[Clark, first draft:]
November 28th.. Thursday 1805.
Wind shifted about to the S. W. and blew hard accompanied
with hard rain all last night, we are all wet bedding and
stores, haveing nothing to keep our selves or stores dry, our
Lodge nearly worn out, and the pieces of sales & tents so full
of holes & rotten that they will not keep any thing dry, we
sent out the most of the men to drive the point for deer, they
scattered through the point some stood on the pen[in]solu, we
could find no deer, several hunters attempted to penetrate the
thick woods to the main South Side without suckcess the
swan & gees wild and cannot be approached, and wind to
high to go either back or forward, and we have nothing to eate
but a little Pounded fish which we purchasd. at the Great falls,
This is our present situation! truly disagreeable. aded to this
the robes of our selves and men are all rotten from being continually
wet, and we cannot precure others, or blankets in these
places. about 12 oClock the wind shifted about to the N.W.
and blew with great violence for the remainder of the day at
maney times it blew for 15 or 20 minits with such violence
that I expected every moment to see trees taken up by the
roots, some were blown down. Those squals were suckceeded
by rain O! how Tremendious is the day. This dredfull
wind and rain continued with intervales of fair weather, the
greater part of the evening and night
Thursday 28th. November 1805
Wind shifted about to the S.W. and blew hard accompanied
with hard rain, rained all the last night we are all wet our
bedding and Stores are also wet, we haveing nothing which is
Sufficient to keep ourselves bedding or Stores dry, Several
men in the point hunting deer without suckcess, the Swan
and brant which are abundant Cannot be approached sufficently
near to be killed, and the wind and waves too high to proceed
on to the place we expect to find Elk, & we have nothing to
eate except pounded fish which we brought from the Great
falls, this is our present situation; truly disagreeable. about
12 oClock the wind shifted around to the N.W. and blew with
Such violence that I expected every moment to See trees taken
up by the roots, maney were blown down. This wind and
rain Continued with short intervales all the latter part of the
night. O! how disagreeable is our Situation dureing this
dreadfull weather.
