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4th September Tuesday 1804.—
a verry Cold Wind from the S. S. E. we Set out early and
proceeded on [to] the Mouth of a Small Creek in a bend to
the L. S.
Called White lime, at 1 1/2 Miles higher up passed a
large Creek on the L.
S. Called R. au Platte or White
Paint[17]
between those two Creeks (the latter of which is abt.
30 yds.
Wide) we passed under a Bluff of red Ceeder,
at 4 Mls.. 1/2
passed the mouth of the River Que Courre (rapid R) on the
L.
S. and Came to a Short distance above, this River is 152
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like the Platt, (only Corser) forming bars in its mouth. I
went up this river three Miles to a butifull Plain on the upper
Side where the Panias once had a Village this River widens
above its mouth and is divided by sands and Islands, the
Current verry rapid, not navagable for evin Canoes without
Great dificuelty owing to its Sands; the colour like that of
the Plat is light, the heads of this river is not known [in the
Black Mountns & waters a hilly country of indifferent soil] it
coms into the Missourie from the S. W. by West, and I am
told that i[t]s Gen1. Course Some distance up is parrelel with
the Missourie.
S. 5°. W. | 1 1/2 | Ml. to the Mo. of a Creek on the L. S.
below a Ceeder Clift. |
S. 35°. | 1 1/2 | Mls. to the Mo. of White Paint River on the
L. S. Passing under a Ceeder Clift. |
West | 3 | Mls. to the Upper pt. of Wood on the L. S.
opsd. a Bluff of bluish Clay, a Sd. bar L. S. |
N. 72° W. | 1 1/4 | Mls. to a Mound on the L.
S. a Bluff on the S. S. several Sand bars in the river |
West | 3/4 | Ml. to the Mouth of the river Que Courre
on the L. S. the hills leave the river on the S. S. river Crouded with Sand bars, & wind hard. |
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[At the end of Codex B, written on the inside of the cover,
is the
following memorandum:]
$ | |
John Potts as p[er Duebill | 20.5 |
Thos. P. Howard | 8.10 |
Alexander Willard | 13.55 |
☞after
this I will put the Course Destance & refferences of
each day first and remks. after.
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N. 85°. W. | 2 | Mls. to a Willow pt. on the S. S. a Bluff opsd. |
N. 35°. W. | 3 | Mls. to a high part of a
Bluff on the S. S. a large Isld. Called Pania Isd. in Middle of the river. |
N. 58° W. | 3 1/2 | to a Creek on the S. S. psd. the Isd at 1 Ml. a
Sand bar makeing from it. Poncarar [Ponca] River opposit on the L. S. 30 yds. |
West | 3 1/2 | Mls. to the Lower point of a large Island
near the L. Side (1) |
N. 70°. W. | 1 3/4 | Mls. to the right Side of
the Sd. Island to the head passed a Willow Isd. & a Sand bar |
13 3/4 |
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