[Lewis:]
Saturday July 6th. 1805.
In the cou[r]se of last night had several showers of hail and
rain attended with thunder and lightning. about day a heavy
storm came on from the S.W. attended with hail rain and a
continued roar of thunder and some lightning. the hail was as
large as musket balls and covered the ground perfectly. we
hand [had] some of it collected which kept very well through
the day and served to cool our water. These showers and
gusts keep my boat wet in dispite of my exertions. she is not
yet ready for the grease and coal. after the hail and rain was
over this morning we dispatched 4 hunters and two canoes to
the head of the rappids as we had determined last evening.
the red and yellow courants are now ripe and abundant, they
are reather asced [acid] as yet. There is a remarkable small
fox which ascociate in large communities and burrow in the
praries something like the small wolf but we have not as yet
been able to obtain one of them;[12]
they are extreemly watchfull
and take reffuge in their burrows which are very deep; we have
seen them no where except near these falls.
