1st of September
Satturday 1804—
Some hard wind and rain, cloudy all day,
the river Wide
& hills on each Side near the river, passd a large (1) Island
which appeared to be composed of
Sand, Covered with Cotton
wood close under the S. S. we landed at the
lower point of a
large Island on the S. S. Called bon
homme or Good Man, here
Cap. Lewis & my
self went out a Short distance on the L. S.
to See a Beaver house, which
was Said to be of Great hite &
Situated in a Pond We could not find
the house and returned
after night Drewyer Killed an Elk, & a Beaver.
numbers of
Cat fish cought, those fish is so plenty that we catch them at
any time and place in the river.
Course Dists. & refrs. 1st Sept.
| N. 88
W. |
4 |
Mls. to a high point of on
the S. S. haveing passd an
1sd.
(1) on the L. S. & Several Sand bars. |
| S. 75°.
W. |
2 |
Mls. to the lower pt. of a large Island on S. S. passed a
pt. on the L. S. and a Sand bar. |
| S.
68°. W. |
4 |
Mls. to a pt. on L. S. passd. the upper pt. of the Isld. SS.
and some land with
bows [boughs—Ed.] and
evident marks of being
made 24 [feet—Ed.] above
water. |
| S. 80.
W. |
5 |
Mls. to a tree at the lower
pt. of Bon homme Island on
S. S. haveing psd. a pt. on the S. S. a Deep bend of
Sand and Willows on L.
S. |
|
16 |
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