[Clark:]
June 26th. Wednesday 1805
Some rain last night this morning verry cloudy, the party
set out this morning verry early with their loads to the canoe
consisting of Parched meal Pork Powder Lead axes, Tools
Bisquit, & soup & some Merchendize & Clothes &c. &c. I gave
Serjt. Pryor a dost of salts, & set Chabonah to trying up the
Buffalow tallow & put into the empty Kegs &c. I assort our
articles for to be left at this place buried, [blank space in MS.]
Kegs of Pork, 1/2 a Keg of flour, 2 blunderbuts. [blank space
in MS.] Cattrages a few small lumbersom articles Capt Lewis
Desk and some books & small articles in it
The wind from the N.W. verry worm flying clouds in
the evening the wind shifted round to the East & blew hard,
which is a fair wind for the two canoes to sail on the Plains
across the portage, I had three Kegs of Buffalow Greese tried
up. Great numbers of Buffalow opposite to our Camp watering
to day.
