Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 printed from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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Chapter II Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||
August 13th.. Monday 1804—
Set
out this morning at Light the useal time and proceeded
on under a gentle
Breeze from the S. E.
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N. 66°. W. | 2 3/4 | Ms. to a pt. of Low
willows on the S. S. a bar makeing out. passed [to] the Sd. |
N. 11°. W. | 5: 1/4 | to a pt. of Cotton Wood. in a Bend to the
S. S. passed over the pt. of a Sand bar from L. S. |
S. 44° W. | 2 1/2 | to a
pt. on the S. S. opposit to the place Mr. Ja: Mc.Key had a tradeing house in 95. & 96. & named it Fort Charles[15] |
West | 3/4 | of a mile to the Pt. of willow Isd. on the S. point |
N. 50°. W. | 1 | Ml. to a point of high wood
below the mouth of a Beayou comunicating with a Pond L. S. |
N. 20° E. | 2 1/4 | Mls. to a pt. of Willows on the L. S. passed
a Creek at 1 1/2 Mls. on which the Mahar village is Situated[16] a Sand bar on S. S. & one on L. S. haveing passed the Willow Isd. |
North | 1/4 | Ml. on the Sand bar L. S. |
N. 69 W. | 2 1/2 | Ms. to the upper Point of
Some Cottonwood trees in a Bend to the L. S. opposit the lower pt. of a large Island Situated on the S. S. |
17 1/4 |
we formed a Camp on a Sand bar on the
L. S. & Detached
Sergt. Ordeway Peter Crusatt,
George Shannon. Werner &
Carrn. [Carson?—Ed.] to the Mahar Village with a flag &
Some Tobacco
to envite the Nation to See & talk with us on
tomorrow, we took some
Luner observation this evening.
the air Pleasant.
Chapter II Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||