10th of June1804—
A hard rain last night, We set out this morning
verry
early passed Some bad placies in the river, Saw a number
of
Goslings [this] morning pass near a Bank which was falling
in at the time we passed, passed two Rivers
of Charletons
which mouth together, above some high
land which has a great
quantity of Stone Calculated for whetstons the
first of those
rivers is about 30 yds. Wide & the
other is 70 yds. wd. and heads
Close to the R. Dumons [des Moines] The Aieways
[Ayauway]
Nation have a Village on the head of
these Rivers.[41]
they run through an even Countrey [a broken rich thickly timbered
country] and is navagable for Perogues Cap Lewis took
Medn. altd. of ☉ U. L. with Octant, back
obsvn. made it 37° 12′
—00″
delayed 1 1/2 hours.
Cap. Lewis Killed a large Buck, passed a large Isd. call'd
Shecco[42]
and camped in a
Prarie on the L. S. I walked out
three miles, found the prarie composed of
good Land and
plenty of water roleing & interspursed with points of
timber
land. Those Praries are not like those, or a number of those
E. of the Mississippi void of every
thing except grass, they
abound with Hasel Grapes & a wild plumb of a
Superior [
size
&] quallity, Called the Osages
Plumb Grows on a bush the
hight of a Hasel (and is three times the sise of
other Plumbs,)
and hang in great quantities on the bushes I saw great numbers
of Deer in the Praries, the evening is
Cloudy, our party
in high Spirits.
Course & Distance June 10th..
| N. 8° E |
2
1/2 |
Ms. to a pt. on L.
S. |
| North |
1 |
Ml. along the L. Side |
| N. 40°
W |
1 |
Ml. do do
do |
| N. 70° W. |
0
1/2 |
(ops.d. the Mos. of
Charltons R. |
| N. 60°
W |
2 |
Ms. to a pt. on S. S. |
| N 80
W |
3 |
Ms. to a pt. on S. S. opsd. a Pln. |
|
10 |
|
