White
Catfish Camp 10ms. above Platt
27th of July Friday,—
a small Shower of rain this morning, at 10 oClock Commence
Loading the Boat & perogue, had all
the ores completely
fixed; Swam over the two
remaining horses to the
L. S. with the view of the Hunters going on that
Side, after
getting everry thing complete, we Set Sale under a gentle
breeze from the South and proceeded on, passed a Island
(formd. by a Pond fed by Springs) on the L. S. of high Land
covered with timber, in the 2nd. bend to the right a
large Sand
Island in the river a high Prarie on the S. S. as we were Setting
out to day one man Killed a Buck &
another Cut his
Knee verry bad. Camped in a Bend to the L. Side in a
coops [copse] of Trees, a verry agreeable Breeze
from the
N. W. this evening. I killed a Deer in the Prarie and found
the Musquitors so thick & troublesom that it was disagreeable
and painfull to Continue a moment still.
Course & Distance, refrs. July the 27th.
| North |
1
1/2 |
Ms. to a willow pt. on
the L. S. |
| West |
2 |
Ms. to Sand pt. on S. S. opsd. a pond L. S. |
| N. 10°.
E. |
3 |
Ms. to pt. of W. L. S. psd. a large Sd. bar in the middle
of the
river |
| N. 8° W. |
4 |
Ms. to a pt. on S. S. opsd. Some Mounds [Ottos village
old
Ayauwaus v.] on the L. S. psd. Bluff S.
S. |
| N. 54° E. |
4 1/2 |
Ms. to a pt. of wood land in a bend on L. S.
psd.
a |
|
15 |
pt. S.
S. |
I took one man R. Fields and walked on Shore
with a view
of examoning Som Mounds on the L. S. of the river those
Mounds I found to be of Different
hight Shape & Size, Some
Composed of sand some earth & Sand, the
highest next to
the river all of which covered about 200 acres of land, in
a
circular form, on the Side from the river a low bottom &
small
Pond. The Otteaus formerly lived here I did not get
to the boat untill
after night.
