Wednesday 12 Sept. 1804.
Clouday. R. Fields continued on with the horse. passed a
long range of black bluffs on the S. S. and an Island covered
with timber. that is all the wood that is to be Seen at this
place. all the country is hills and praries. at 12 oclock Capt.
Clark Newman and Sergt. Gass went a hunting. those in the
barge had a Great deal of trouble to Git along the Sand bars,
their was So many and the current So rapid that we did not
come more than 4 miles. Camped after dark on the S.
Side.
