stard. one on the Lard above 2
small Islands opsd. to us on which there grows large
Pine, 4 rock Islands which almost chokes up the river.
a deep bay to the Stard on which the Indians live in 8
large worm Houses 2 ponds back of them on the
Stard 1 above the Islands, one on the Lard side. several
small rocks in dift. pts. |
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I with 2 men proceeded down the river 2 miles on an old
Indian parth to view the rapids, which I found Inpassible for
our canoes without a portage, the roade bad at 1 mile I
saw a Town of Houses entirly abandoned, on an elevated situation,
opsd. a 2d. shute, returned at dark. Capt Lewis and 5
men went to the Town found them kind they gave Beries &
nuts, hut he cd. get nothin[g] from them in the way of Information,
the greater part of those people out collecting roots
below, rained all the evining Those people have one gun &
maney articles which they have purchased of the white people
their food is principally fish
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