11th
August Satturday 1804.—
about day light this morning a
hard wind from the NW.
with Some rain proceeded on arround the right of
the Isd.
| S.
52° W. |
1/2 |
a Mile on the Sand pt. |
| N. 25
W. |
2 |
Mls.. to a pt. of low Willows from the L. S. passd. the
Isd. & a Sand bar makeing from the S.
point. |
| N. 72 W. |
2 1/4 |
Ms. to a Pt. on the S.
S. |
a hard wind accompanied with rain from the S.
E. after the
rain was over, Capt. Lewis myself &
10 men assended the Hill
on the L. S. (under which there was some fine
Springs) to the
top of a high point where the Mahars
King Black Bird was
burried 4 years ago. [Died of small pox][13]
a mound of earth
about 12 [feet—Biddle] Diameter at the base, & 6 feet high
is
raised over him turfed, and a pole 8 feet high in the Center
on this pole
we fixed a white flage bound with red Blue &
white, this hill about
300 feet above the water forming a
Bluff between that & the water of
various hight from 40 to
150 feet in hight, yellow soft Sand stone from
the top of this
Nole the river may be Seen Meandering for 60 or 70 miles,
we Decended & set out N. 24° W. 1/2 Ml. passing over a Sand
bar on the S. pt. along the willows to the river
opposit a Small
Beyeau on the L. S. which is the Conveyance of the high
water from a bend which appears near in a northerly derection,
haveing passed a Creek in a Deep bend to the L. S. Called by
the
Mahars Wau can di
Peeche (Great Spirrit is bad) on the
Creek & Hills near it about
400 of the
Mahars Died with the
Small
Pox
Took Medn. altitude & made the Latd. 42°. 1′. 3″ 8/10 N. also
the
Moons Distance from the Sun
|
Time |
|
|
Distance |
|
H. M S |
|
|
O M
S |
| P. M. |
1 - 13.
45 |
. |
. |
73 - 6 -
45 |
|
" - 16.
48 |
. |
. |
73 - 6 -
0 |
|
" - 18.
39 |
. |
. |
" - 6 -
0 |
|
" - 20.
55 |
. |
. |
" - 7 -
45 |
|
" - 22.
25 |
. |
. |
" - 8 -
30 |
|
" - 24 -
24 |
. |
. |
" - 9 -
30 |
|
" - 25.
45 |
. |
. |
" - 9 -
30 |
|
" - 27.
43 |
. |
. |
" - 10 -
45 |
|
" - 29.
33 |
. |
. |
" - 11 -
30 |
|
" - 31.
30 |
. |
. |
" - 12 -
00 |
| S
81° E |
2 3/4 |
miles to the beginning of a point of
willows on the L. Side |
| N. 84°.
E. |
6 |
Miles to a high wood above a Prarie on the S. S.
opposit
a Sand
point |
| N. 22°. E. |
1
1/4 |
to a pt. of willows on the L.
S. |
| North |
1 3/4 |
to a Cotton
tree in a bend to the Starboard Side
passed |
| Miles |
17. |
a Sand bar
on the L. S. & Camped[14]
|
the Musquitoes verry
troublesom, Great Nos. of Herrons.
this evening.
I have observed a
number of places where the River has
onced run and now filled, or filling
up & growing with willows
& Cottonwood.
