21st.. June Thursday—
The river rose 3 Inches last night after the Bows man
Peter Crousat viewed the water on each Side of the Island
which presented a most
unfavourable prospect of Swift water
over rolling Sands which rored like an immense falls,
we concluded
to assend on the right Side, and
with much dificuelty,
with the assistance of a long Cord or Tow rope,
& the
anchors,
we got the Boat up without any
further dang. than Braking
a Cabbin window & loseing Some
oars which were Swong
under the windows, passed four
Is
ds.. to day two large & two
Small, behind the
first large Island two Creeks mouth, called
Eue-bert [
Hubert]
[50]
Creek & River & Is
d. the
upper of those
Creeks head against the Mine River & is large, passed a
verry remarkable bend in the River to the S. forming an
accute
angle, the high lands come to the river on the S. S.
opposit the upper
large Island, this Is
d. is formed by a narrow
chanel
thro. the P
t. of the remarkable bend just mention
d. below
this Is
d. on the L. S. is a Counter Current of about a
mile.
passed between several Small Islands Situated near the
L. Side and camped
above on the Same Side. Two men Sent
out to hunt this evening brought in a
Buck & a pore Turkey.
at Sunset the atmespier presented every
appearance of wind,
Blue & White Streeks centiring at the Sun as She
disappeared
and the Clouds Situated to the S. W. Guilded in the most
butifull manner.
The Countrey and Lands on each Side of the river
is
various as useal, and may be classed as follows, viz: the low
or
overflown points or bottom land, of the groth of Cotton
& Willow, the
2nd.. or high bottom of rich furtile Soile of the
groth of Cotton, Walnut, Som ash, Hackberry, Mulberry,
Lynn [Linden]
& Sycamore. the third or high Lands rises
gradually from the 2nd.. bottom (except whin it Coms to the
river then from
the river) about 80 or 100 foot roleing back
Supplied with water (the
small rivers of which loses themselves
in the bottom land) and are covered
with a variety of timber
Such as Oake of different Kinds Blue ash, Walnut
&c. &c. as
far as the Praries, which I am informed lie back from
the river,
at Some places near & others a great Distance
Course
& Distance June 21st.. 1804
S.
77° W. |
2 1/2 |
Ms. along S. S.
psd. the hd. of a lg Isd. L. S. |
N. 30° E, |
1
1/2 |
Ms. pt. L. S. psd. a cl. Low pt. Isd. on L. S.
(1) |
North, |
1 |
Ml. along the Larboard Side |
N 18°
W |
1/2 |
Ml. do do do |
N 84°
W |
1/2 |
Ml. do do do |
S. 80°
W, |
3/4 |
Ml. do do psd. Sevl. Sm. Isds. L.
S. |
S. 35 W |
3/4 |
Ml. do do psd.
do do do |
|
7
1/2 |
|